Suddala Ashok Teja
Teja in 2010
Born
Gurram Ashok Teja[1]

(1954-04-04) 4 April 1954 (age 69)
Suddala village, Hyderabad State (now Telangana), India[2]
Occupations
  • Poet
  • lyricist
SpouseNirmala
Parent
AwardsNational Film Award for Best Lyrics

Suddala Ashok Teja (born Gurram Ashok Teja; 4 April 1954) is an Indian poet and lyricist known for his work in Telugu cinema and Telugu literature.[3] He has written lyrics for over 2200 songs.[1] He won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics for the song "Nenu saitam" from Tagore (2004).[4]

Early life

Suddala Ashok Teja was born in Suddala village of Jangaon district, Telangana to Telugu poet Suddala Hanmanthu and his wife Janakamma.[2] Both his parents took part in the Telangana Rebellion, fighting against the Nizam of Hyderabad.[1] He has two brothers and a sister; Prabhakar Teja, Sudhakar Teja and Racha Bharathi.

Career

Ashok Teja worked as a government teacher in Bandalingapur, Medipally and Metpally villages of Karimnagar district before coming into the Telugu film industry. He started writing lyrics ever since he was a child. His nephew Uttej a well known character artiste in Telugu films helped him to get a first chance in films. He became popular after penning the lyrics for the films Osey Ramulamma and Ninne Pelladutha during the years 1996–1997.[5]

He won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics in the year 2003 for his song Nenu Saitham in the movie Tagore (2003),[6] it is based on Sri Sri's 'Nenu Saitham' from Mahaprasthanam. He is the third writer to win this award after Sri Sri for his "Telugu veera levaraa" in Alluri Sitaramaraju and Veturi for his "Raalipoye puvva neeku ragaalenduke" in "Matrudevobhava". He wrote over 2200 songs for 1250 movies and 2500 private songs till 2017.He won SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist (Telugu) in 2018 for "Vachinde" song from Fidaa (2017).

Personal life

Ashok Teja is married to Nirmala.[7] He has two sons and a daughter.[citation needed]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c "శ్రీశ్రీని ఆవాహన చేసుకున్నా!". Eenadu. 26 April 2018. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Tollywood lyric writer Suddala Ashok Teja to undergo liver transplant". Cinema Express. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. ^ "60th Anniversary Of The Struggle Celebrated". Pd.cpim.org. 23 July 2006. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Suddala Ashok Teja". thetelugufilmnagar.com. Telugu Film Nagar. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Suddala Ashok Teja Interview by Telugu Cinema | సుద్దాల అశోక్ తేజ". Suddala.wordpress.com. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  6. ^ "The Hindu : National : Newcomer bags award for feature film". Hinduonnet.com. 15 August 2004. Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2016.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "Metro Plus Hyderabad / Personality : Aali neeku dandame". The Hindu. 5 October 2004. Archived from the original on 22 November 2005. Retrieved 1 December 2016.

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