Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Tapi Dharma Rao

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May 24, 2012, 5:32:26 PM (13 years ago)

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+== Tapi Dharma Rao ==
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+Telugu scenarist-lyricist, poet, journalist and
+literary critic born in Behrampur. Influenced as
+a student by the historian Gidugu Ramamurthy
+Panthulu, who advocated a vyavaharika (or
+demotic) Telugu. Was personal secretary to the
+Rajah of Bobbili, a Justice Party ideologue for
+the interests of the zamindar class and Chief
+Minister of Madras Presidency in the early
+Dharma Rao, Tapi
+90
+1930s. Pursued the notion of a people’s
+language in his poetry (esp. in Dyayonam,
+Bhikshapatram, Andhra Tejam) and in plays
+like Vilasarjunam, Taptashrukanam and
+Avanni Kannellena. Wrote essays on historical
+and cultural issues, e.g. in journals like
+Samadarshini and Janavani, later collected in
+his Kottapali Onamalu Sahitya Mormaralu.
+Worked on films by Ramabrahmam
+(Malapilla, 1938; Raitu Bidda, 1939). Wrote
+scripts and lyrics for e.g. L.V. Prasad’s Drohi
+(1948), B.A. Subba Rao’s Palletoori Pilla (1950)
+and K.S. Prakash Rao’s Deeksha (1951). A
+major advocate of a separate state for Teluguspeaking
+people prior to the formation of
+Andhra Pradesh. Wrote c.40 scripts and several
+very popular lyrics. Father of film director Tapi
+Chanakya.
+
+[[Writer]]