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Madhu Babu | |
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| Born | Valluru Madhusudana Rao 6 July 1948 Thotla Valluru, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh State [1] |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Novelist, Teacher |
| Spouse | Adilakshmi |
| Children | Uday (Son) |
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Madhu Babu (Full Name: Valluru Madhusudana Rao) is a Telugu detective novel writer. [2] [3]
Madhu Babu's fictional detectives, Shadow, Gangaram, Kulakarni, Mukesh, Bindu, Srikar became very popular during the 1970-1990s. He is still writing in Telugu weeklies Swathi and Sahari (Online) and also written serials in Telugu weekly Navya and also Nadhi Monthly. He has his own publication house. He has also written film and television scripts. In May 2022, he started his own Podcast channel on YouTube and other mediums as 'Shadow Madhu Babu (Official) Audio Books'. He started his own official WHATSAPP (Channel), Telegram group and Facebook page administered by him.
He worked as a head master in Hanuman Junction in Krishna district Andhra Pradesh, Now staying with his son in Hyderabad
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