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
- Aananda Jyothi
- Aarthi
- Aparichithudu
- Athanu
- Bairaagi
- Bhavani
- Bomma
- Crime Corner
- Chakra Theerdham
- Death Warrant
- Down Street Mystery
- Final Warning
- Finishing Touch
- Gharshana
- Hechcharika
- Jwaalaamukhi
- Kankana Rahasyam
- Machchala Gurram (Folklore)
- Nandini
- Paamu
- Puli Madugu
- Rahasyam
- Rudraani
- Red Alert
- Red Silver
- Rudra Bhoomi
- Saalabhanjika
- Saadhana
- Siksha (Two Parts)
- Spandana
- Sankar Dada (Two parts)
- Sravani
- Swarna Khadgam (Two parts)
- Tiger Vathsava
- Time Bomb
- Top Secret
- Top Ten
- Touch Me Not
- Two in One
- Vennela Madugu
- Virgin Island
- Viswa Prayathnam
- DONGA... DONGA... DONGA... (Shadow)
- Chakra Theerdham (ETV)
- Kaalikaalayam (Gemini TV)
- Shankar Dada (Under Production)
- Siksha (Under Production)
Currently he is writing 'Veerabhadra Reddy (Historical)' for Swathi Weekly.
