| Tripuraneni Maharadhi | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 20, 1930 Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Died | December 28, 2011 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Maharadhi |
| Occupation | Dialogue writer Screenwriter Film producer |
| Known for | Alluri Seetharama Raju (film) |
Tripuraneni Maharadhi born Tripuraneni Balgangadhar Rao in a zamindaar family in Pasumarru in Krishna district, is a dialogue writer turned screenwriter in Telugu Cinema. [1][2]
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He worked in about 150 films and also wrote several books. Before entering into film industry he worked as journalist for the magazines like Zameen Raithu, Golkonda and Telugu Desam.
Later, he went to Chennai on the basis of a job in Radio station and settled as a writer in film industry. He started off his film career by writing dialogues to dubbed films as he has grip on various languages. His first film was ‘Rodhanu Yodhulu’, which was the Telugu version of Tamil film ‘Sivaganga Seemai’ and his first straight Telugu film was NTR’s ‘Bandipotu’ in 1963.
He first met NTR on the sets of ‘Mana Desam’. Some of his other films which earned him reputation were ‘Sathi Arundhati’, ‘Kanchukota’, ‘Niluvu Dhopidi’, ‘Pethamdaarlu’, ‘Simhasanam’, ‘Devudu Chesina Manushulu’, etc.