![]() ![]() KHAMMAM: Thirty-two-year-old Modugu Govinda Rao, popularly known as Govind, has managed to earn the widespread admiration of music lovers and the respect of his peers despite struggling for a major part of his life. While mentioning that he trying to break into the Tollywood industry, he says he is confident that he can make it big if given a chance to showcase his talents. He has started working as a farm labourer to support his 85-year-old mother and wife. Till now, he has received 12 awards from the government and different private organisations and has performed in over 1,000 programmes across the Telugu states.ĭespite the once-in-a-lifetime talent that he is, Govind continues to struggle financially. He can produce a song or poem at a moment’s notice,” Satyanarayana adds. “A talent like him is rare anywhere in the world. He mentions that Govind had multiple talents even as a child and has received many awards, including ones from director and producer R Narayana Murthy, ghazal artist Gajal Srinivas and famous poet Nandini Sidda Reddy, among others. This was possibly the first time that people noticed the flash of brilliance in young Govind, says Bukka Satyanarayana, a retired revenue inspector. However, they point to the time when he was 14 and wrote a poem on child labour, which garnered appreciation from his schoolteachers, neighbours and fellow students alike. People around him are in awe of his talents and the range of skills that he has developed over the years. Till now, he has written 350 poems and composed 300 songs, apart from creating many albums of folk and devotional songs. In the process, he started writing poems, folk and devotional songs. As a teenager, he believed in the age-old adage of ‘imitation is the best form of flattery’ and tried copying his father. ![]()
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