Darivemula Ramajogayya Sastry (born 24 August 1970) is an Indian film lyricist, known for his works in Telugu cinema and music.
Early life Ramajogayya Sastry was born in Arepalli Muppalla, Ipuru Mandal near Narasaraopet of Palnadu district. His father, Suryaprakasa Rao, was a priest and agriculturist and his mother, Saraswatamma, is a housewife.Video interview with Ramajogayya Sastry . cinegoer.com He did his B.Tech from NIT Warangal and M.Tech from IIT Kharagpur."Interview with Rama Jogaiah Sastry". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved on 2013-05-04.
Career He was working as a metallurgical engineer at Bengaluru when his career as a lyricist began. He worked in GE India Business Center in Secunderabad.
Career as a lyricist Sastry penned lyrics for over a hundred films in Telugu and is a famous lyricist in Andhra Pradesh. He is popular for his peppy and catchy lyrics, while he has frequently shown his ability to write lyrics for more serious situations in films. He fancied becoming a singer.
He first penned lyrics for a Kannada film. Film Star V. Ravichandran introduced him to Krishna Vamsi who in turn introduced him to Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry. Upon Sastry's request, Seetharama Sastry accepted him as his protégé thus enabling him to hone his lyric-writing skills. Sastry first penned lyrics for the movie Yuvasena, a remake of the Malayalam film 4 The People. He got Rs.20,000 as first remuneration for his two songs in the film.
Actor-producer Mohan Babu and film director Srinu Vaitla offered Sastry to work in many of their films before he rose to stardom with the song "Om Namaste Bolo" () in the film Ready. He won Filmfare award for the devotional song Sadaasiva Sanyaasii! () from the film Khaleja.
He played a short and uncredited role in King as a music assistant for a music director Jayasurya played by Brahmanandam.
He won a music award from the Telugu channel Star Maa for lyrics of the song "Apple Beauty" from the movie Janatha Garage. He also penned the title song Jayaho Janatha for the same movie which was released in 2016. He then worked for Pawan Kalyan's Katamarayudu title song "Mira Mira Meesam" for which Anup Rubens composed the soundtrack.
Filmography Year Film Notes 2008 Ontari King 2009 Sankham Ek Niranjan Billa Malli Malli 2010 Manmadha Banam Dubbed version Shubhapradam Maryada Ramanna Don Seenu Khaleja Won— Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu Brindavanam Baava Kalyanram Kathi Ragada 2011 Aha Naa Pellanta Shakti 4 songs Theenmaar Mr. Perfect 100% Love Veera Dhada Kandireega Dookudu Madatha Kaja Oosaravelli Mogudu Solo Panjaa Adhurs Badrinath 2012 Eega Nominated—SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist (Telugu) Endukante... Premanta! Damarukam Sudigadu Julayi Mr. Nokia Bodyguard 2013 Iddarammayilatho Baadshah Mirchi Attharintiki Daaredhi Vishwaroopam Dubbed version 2014 Legend 2015 Cheekati Rajyam 1 song Bruce Lee – The Fighter Bhale Bhale Magadivoy Baahubali: The Beginning Raghuvaran B.tech S/O Satyamurthy Srimanthudu 2016 Majnu Janatha Garage Nominated—IIFA Utsavam Best Lyricist Oka Manasu A Aa Supreme Sarrainodu Eedo Rakam Aado Rakam Sardaar Gabbar Singh Oopiri Seethamma Andalu Ramayya Sitralu Soggade Chinni Nayana Nenu Sailaja Dictator 2017 Aakatayi Jaya Janaki Nayaka Om Namo Venkatesaya Spyder Duvvada Jagannadham Jai Lava Kusa Oye Ninne Khaidi No. 150 2018 KGF: Chapter 1 Dubbed version Sammohanam Mahanati Naa Peru Surya Bharat Ane Nenu Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Savyasachi Amar Akbar Anthony Next Enti? Vishwaroopam II Dubbed version 2019 Donga Viswasam Dubbed version Vinaya Vidheya Rama Mr. KK Dubbed version 2020 Yuvarathnaa Dubbed version Sarileru Neekevvaru Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo 2021 Gaali Sampath Raja Vikramarka Thalaivii Dubbed version Intiki Deepam Illalu TV series Naga Bhairavi TV series Vakeel Saab Krack 2022 Ori Devuda Aa Ammayi Gurinchi Meeku Cheppali Godfather 4 songs Captain Dubbed version Prince Dubbed version Acharya K.G.F: Chapter 2 Dubbed version Ghani RRR Bheemla Nayak 2023 Custody 4 songs; co-lyricist for one song Veera Simha Reddy Ponniyin Selvan: II Dubbed Version; 2 songs only 2024 Game Changer Srikakulam Sherlock Holmes Kali Lucky Baskhar The Greatest of All Time Dubbed version Purushothamudu Committee Kurrollu Paarijatha Parvam Devara: Part 1 Amaran Dubbed version; 2 songs only Siddharth Roy Guntur Kaaram Won— Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu 2025 Love OTP Dude Dubbed version Sankranthiki Vasthunam Oka Brundavanam Return of the Dragon Dubbed version Dear Uma Mazaka Racharikam Ramam Raghavam 2026 Vishnu Vinyasam Toxic Dubbed version Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu Bad Boy KarthikVeerabhadrudu Dubbed versionVishwanath & Sons Dubbed versionMakutam Dubbed version
As an actor Year Film Role Notes2008 King Himself Cameo appearances2015 James Bond Srimanthudu Cameo appearance in the song "Rama Rama" Cheekati Rajyam Subba Rao 2017 Guru Shopkeeper 2024 Dhoom Dhaam Chicago Subbarao 2025 Veera Simha Reddy Himself Cameo appearance
Awards and nominations 2011: Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for "Sada Siva Sanyasi" from Khaleja (2010) 2012: SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for "Guruvaram March" from Dookudu (2011) 2013: CineMAA Award for Best Lyricist for Endukante Premanta (2012)Nominations for Maa Music Awards 2013 – Telugu cinema news. Idlebrain.com (2013-01-18). Retrieved on 2013-05-04. Nandi Award for Best Lyricist for "Srimanthuda" from Srimanthudu in (2015) Nandi Award for Best Lyricist for "Pranaamam Pranaamam" from Janatha Garage (2016) 2017: Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for "Pranaamam" from Janatha Garage (2016) 2017: SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for ''Pranaamam'' from Janatha Garage (2016) 2022: SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for ''Butta Bomma'' from Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (2020) 2023: Nominated – SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for "Laahe Laahe" from Acharya (2022) 2024: Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for "Entha Chithram" from Ante Sundaraniki (2022) 2025: SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for "Chuttamalle" from Devara: Part 1 (2024)
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