Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao (born 21 June 1944) and Paruchuri Gopala Krishna (born 25 September 1947), collectively referred to as the Paruchuri Brothers, are a screenwriting duo whose work is predominant as story writers, dialogue writers, actors, directors, poets, playwrights, and novelists in the Indian Telugu film industry. They are noted for being the first screenwriters to achieve star status, becoming the most successful screenwriters of all time who had created a new trend in Telugu film industry with their powerful scripts and punch dialogues, evoking spontaneous applause from the audiences. The Paruchuri Brothers revolutionized Telugu cinema in the 1980s and ruled the industry as star writers over three decades. They have written the stories and dialogues for over 358 films; to name a few E Charithra Ye Siratho, Naa Desam, Khaidi, Eenadu, Mundadugu, Bobbili Brahmanna, Prajaswamyam, Karthavyam, Varsham, Sarpayagam, Major Chandrakanth Samarasimha Reddy, Narasimha Naidu, Okkadu, Indra, Tagore, Manasantha Nuvve, Nee Sneham, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana, Shankardada MBBS, Drushyam, Khaidi No. 150, Rudrama Devi and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy. (en)
Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao (born 21 June 1944) and Paruchuri Gopala Krishna (born 25 September 1947), collectively referred to as the Paruchuri Brothers, are a screenwriting duo whose work is predominant as story writers, dialogue writers, actors, directors, poets, playwrights, and novelists in the Indian Telugu film industry. They are noted for being the first screenwriters to achieve star status, becoming the most successful screenwriters of all time who had created a new trend in Telugu film industry with their powerful scripts and punch dialogues, evoking spontaneous applause from the audiences. (en)