Mallinātha Sūri was a critic, known for his commentaries on the five mahakavyas (great compositions) of Sanskrit.
[2][3] Mallinātha was born in a Telugu Brahmin family of the Kamakayanasa gotra[4] with the surname Kolachala, Kolachela, Kolichala or Kolichelama.
[6] When Kākatīya rule ended, the scholars of the Kolachelama family migrated to Rāchakonḍa, the capital of Singabhūpāla.
[9] Mallinātha is well known as a commentator who has written glosses on the Classical epics of the Sanskrit canon, besides his commentaries on Śāstric works.
[10] He is also known as a poet, a fact which is rather unknown, though the names of his creative compositions are known to the scholars of Sanskrit literature.