Tapi Dharma Rao Explained

Thapi Dharma Rao
Pseudonym:	Thapi Dharma Rao Naidu
Birth Date:	1887 9, df=yes
Birth Place:	Berhampur, India
Education:	B.A.
Alma Mater:	Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai
Genre:	Writer, Poet, Lyricist
Spouse:	Thapi Anaapornama
Children:	Two daughters and three sons (including Tapi Chanakya)
Awards:	Sahitya Akademi Award

Thapi Dharma Rao Naidu (1887–1973) was a Telugu writer, journalist, rationalist, and social reformer. He is considered as a pioneer of colloquial language in Telugu journalism and a doyen of Telugu prose writers.^[1] He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award by India's National Academy of Letters in 1971.^[2] He authored many books which were the eye openers in the field of social sciences in India, in particular South India. His literary works like Vidhi Vilasam have found a place in the annals of Indian literature. He also wrote dialogues and lyrics for films like Mala Pilla (1938), Raithu Bidda (1939), Drohi (1948), Rojulu Marayi (1955).

Honours

• Andhra Sahitya Akademi honored him with 'Visishta Sabhyathvam'.
• The chief priest of Sringeri Sharada Peetham honored him by conferring the title 'Andhra Visarada' for his extraordinary service to Telugu language.
• He was senate member of Sri Venkateswara University.

Family

Thapi Dharma Rao Naidu had two daughters and three sons.

Literary works

• Devalayala Meeda Bhutu Bommalenduku?
• Pelli- Dani Puttupurvotharalu
• Inupakatchadalu
• Pathapali, Kotha Pali
• All India Adukkutinevalla Mahasabha
• Sahityamormaralu
• Rallu-Rappalu is his autobiography from 1887 to 1908
• Translated Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina into Telugu (1952)

Filmography

• Mohini Rugmangada (1937)
• Malapilla (1938) (dialogue)
• Raithu Bidda (1939) (dialogue)
• Illalu (1940)
• Krishna Prema (1943) (adaptation) (dialogue)
• Drohi (1948)
• Keelugurram (1949)
• Palletoori Pilla (1950) (dialogue)
• Paramanandayya Shishyula Katha (1950) (adaptation) (dialogue)
• Mangala (1951) (dialogue)
• Kanna Talli (1953)
• Rojulu Marayi (1955) (dialogue)

External links

• The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Two); page: 995.
• 20th Century Luminaries, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005.
• Thapi Dharma Rao profile in IMDb.

Notes and References

1. News: 2016-10-17 . Thapi Dharma Rao, a doyen of colloquial language in journalism . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-06-13 . 0971-751X.
2. Web site: Sahitya Akademi Awards in Telugu language (1955-2007) . 2023-06-13 . Sahitya Akademi. https://web.archive.org/web/20100813103836/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10321.htm#telugu . 13 August 2010 .