He is the grandson of Sahitya Academy Award winning Telugu writer, Tripuraneni Gopichand, and great-grandson of revolutionary poet/reformer, Tripuraneni Ramaswamy, both of whose postage stamps were released by the Indian Government for their contribution to Telugu Literature.
Tripuraneni Gopichand (1910–1962), Telugu short story writer, novelist, editor, essayist, playwright and film director