Pulagam Chinnarayana

Pulagam Chinnarayana is an Indian Telugu cinema journalist, film critic, lyricist, screenwriter, and public relations officer.

He has received multiple accolades, including two Nandi Awards for Best Book on Telugu Cinema for his works Aanaati Aanavaallu (2009) and Pasidi Thera (2015). He also won the Nandi Award for Best Film Critic in 2014.

Career Films Chinnarayana has been working as public relations officer, dialogue writer, and lyricist for Telugu cinema. As he was acquainted with Puri Jagannadh during the film Badri, he worked on the film Itlu Sravani Subramanyam as a PRO for the first time. He then worked on Nuvvu Nenu, directed by Teja. He has been the permanent PRO for actors Ram Pothineni and Kartikeya Gummakonda. He turned lyricist with Mahesh, starring Sundeep Kishan. He turned dialogue writer with Prema Oka Maikam starring Charmy Kaur

Books Chinnarayana authored his first book Jandhya Marutham compiling 39 films directed by Jandhyala. It has a foreword written by actor Chiranjeevi,

Chinnarayana then authored Aanaati Aanavaallu which had a foreword written by director Trivikram Srinivas. Within a month of release, all the copies of first print were sold out, and the publisher issued it for the second print. He won Nandi Award for Best Book on Telugu Cinema from Andhra Pradesh state government for this book, in 2009 and 2016 respectively. His next work Cine Poornodayam which was based on life of Edida Nageswara Rao, owner of Poornodaya Creations. The book was launched officially on 1 October 2023 by director Trivikram Srinivas. M. L. Narasimham of The Hindu described it as "a comprehensive book on Vittalacharya, his style of making a movie, his journey with his works, and his personality, Jai Vittalacharya comes with rare personal photographs of the veteran director, besides stills from his films."

In December 2024, Chinnarayana compiled and edited the book Master of Suspense: Hitchcock, along with Ravi Padi. This book is a compilation of 60 essays about Alfred Hitchcock, written by several filmmakers, journalists and writers from Telugu film industry. This book was launched in the presence of film personalities like Vamsy, Mohana Krishna Indraganti, Harish Shankar, Nassar etc.

In 2025, Chinnarayana published the book Padamati Cinema Parimalam, a compilation of articles written by twenty-three writers who are affiliated to Telugu film industry through various crafts. The writers include filmmakers like Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, Dasari Narayana Rao, Krishna Vamsi etc. where they wrote about their emotional connections with various films produced across the world.

In December 2025, Chinnarayana published the book Prapancha Cinema Parimalam, a compilation of articles written about World Cinema. In its review, The Hans India wrote "At its core, Prapancha Cinema Parimalam is an ambitious and thoughtful attempt to bring together global cinematic classics and the minds they have inspired. Chinnarayana handpicks 26 landmark films from world cinema".

Publications Chinnarayana authored the following books. Jai Vittalacharya Master of Suspense: Hitchcock

As dialogue writer

Year Film Cast Director Producer Ref(s) 2013 Prema Oka Maikam Charmy Kaur, Rahul haridas Chandu Venkata Suresh, Srikanth Surya 2017 Gulf Chethan Madineni, Dimple Hayathi Sunil Kumar Reddy Yakkali Ravindra Babu 2018 Bluff Master Satyadev, Nandita Swetha Gopi Ganesh Pattabhi Ramesh P Pillai TBAYashodaSamantha Ruth PrabhuHari and HarishSivalenka Krishna Prasad

Awards and recognition 2006 Santosham Film Awards as a Best Journalist and PRO Award (for Pokiri) 2007 A.P Cinegoers 36th Annual Film Awards for Best Film Journalist Award. 2009 Nandi Award for Best Book on Telugu Cinema (for Aanati Aanavaallu) 2014 Nandi Award for Best Film Critic 2016 Nandi Award for Best Book on Telugu Cinema ( for Pasidi Tera'')