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| pseudonym = Thapi Dharma Rao Naidu<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1887|09|19}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Berhampur]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death year and age|1973|1887}}<br />
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| education = [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Pachaiyappa's College]], [[Chennai]]<br />
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| genre = Writer, Poet, Lyricist<br />
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| spouse = Thapi Anaapornama <br />
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| children = Two daughters and three sons (including [[Tapi Chanakya]])<br />
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| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]<br />
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'''Thapi Dharma Rao Naidu''' (1887–1973) was a Telugu writer, lyricist and social reformer. He wrote dialogues and lyrics for the films like ''Mala Pilla'', ''Drohi'', ''Thathaji'', ''Bhishma'', and ''Patni''. He was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for Indian Literature. He had authored many books which were the eye openers for many in the field of social sciences in India, in particular South India. His books ''Vidhi Vilasam'', many more have found a place in the annals of Indian literature.<br />
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==Honours==<br />
*[[Andhra Sahitya Akademi]] honored him with 'Visishta Sabhyathvam'.<br />
*The chief priest of [[Sringeri Sharada Peetham]] honored him by conferring the title '''Andhra Visharada''' for his extraordinary service to Telugu language.<br />
*He was senate member of [[Sri Venkateswara University]].<br />
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==Family==<br />
Thapi Dharma Rao Naidu had two daughters and three sons.<br />
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==Literary works==<br />
* ''Devalayala Meeda Bhutu Bommalenduku?''<br />
* ''[http://teluguthesis.com/index.php?showtopic=1878 Pelli- Dani Puttupurvotharalu]'',<br />
* ''Inupakatchadalu'',<br />
* ''Pathapali'', ''Kotha Pali'',<br />
* ''All India Adukkutinevalla Mahasabha'',<br />
* ''Sahityamormaralu''.<br />
* ''Rallu-Rappalu'' is his autobiography from 1887 to 1908.<br />
* Translated Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina in Telugu (1952)<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
*Mohini Rugmangada (1937)<br />
*[[Malapilla]] (1938) (dialogue)<br />
*[[Raithu Bidda (1939 film)|Raitu Bidda]] (1939) (dialogue)<br />
*[[Illalu]] (1940)<br />
*[[Krishna Prema]] (1943) (adaptation) (dialogue)<br />
*[[Drohi (1948 film)|Drohi]] (1948)<br />
*[[Keelugurram]] (1949)<br />
*[[Palletoori Pilla]] (1950) (dialogue)<br />
*[[Paramanandayya Shishyula Katha]] (1950) (adaptation) (dialogue)<br />
*Mangala (1951) (dialogue)<br />
*[[Kanna Talli]] (1953)<br />
*[[Rojulu Marayi]] (1955) (dialogue)<br />
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==References==<br />
*20th Century Luminaries, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA995&lpg=PA995&dq=Tapi+Dharma+rao&source=bl&ots=OA1UZYSu0U&sig=U7bCaGFZB_8KdJS3RuP9Y8NtEDQ&hl=en&ei=ZfaTSoKWO5Tq7AOitp3xAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7#v=onepage&q=Tapi%20Dharma%20rao&f=false The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Two); page: 995.]<br />
* [https://vacobranding.imdb.com Thapi Dharma Rao profile in IMBd.]<br />
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