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{{short description|Indian film lyricist and a poet (born 1959)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jonnavithula Ramalingeswara Rao
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|07|07}}<ref name="Sakshi article">{{cite web|title=గీత స్మరణం|url=http://www.sakshi.com/news/family/swara-kalpana-movie-song-written-by-jonnavittula-rama-lingeshwar-rao-55021|website=sakshi.com|publisher=Jagati Publications|access-date=9 December 2016|date=7 August 2013}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Vijayawada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
| education = [[Master of Arts|M. A]] (Telugu), ''Bhasha Praveena''
| father = Subbarao<ref name="Sakshi article"/>
| mother = Lakshmi Narasamma<ref name="Sakshi article"/>
| spouse = Seshu Kumari<ref name="Sakshi article"/>
| children = {{ubl|Lakshmi Suvarna| Lakshmi Annapoorna| Manikya Teja}}
| occupation = [[Lyricist]], [[Poet]], [[Avadhani]]
| awards = [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu]]
| years_active = 1986-present
}}

'''Jonnavithula Ramalingeswara Rao''' is an [[Indian film]] [[lyricist]], politician<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=ఏపీలో మరో కొత్త పార్టీ ప్రారంభించిన సినిమా పాటల రచయిత.. ఎన్టీఆర్‌ ఫోటోతో జెండా! |url=https://telugu.samayam.com/andhra-pradesh/news/cinema-lyricist-jonnavithula-ramalingeswara-rao-launches-new-jai-telugu-party-in-andhra-pradesh/articleshow/101126771.cms |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Samayam Telugu |language=te}}</ref> and a poet known for his works in [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Telugu Cinema]]. He is also known for his [[parody]] songs.<ref name="Parody time with Jonnavithula">{{cite news|title=Parody time with Jonnavithula|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/parody-time-with-jonnavithula/article3853999.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=9 December 2016|date=3 September 2012}}</ref><ref name="The Hans India article">{{cite web|title=Jonnavithula Ramalingeswara Rao Joins BJP|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2014-02-15/Jonnavithula-joins-BJP/86058|website=thehansindia.com|publisher=The Hans India|access-date=9 December 2016|date=15 February 2014}}</ref> He won [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu]] for the film ''[[Sri Rama Rajyam]]'' (2011).<ref name="indiaglitz">{{cite web|title=Nayan dedicates Filmfare award to Balayya|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/nayan-dedicates-filmfare-award-to-balayya-telugu-news-83601.html|work=India Glitz|access-date=9 December 2016|date=9 July 2012}}</ref>

He wrote 56 poems about Telugu language in the name of Telugu Sankharavam.<ref name="koumudi">{{cite web|last1=Kiran|first1=Prabha|title=Telugu Sankharavam|url=http://www.koumudi.net/Monthly/2010/september/sept_2010_sankharavam.htm|website=koumudi.net|publisher=Koumudi|access-date=9 December 2016}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Jonnavithula was born on 7 July 1959 in [[Vijayawada]] to Subbarao and Lakshmi Narasamma in a Telugu family.<ref name="Open Heart with RK Part 1">{{cite web|last1=Vemuri|first1=Radhakrishna|title=Open Heart with RK Part 1|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW-JKiIviJ8|website=YouTube|publisher=ABN Telugu|access-date=9 December 2016}}</ref> His father a teacher in an elementary school. He was also active participant in the mythological dramas.<ref name="Times of India News">{{cite web|last1=TNN|title=Writer Jonnavithula threatened for lashing out at Mohan Babu|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Writer-Jonnavithula-threatened-for-lashing-out-at-Mohan-Babu/articleshow/17155158.cms|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|publisher=Times of India|access-date=9 December 2016}}</ref>

In June 2023, he established political party Jai Telugu Party.<ref name=":0" /> In May 2024, he contested in Andhra Pradesh assembly elections in Vijayawada Central constituency as an independent candidate. However, he lost the elections, while garnering a total of 499 votes.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S0180.htm | title=General Election to Assembly Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 | website=results.eci.gov.in}}</ref>

== Selected filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Film
!Song
|-
|1988
|[[Vivaha Bhojanambu (1988 film)|''Vivaha Bhojanambu'']]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1989
|[[Ontari Poratam]]
|
|-
|''[[Preminchi Choodu (1989 film)|Preminchi Choodu]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1990
|[[Lorry Driver (film)|''Lorry Driver'']]
|
|-
|''[[Prema Zindabad]]''
|
|-
|1992
|''Moratodu Naa Mogudu''
|
|-
|1994
|''[[Subhalagnam]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="6" |1995
|''[[Ghatotkachudu]]''
|
|-
|''Dear Brother''
|
|-
|''[[Pokiri Raja]]''
|
|-
|''Madhya Taragati Mahabharatam''
|
|-
|''[[Gharana Bullodu]]''
|
|-
|[[Vajram (1995 film)|''Vajram'']]
|
|-
|1996
|''[[Merupu]]''
|
|-
|1999
|[[Devi (1999 film)|''Devi'']]
|
|-
|2000
|''[[Devullu]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2001
|''[[Devi Putrudu]]''
|
|-
|''[[Railway Coolie]]''
|
|-
|2002
|''[[Tappu Chesi Pappu Koodu]]''
|
|-
|2006
|''[[Vikramarkudu]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2011
|[[Sakthi (2011 film)|''Sakthi'']]
|
|-
|''[[Sri Rama Rajyam]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012
|''[[Damarukam]]''
|
|-
|[[Mithunam (2012 film)|''Mithunam'']]
|
|-
|2017
|''[[DJ: Duvvada Jagannadham]]''
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|2907389}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Telugu-language lyricists]]
[[Category:Indian lyricists]]
[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:Indian songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Vijayawada]]
[[Category:Telugu poets]]
[[Category:Indian poets]]
[[Category:Poets from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Filmfare Awards South winners]]

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