C. Narayana Reddy

C. Narayana Reddy
C. Naryana Reddy, c. 1971
Born	(1931-07-29) 29 July 1931 (age 85) Hanumajipet, Hyderabad State, British India (now in Rajanna Sircilla district, Telangana, India)
Occupation	Poet, playwright, composer, artist
Alma mater	Osmania University
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Cingireddy Narayana Reddy (born 29 July 1931) is an Indian poet and writer. He won the Jnanpith Award in 1988 and is considered to be an authority on Telugu literature. He is known as Cinare.

Naryana Reddy married Susheela and with her had four daughters. He has instituted an award named after his wife and this is presented annually to female writers. He lives in Film Nagar, Hyderabad.

Reddy won the Gnanapeet Award in 1988 for his poetic work, Viswambara. He had been awarded an honorary Kala Prapoorna by Andhra University in 1978, having been a recipient of the Padma Shri in 1977. He was conferred with the Raja-Lakshmi Award by the Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation in 1988 and in 1992 he was honoured with India's third-highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan.

Narayana Reddy was nominated to the Rajya Sabha – the upper house of the Indian Parliament – in August 1997.

Reddy entered film industry in 1962, by writing all the songs for the Gulebakavali Katha. He became famous with the song Nannu dochu kunduvate...vannela dorasani.

He became known to a wide public as a lyricist for several famous Telugu films. He has written more than 3000 songs and contributed to the success of many films. He is one of the very first lyricists to introduce Urdu words into the mainstream Telugu movie songs. Since then the Telugu film industry has seen raise of Urdu in the lyrics.