Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry (16 June 1905 â 12 September 1965) was a Telugu writer.
His family settled in Bandar (Machilipatnam) during his childhood. He completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Machilipatnam and earned a Master of Arts degree in Telugu and Sanskrit in Madras. He studied the Vedas under Yadavalli Subbavadhanulu, MahÃÂbhÃÂá¹£ya under Nori Subramanya Sastry, and the Brahma Sà «tras under Sistla Narasimha Sastry. He was highly learned and was said to have knowledge of around 50 languages.
Malladi wrote about 150 songs for nearly 40 films.
He died of Cerebral hemorrhage due to Hypertension on 12 September 1965 in Chennai.