[1] Venkata Kavi was born as Venkatayya to Narayana and Seshamma in the village of Vipparla in Guntur district.
He studied Sanskrit poetry and pancha kavyas under the guidance of Narikonda Nammalaraju, a poet from Gadwal.
[3] He worked as a Telugu scholar in the Board High School in Macherla from 1948 to 1952, and as Sanskrit lecturer in Ponnur oriental college for forty years from 1952.
[6] Venkata Kavi was the Principal of a Sanskrit college and initially turned down an offer from actor and filmmaker N. T. Rama Rao to write the script and dialogues for Daana Veera Soora Karna (1977).
However, after Rama Rao personally asked for his assistance, Venkata Kavi agreed to join the project.
[1] After this film, Venkata Kavi worked on various projects, including Sri Madvirata Parvam (1979), Sreemadvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra (1984), and Tandra Paparayudu (1986).