His book 'Success in Five Steps' holds an all-time record in Telugu literature, surpassing sales of more than two crore rupees.He built an ashram at Kakinada, a one-crore project to teach the importance of education to tribal students free of cost. His film Vennelloa Aadapilla (వెన్నెల్లో ఆడపిల్ల) won Film fare award.In an opinion poll in 1982 conducted by Andhrajyoti, he was one among "4 most popular persons" of the state, others being N.T. His film, 'oka Voori Katha (ఒక ఊరి కథ)’ won best regional film award from President of India. His TV Serials won Golden Nandi awards for best direction and production. In his writings he addresses many of social problems in India like poverty, prejudices, and superstitions, and encourages people to be socially responsible. He influences younger generations with his socially relevant writings and youtube videos. His another popular novel Tulasi Dalam was first adapted into a Kannada movie (1985) titled Thulasidala and later in Telugu as Tulasidalam (1989),in Hindi as Phoonk (2008) and its remake in Telugu as Raksha (2008). Yandamuri Veerendranath is an Indian novelist and screenwriter known for his works in the Telugu language. He directed films with artists like Chiranjeevi, Ramya Krishna etc.He is associated with more than 30 films that include 'Abhilasha' (అభిలాష), 'Challenge' (ఛాలెంజ్) and ‘ Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari’ (జగదేక వీరుడు అతిలోక సుందరి). He is a motivational speaker and has delivered speeches at Australia, Tanzania, Indonesia, Singapore, US and, the UK. His works have been translated into Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, and Hindi. He worked for 15 years in various financial institutions as a senior executive.He is an acclaimed novelist, playwright, and State Sahitya Academy award winner. Yandamuri Veerendranath is from East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.
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