Magunta Dayakar - Painter of Abstract Realistic Landscape Paintings About Artist: Magunta Dayakar (Real Name: Magunta Venkata Subba Reddy) was born in Andhra Pradesh, India. After discontinuing his graduation, he did many different things at different points in time. He became a popular fiction writer in his native language Telugu, credited with thirty-five novels. He worked as an editor and also published a feature magazine for a brief period. He scri ...