'Shadow' Madhubabu...: Author's Profile

ABOUT VALLURU MADHUSUDANA RAO (MADHU BABU)

Madhu Babu (Actual Name: Valluru Madhusudana Rao - Retired Head Master of a School at Hanuman Junction, Near Vijayawada) is one of the most popular telugu detective novelists.

Date of Birth : 6th July, 1948
Started writing in the year 1971

His detective novels revolutionized the Telugu detective literature and his characters Shadow, Gangaram, Srikar, Mukesh, Bindu, Kulakarni, CaptainVasu etc., became house hold names of Telugu people. In particular people during 1970-1990's found their destination in fiction novels by Madhu Babu.

He has also written and still writing serials in Telugu weekly Swathi.

The hero of his detectives 'Shadow', has left an indelible impression among his readers. Many readers were educated by Madhu Babu’s intimate description of the geography, the lifestyles of various countries and remote regions, though fictitious. This trendsetter in Telugu detective novels mesmerized his readers and made them feel like they were watching a movie while reading his novels.

After getting popular with his detective literature, he started writing books with "Detectives Vathsava" and his partner cum friend "Shyam Sunder" as the main protagonist. He also wrote different novels without his famous detectives, some of them taking ancient backdrop and some leading to completely different fantasy worlds.

He worked as a head master in Hanuman Junction in Krishna district for a long time and was retired recently. Presently, this writer has turned to Television and films.

Some of his works:

Detective:

A Bullet for Shadow
A Devil A Spy (Three Parts)
Angel of Death (Two Parts)
Assault on Shadow (Two Parts)
Assignment Love Bird
Assignment Karachi (Two Parts)
A Journey to Hell
A Minute in Hell
Baba
Badmaash
Banjay
Bholasankar (Two Parts)
Bloody Border
Blood Hound
Bombing Squad
Brain Washers
Broken Revolver
Buffalo Hunters
Burma Doll
Carnival for Killers
Chinese Beauty
Chinese Mask
Chinese Puzzle
Chichchara Pidugu
Commander Shadow
Counterfeit Killers
C.I.D Shadow
Dagger of Shadow
Dangerous Diabolic (Two Parts)
Dangerous Game (Two Parts)
Deadly Spy
Dear Shadow
Death in the Jungle (Two Parts)
Devils in Nicobar
Dirty Devil
Dr. Shadow
Dr. Zero
Dual at Double Run
Dynamite Dora
Fighting Four
Fist of Shadow
Flying Bomb
Flying Horse
Flying Falcon
Golden Robe
Grenade Group
Gunfight in Greenland
Guns in the Night
Horrors Of Darkness
Inspector Shadow
Jaguar Jaswanth
Junior Agent Sreekar
Kaalakanya
Kaalanaagu
Kaalikaalayam (Three parts. Kalyana Tilakam and Kankala Loya are the next parts)
Kalyaana Tilakam
Kankaala Loya
Kendo Warrior
Kill Quick or Die
Kill Them Mr. Shadow
Killers Gang
Kiss Kiss Kill Kill
License to Kill
Madhu Malini
Meranaam Rajulla
Mid Night Adventure (Two Parts)
Mid Night Plus One (Two Parts)
Mission to Pecking
Murdering Devils
Never Love A Spy
NightWalker
Number 28
Once Again Shadow
Operation Arizona
Operation Bengal Tiger
Operation Counter Spy
Operation Double Cross
Operation Kabul
Please Help Me
Professor Shadow
Red Shadow
Revenge Revenge
Run Shadow Run
Run for the Boarder
Run for the Highlands
Scientist Shadow
Scientist Miss Madhuri
Secret Agent Mr. Shadow
Seventh Killer
Shadow in Baghdad
Shadow in Borneo
Shadow in Hyderabad
Shadow in the Jungle
Shadow in Cochin
Shadow in Japan
Shadow in Sikkim
Shadow in Thailand
Shadow The Avenger
Shadow!
Shadow! Shadow!!
Shadow! Shadow!! Shadow!!!
Shadow the Spy King
Shadow Vosthunnadu Jaagrattha
Silver King
Spider Web
Taste For Death
Temple of Death
Ten Against Shadow (Two Parts)
Terra 205 (Two Parts)
Terror Island
The Curse of Kung Fu
The Girl From C.I.B.
The Killer From C.I.B.
Tiger Munna
Time for Love
To Shadow with Love
Trouble Makers
Two Miles to the Boarder
Viplavam Vardhillali
Wanted Dead or Alive
Who are you
Yamudu