Films
Ramana's writing talent highlighted with his movie reviews and also stories he wrote for films. Some of the initial films for Story, screenplay dialogue 'Velugu needalu', 'Kanney manasulu' were run away hits, has kept Ramana in good stead. 'Mooga manasulu', 'Bharya Bharthalu', 'Velugu Needalu', 'Teney manasulu' films has firmly established him as Story writer. Some of these films had ANR (Akkineni NageswarRao) in the lead and their association brought their talent to the fore.
Soon, he became sought after film story writer and has given up his Journalist job at 'Andhra Patrika' for he concentrated fully on films. He partnered with his childhood friend 'Bapu' and co-produced their first film 'Sakshi' featuring actor 'Krishna' which got accolades for its storyline and direction.
'Bhakta Kannappa' (great disciple of 'Lord Siva') with actor 'Krishnam Raju' who was till then doing villain roles, was a huge hit and gave him stardom. However, the milestone in his career is 'Sampurna Ramayanam' (Ramayan epic) which featured 'Shoban Babu' as Lord Rama turned out to be a major hit and is a masterpiece of Telugu films which is the best representation of the epic 'Ramayana' till today. The music of this film is ever popular and is still played in Festivals and functions.
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