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{{Short description|Indian poet, scholar, and film writer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Kondaveeti Venkatakavi
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| othername = Kondaveeti Venkata Kavi
| birthname = Kondaveeti Venkatayya
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|01|25}}
| birth_place = Vipparla, [[Guntur district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|04|07|1918|01|25}}
| yearsactive = 1932 - 1991
| homepage =
| occupation = Poet, Film Writer
| father = Narayana
| mother = Sheshamma
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}}

'''Kondaveeti Venkatakavi''' is an Indian poet, scholar, and scriptwriter from [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He served as the Principal of a Sanskrit college. He is best known for writing the dialogues in the film ''[[Daana Veera Soora Karna]]'' (1977).<ref name="dvsk">{{cite web |last=Chinarayana |first=Pulagam |date=17 January 2017 |editor-last=Sri |editor2-last=NaChaKi |title=Daana Veera Soora Karna - Retrospective |url=https://archive.telugucinema.com/daana-veera-soora-karna-retrospective |access-date=13 July 2023 |work=[[TeluguCinema.com]]}}</ref>

==Childhood==
Venkata Kavi was born as Venkatayya to Narayana and Seshamma in the village of Vipparla in Guntur district.<ref name="Sobhanachala">{{cite web |url=http://sobhanaachala.blogspot.com/2014/04/blog-post_14.html |title=Interview with Kondaveeti Venkatakavi |publisher=Sobhanachala|date= 14 April 2014|access-date=9 May 2022 |archive-date= |archive-url= }}</ref>

==Education==

He got primary education was from his scholarly father. He studied Sanskrit poetry and pancha kavyas under the guidance of Narikonda Nammalaraju, a poet from [[Gadwal]]. He later moved to [[Tenali]] and worked as assistant under [[Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary]]. He mastered Sriharsha Naishada under his uncle Yetukri Narasimhayya. He worked as assistant under Srimat Tirumala Mudhimalla Varadhacharya, who was working to teach Sanskrit to all sections of the people. He learned Sanskrit [[Vyakarana]] and [[Mahabhashya|Patanjali Bhashya]] from Kavi Ramanujacharya. He leaned Telugu Vyakarana from Duvvur Venkataramana Sastry. He moved to [[Vijayanagaram]] and studied grammar under Chinaseetarama Sastry. He later practiced [[Avadhanam]] under the guidance of [[Chellapilla Venkata Sastry]].<ref name="Sobhanachala"/>

==Career==

===Teacher===
He worked as a Telugu scholar in the Board High School in [[Macherla]] from 1948 to 1952, and as Sanskrit lecturer in [[Ponnur]] oriental college for forty years from 1952.<ref name="Sobhanachala"/>

===Poet===

He started writing poetry at the age of 14 and wrote many books. In 1932, he wrote ''Karshaka Satakam'' about the problems of farmers. It was banned by the government. In 1946, he wrote ''Chennakesava Satakam''. He wrote ''Divyasmrutulu'' remembering [[Vemana]], [[Gurajada Apparao]] and other eminent Telugu personalities. He published a research work on [[Amuktamalyada]] of [[Krishna Devaraya]]. He wrote a book with rational thoughts on ''Melu Kolupu'' in 1942.<ref name="Sobhanachala"/>

He wrote a literary series with the name ''Nehru Charita''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/NehruCharitra/page/n25/mode/2up|title=Nehru Charitra|author=Kondaveeti Venkatakavi |publisher=Jyothi Press, Tenali|year=1963|page=189|isbn=}}</ref>

====Works====
* ''Karshaka'' satakam (1932)
* ''Hithabhodha'' (1942)
* ''Bhagavatula vaari Vamsavali'' (1943)
* ''Udayalakshmi Nrusimhavataravali'' (1945)
* ''Chennakesava'' satakam (1946)
* ''Bhavanarayana Charita'' (1953)
* ''Divyasmrutulu'' (1954)
* ''Nehru Charitra'' Part I (1956)
* ''Trisati'' (1960)
* ''Nehru Charitra'' Part II (1962)
* ''Bali'' (1963)

== Film career ==
Venkata Kavi was the Principal of a Sanskrit college and initially turned down an offer from actor and filmmaker [[N. T. Rama Rao]] to write the script and dialogues for ''[[Daana Veera Soora Karna]]'' (1977). However, after Rama Rao personally asked for his assistance, Venkata Kavi agreed to join the project. His dialogues received widespread acclaim and significantly contributed to the film's success. Released as [[LP record]]s and [[Cassette tape|audio cassettes]], they sold very well, with [[Saregama|His Master's Voice]] reporting continued sales of cassettes and CDs even years later. The dialogues were noted for their literary quality and were written in formal Telugu. Unlike most mythological films of that time, which used colloquial language (Vaaduka bhaasha), ''Daana Veera Soora Karna'' distinguished itself with a formal literary style (Graanthika bhaasha).<ref name="dvsk" />

After this film, Venkata Kavi worked on various projects, including ''[[Sri Madvirata Parvam]]'' (1979), ''[[Srimadvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra|Sreemadvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra]]'' (1984), and ''[[Tandra Paparayudu (film)|Tandra Paparayudu]]'' (1986). He later contributed to the ''[[Eenadu]]'' magazine, where he was responsible for news headlines until his death.<ref name="dvsk" />

== Filmography ==
* ''Daaana Veera Soora Karna'', dialogues (1977) - dialogues<ref name="dvsk" />
* ''[[Sri Madvirata Parvam]]'', dialogues (1979)<ref name="dvsk" />
* ''[[Srimadvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra]]'', dialogues (1984)<ref name="dvsk" />
* ''[[Tandra Paparayudu (film)|Tandra Paparayudu]]'', dialogues (1986)<ref name="dvsk" />
* ''[[Aadi Dampatulu]],'' lyricist (1986)

==Awards==
* ''Kaviraju'' title in Guntur district in 1953
* [[Kala Prapoorna]] from Andhra University in 1971
* [[Nandi Award for Best Dialogue Writer]] - ''Tandra Paparayudu'' (1986)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{IMDb name|10079424}}

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[[Category:1918 births]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian lyricists]]
[[Category:People from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Telugu-language lyricists]]
[[Category:Telugu writers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Writers from Guntur district]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]

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