Hence he concentrates most of his time to writing. He has also directed two movies - "Agnipravesam" and “Stuvartpuram Police Station" based on his novels. Many of his novels have been made to feature films in Telugu. Yandamuri Veerendranath is one of the best-known contemporary novelists writing in the Telugu language. He founded Saraswati Vidya Peetham in Kakinada for the education of poor tribes. His personality-development book Vijayaniki 5 Metlu (Success in Five Steps) is one of his most noted works. Later he went on to publish 50 novels and established as a popular male writer of present times. He wrote about 50 novels including Vennello Aadapilla, Antarmukham. He has become famous with his story Tulasi Dalam without using any pen names. ![]() He came to limelight with Tulasi Dalam which became a bestseller. Yandamuri Veerendranath wrote his first novel Rushi, changing the older trends. But he published his first novel "Rushi" without using any pen name. So, most of the male writers used to choose female names as pen names. In Telugu literature during the 1960s and 1970s, female writers completely dominated the scene as there were female readers most. Later he graduated in commerce from Kakinada and completed Chartered Accountancy at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. ![]() His schooling was done at several places including Khammam, Kakinada, Rajahmundry, Jammalamadugu, Anantapuram and Hyderabad. Yandamuri Veerendranath was born in Rajolu, East Godavari. ![]() He published 50 novels his noted works being Vennello Aadapilla and Antarmukham. He received Nandi Award as Best Director for the serial Vennello Adapilla in 1996 and as Best Socially Relevant Film Director for Vijayam vaipu payanam in 2002. As a film personality he has also won several Nandi awards. In 1982, he received Sahitya Academy Award for his work - Raghupati Raghava Rajaram. He is also known as a playwright, novelist, film director, and personality development motivator. Through his works he deals with socially relevant subjects and themes like poverty, prejudices, and superstitions. Yandamuri Veerendranath is a popular novelist of Telugu language whose writings have influenced younger generations.
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