KV Vijayendra Unknown Facts: If a list is made of those who narrate new stories and tell new stories through cinema, then the name of KV Vijayendra Prasad is sure to be kept at the top. Vijayendra, famous as a veteran writer in the cinema world, is the father of the best director SS Rajamouli. However, Vijayendra’s identity is not his son but himself. Today is Vijayendra’s birthday, so we are introducing you to a few stories from his life.
Vijayendra is the ‘Bahubali’ of cinema
Born on 27 May 1942 in Kovvur, Andhra Pradesh (erstwhile Madras Presidency), KV Vijayendra Prasad is one of the great writers of the cinema world. He has also written stories of many superhit films. Films made on the stories written by him are still seen on the first position in the favorite list of the people. Please tell that KV Vijayendra Prasad wrote the story for many Bollywood films along with South Cinema. KV Vijayendra also wrote the story of the film RRR, which made its threat felt at the Oscars. Apart from this, Vijayendra is also the author of the story of super-duper hit films like ‘Bahubali – The Beginning’ and ‘Bahubali – The Conclusion’. This is the reason why he is also called Bahubali of the film industry.
Worked for Bollywood too
Bollywood has also seen the magic of KV Vijayendra Prasad’s powerful pen. He wrote the script of Salman Khan’s film ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, whose story won the hearts of the people. Apart from this, Vijayendra also created the story of Kangana Ranaut’s film ‘Manikarnika – The Queen of Jhansi’ and ‘Thalaivi’. At the same time, he also did the scripting of Akshay Kumar’s film ‘Rowdy Rathore’. KV Vijayendra Prasad directed the Telugu film Rajanna in 2011, for which he received the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film.
Showed strength in Parliament too
After convincing his pen in cinema, KV Vijayendra Prasad showed his mettle in politics. Actually, he is a nominated MP of Rajya Sabha. He was nominated for doing remarkable work in the field of arts. You will be surprised to know that Vijayendra Prasad never wrote the story of films for money. He just writes amateur. He himself gave this information. In an interview, Vijayendra had told that he enjoys writing the story of films. Rest money and fame are bonus for them.
See also the days of struggle in life
Vijayendra has no answer even in the matter of charity. He donates half of his earnings. Actually, he struggled a lot in his life. In an interview given to ETimes during 2017, KV Vijayendra had told that during 1989 when he was in Chennai, he had to struggle a lot to survive. He had told that we were a family of four, who lived in an apartment with a double bed room for about one and a half years. At that time, his elder brother MM Keeravani used to work as a music assistant, for which he used to get a salary of Rs.200. Those 200 rupees used to cover the expenses of the house.