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| name = Indraganti Srikanth<br />
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| native_name = ఇంద్రగంటి శ్రీకాంత శర్మ<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|05|29}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari]], Andhra Pradesh<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/telangana/telugu-poet-and-writer-indraganti-srikanth-sharma-no-more-1209794 |title = ప్రముఖ కవి ఇంద్రగంటి శ్రీకాంత శర్మ ఇకలేరు|date = 25 July 2019}}</ref><br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|07|25|1944|05|29}}<br />
| death_place = [[Hyderabad]], India<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/telugu-lyricist-indraganti-srikanth-sharma-dies-at-75-1573335-2019-07-25|title=Telugu lyricist Indraganti Srikanth Sharma dies at 75|first1=India Today Web Desk|last1=ChennaiJuly 25|first2=2019UPDATED|last2=July 25|first3=2019 12:20|last3=Ist|website=India Today}}</ref><br />
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'''Indraganti Srikanth Sharma''' ({{lang-te|ఇంద్రగంటి శ్రీకాంత శర్మ}}; 29 May 1944 – 25 July 2019), was an Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]] lyricist and writer. He wrote books, including short stories, radio plays, poetry and primarily lyrics during his lifetime career and was actively involved in [[Telugu literature]] and [[Telugu cinema|cinema]] of [[Cinema of South India|south Indian film industry]].<br />
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He was born in [[Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari]] town of Andhra Pradesh. He was born to Indraganti Hanumath Sastry. He married Janaki Bala, from whom he a son [[Mohan Krishna Indraganti]] and a daughter Kiranmayi Indraganti.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/remembering-littrateur-indraganti-srikanth-sharma/article28781924.ece|title=Remembering littérateur Indraganti Srikanth Sharma|newspaper=The Hindu|date=August 1, 2019|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Srikanth began his career with a Telugu weekly newspaper ''[[Andhra Jyothi]]'' where he worked as a journalist. Later in 1976, he joined the [[All India Radio]]'s domestic serve in [[Vijayawada]] where he used to write scripts for radio plays throughout his twenty years of service. Prior to start literary career, he worked at the ''[[Andhra Prabha]]'' weekly newspaper as an editor. He wrote lyrics for Telugu films, including for his first film ''[[Sri Krishnavataram]]'' in 1982, ''[[Nelavanka]]'' and for his last film [[Sammohanam (2018 film)|''Sammohanam'']] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.newsnationtv.com/entertainment/regional-cinema/telugu-lyricist-and-author-indraganti-srikanth-sharma-passed-away-siddharth-sudheer-babu-mourn-his-death-231832.html|title=Telugu lyricist and author Indraganti Srikanth Sharma passed away, Siddharth, Sudheer babu mourn his death|website=News Nation English}}</ref> His lyrics also appears in several films directed by Mohan Krishna Indraganti. He wrote novels, poems and documentaries such as ''Telugu Kavula Aparadhalu'', ''Malavika'', and his own autobiography titled ''Inti Peru Indraganti''.<ref name="thenewsminute">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/telugu-writer-and-lyricist-indraganti-srikanth-sharma-dies-75-106095 |title=Telugu writer and lyricist Indraganti Srikanth Sharma dies at 75}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2019/jul/26/telugu-writer-indraganti-srikanth-sharma-dies-at-75-2009661.html|title=Telugu writer Indraganti Srikanth Sharma dies at 75|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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===Publications and work===<br />
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! scope="row" align="left" |1||''Devarakonda Balagangadhar Tilak''<br />
|{{n/a}}<br />
||Book<br />
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! scope="row" align="left" |2||''Telugu Kavula Aparadhalu''<br />
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||Book<br />
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! scope="row" align="left" |3||''Yekantha Kokila''<br />
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||Book<br />
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! scope="row" align="left" |4||''Inti Peru Indraganti''<br />
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||Autobiography<br />
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! scope="row" align="left" |5||''Malavika''<br />
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||Book<br />
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|-<br />
! scope="row" align="left" |6||''[[Sri Krishnavataram]]''<br />
|{{n/a}}<br />
||Lyricist<br />
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! scope="row" align="left" |7||''[[Nelavanka]]''<br />
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||Lyricist<br />
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! scope="row" align="left" |8||''[[Rendu Jella Sita]]''<br />
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|Lyricist<br />
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! scope="row" align="left" |9||''Puttadi Bomma''<br />
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||Lyricist <br />
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! scope="row" align="left" |10||''[[Anthaka Mundu Aa Tarvatha]]''<br />
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||Lyricist<br />
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! scope="row" align="left" |11||[[Sammohanam (2018 film)|''Sammohanam'']]<br />
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==Death==<br />
Srikanth Sharma was suffering from [[Aging-associated diseases|aging-associated disease]] and died of [[Complication (medicine)|medical complication]]s in [[Hyderabad]] on 25 July 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/acclaimed-telugu-litterateur-indraganti-srikanth-sharma-passes-away-at-75-nani-and-siddharth-mourn-his-death/articleshow/70374709.cms|title=Acclaimed Telugu Litterateur Indraganti Srikanth Sharma passes away at 75; Nani and Siddharth mourn his death - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><br />
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