Background
Inturi was born at Chandrarajupalem near Sattenapalli in Guntur district in 1909.
Inturi was born at Chandrarajupalem near Sattenapalli in Guntur district in 1909.
After primary education at Tenali, he was attracted by Mahatma Gandhi and participated in the Non-cooperation movement in 1921. He was sentenced to three and half years jail term in 1930 for his participation in Salt Satyagraha. He joined the Socialist Party and was associated with Jayaprakash Narayan.
Inturi was also a correspondent with Bombay Chronicle.
He has founded "Cinema" a fortnightly film magazine and ran it for 19 years. He has founded the Madras Cine Workers Union and the Andhra Film Journalists Association in 1945.
lieutenant was the first such associations in the South India. He had written the life story of Atukuri Molla under the title Kummara Molla and published in 1969.
Another writer Sunkara Satyanarayana wrote a ballad based on this novel, which became very popular and has been sung all over Andhra Pradesh.
The story has been made into a movie in 1971 by B. Padmanabham under the title Kathanayika Molla. He has also published a book on Tarikonda Venkamamba. Screen magazine published his biography and described him as "A Manitoba of Million Ideas".
He died in 2002.
Doctor Inturi Memorial Trust was established in his memory and gives Doctor Inturi Venkateswara Rao Visishta Puraskarams annually to the noted film journalists. The recipients of this Award include Rentala Jayadeva, Randor Guy, South. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela and Inampudi Arjuna Rao.