Chinnarayana authored his first book Jandhya Marutham compiling 39 films directed by Jandhyala. It has a foreword written by actor Chiranjeevi,[1] the first time he wrote foreword for a book.[2] It was launched at State Art Gallery in Hyderabad organized by Hasam magazine. Actors Chiranjeevi and Rajendra Prasad attended the function, where the former launched the book.[4]
Chinnarayana then authored Aanaati Aanavaallu which had a foreword written by director Trivikram Srinivas. Within a month of release, all the copies of first print were sold out, and the publisher issued it for the second print. He won Nandi Award for Best Book on Telugu Cinema from Andhra Pradesh state government for this book, in 2009 and 2016 respectively. His next work Cine Poornodayam which was based on life of Edida Nageswara Rao, owner of Poornodaya Creations.[2] Chinnarayana wrote Svarnayuga Sangeetha Darshakulu, which detailed the work of music directors between 1932 and 1982. It was proofread by singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, and music director M.M. Keeravani wrote the foreword for this book. Later, Chinnarayana came up with Pasidi Thera which was a compilation of details about 100 films and a sequel to Aanaati Aanavaallu and Cinema Venuka Storeelu which had background details of films made after 2000. Among them, he won Nandi Award for Best Book on Telugu Cinema from Andhra Pradesh State Government for Pasidi Thera, in 2016.[1] Later, Chinnarayana authored Maya Bazar Madhura Smruthulu, a book on film Mayabazar by associating with Viswanatha Reddy, son of film's producer Nagi Reddy. Chinnarayana made a documentary to accompany the book and he got commendation from Vice President of IndiaVenkaiah Naidu.[2]
Chinnarayana authored Vendi Chandamamalu along with another writer Vaddi Om Prakash Narayana, focusing on "Venditera Navalalu", the term for novels about Telugu cinema shot between 50s and 70s. This book was released on 2 October 2019 by director Vamsy, and the first copy was received by Ravi Prasad Paadi, a higher level official of South Central Railway.[citation needed]
In the year 2021, the first look of his upcoming book Jai Vittalacharya was launched by Krishna (Telugu actor) which is based on the cinematic journey of legendary director B. Vittalacharya.[5] The book was launched officially on 1 October 2023 by director Trivikram Srinivas.[6] M. L. Narasimham of The Hindu described it as "a comprehensive book on Vittalacharya, his style of making a movie, his journey with his works, and his personality, Jai Vittalacharya comes with rare personal photographs of the veteran director, besides stills from his films."[7]
In December 2024, Chinnarayana compiled and edited the book Master of Suspense: Hitchcock, along with Ravi Padi.[8] This book is a compilation of 60 essays about Alfred Hitchcock, written by several filmmakers, journalists and writers from Telugu film industry.[9] This book was launched in the presence of film personalities like Vamsy, Mohana Krishna Indraganti, Harish Shankar, Nassar etc.[10]
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