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Rakendu Mouli Vennelakanti is an Indian lyricist and actor who works in Telugu cinema. He is the son of Telugu lyricist Vennelakanti.

Career

Mouli worked as an assistant director for Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu and Janda Pai Kapiraju. He made his debut as an actor with Moodu Mukkallo Cheppalante (2015) in which he played the lead role. In 2016, he played Naga Chaitanya's friend in Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo. He played supporting roles in Kirrak Party, a Telugu remake of the Kannada film Kirik Party, and played one of the lead roles in My Dear Marthandam (2018). In 2019, he made his Tamil debut with Enai Noki Paayum Thota, where he played Dhanush's friend.

He made his Telugu debut as a lyricist with Andala Rakshasi (2012) and garnered acclaim for the song "Manasu Palike". He wrote the lyrics for four of the five songs in Meeku Maathrame Cheptha (2019).

Personal life

Mouli's father, Vennelakanti, is a lyricist and his brother Shashank Vennelakanti is a dialogue writer.

Discography

Film songs

• All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.
• (D) indicates dubbed version.

List of Rakendu Mouli film music credits

Year	Film	Credited as		Notes
		Singer	Lyricist
1996	Topi Raja Sweety Roja	Y	N
2012	Andala Rakshasi	Y	Y
2013	Biriyani (D)	Y	Y
	Chirunavvula Chirujallu (D)	N	Y
2014	Happy New Year (D)	N	Y
2015	Moodu Mukkallo Cheppalante	Y	Y	Also actor
	Rakshasudu (D)	Y	Y
	Jayasurya (D)	N	Y
	Nava Manmadhudu (D)	N	Y
2016	Kotikokkadu (D)	N	Y
	Kaashmora (D)	N	Y
	Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo	Y	Y	Also actor
	Aata	N	Y
2017	Yamudu 3 (D)	N	Y
	Gajendrudu (D)	Y	Y
	Marakathamani (D)	N	Y
2018	Gang (D)	N	Y
	Rangula Ratnam	N	Y
	Kirrak Party	N	Y	Also actor
	Nawab (D)	N	Y
	Sarkar (D)	N	Y
2019	Sarvam Thaala Mayam (D)	N	Y
	Rakshasudu	N	Y
	Whistle (D)	N	Y
	Meeku Maathrame Cheptha	N	Y
	Vijay Sethupathi (D)	N	Y
	Thoota (D)	Y	N	Also actor
	Raja Vaaru Rani Gaaru	N	Y
	Mathu Vadalara	N	Y
2020	Aakaasam Nee Haddhu Ra (D)	N	Y	Also dialogue writer
2022	Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal	N	Y
	Gargi (D)	N	Y
	Tees Maar Khan	N	Y
	Cobra (D)	N	Y
2023	Regina (D)	N	Y
	Nayakudu (D)	N	Y
2024	Alanaati Ramchandrudu	N	Y
	Appudo Ippudo Eppudo	N	Y
	Kanguva (D)	N	Y

Independent songs

• Marvel Anthem (2019): Telugu version lyrics
• Nene Lekunte (2020)
• Rowdy Pattasu (2021): Telugu Version lyrics

Filmography

Film

• All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.

Television

Short films

• All Short films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.

Dialogue writer

• As I'm Suffering from Prema (2017) (webseries); Telugu dubbed version
• What's up Panimanishi (2019) (webseries)
• Khaidi (2019); Telugu dubbed version
• Aakaasam Nee Haddhu Ra (2020); Telugu dubbed version
• Sulthan (2021); Telugu dubbed version
• Senapathi (2021)
• MenToo (2023)
• Animal (2023); Telugu dubbed version.

Awards and nominations

References

1. "11 actors tell us what it takes to be a supporting actor". The Hindu. 21 September 2018. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
2. Naidu, Siddharth (2017-07-26). "[VoxTalks] Rakendu Mouli : An Eloquent Confluence Of Words To Describe The Best In Performing Arts". Voxspace.in. Archived from the original on 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
3. "Lyricist Rakendu Mouli turns hero". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2022-06-12. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
4. ^ "Challenging sterotypes". The Hindu. January 5, 2015. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
5. "Acting, writing, singing: Rakendu does it all in SSS". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
6. ^ "Rakendu to debut as hero with a crime-comedy". The Times of India. 6 November 2017. Archived from the original on 10 October 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
7. "Music Review: Meeku Maathrame Cheptha". The Times of India. November 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
8. Adivi, Sashidhar (September 22, 2018). "In the eye of the storm". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on November 28, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
9. "Marvel's swansong". The New Indian Express. 10 April 2019. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
10. "Revanth, Rakendu lend voice for social media stars". The New Indian Express. 21 March 2020. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
11. "Rowdy pattasu music video". 26 November 2021.
12. Mouli, Rakendu (12 December 2023). Actor Rakendu Mouli Latest Interview. Interviewed by Sharath. TeluguOne – via YouTube.
13. "Mirchi Music Awards South 2012 – Telugu cinema news". idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 2021-11-04. Retrieved 2020-05-07.

External links

• Rakendu Mouli at IMDb

• Living people
• Telugu-language lyricists
• Indian lyricists
• Indian singer-songwriters
• Telugu male actors
• Male actors in Telugu cinema
• 21st-century Indian actors
• Indian male film actors
• Telugu playback singers
• Indian web series actors
• 21st-century Indian male writers