| 1 | '''Tripuraneni Gopichand''', (1910-62) |
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| 4 | Telugu director born in Telangana, AP. Wrote |
| 5 | c.300 Telugu short stories, two major novels |
| 6 | (Parivartana, 1942; Asamarthuni Jiva Yatra, |
| 7 | 1945) and essays on political theory, e.g. |
| 8 | Marxism Ante Emiti? (1954). Was briefly the |
| 9 | Secretary of the Andhra Radical Democratic |
| 10 | Party (1954). Arguments for ideology of |
| 11 | rational reformism were presented in his |
| 12 | literary column ‘ Ubhaya Kushalopari’ for |
| 13 | Ramabrahmam’s journal Prajamitra. Wrote |
| 14 | scripts for L.V. Prasad, P. Pullaiah and |
| 15 | Adurthi Subba Rao. First film as director, |
| 16 | Lakshmamma, made in direct competition to a |
| 17 | Balaramaiah film on a Telugu folk ballad. |
| 18 | Made only two more films, both based on his |
| 19 | own literary fiction. |
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| 22 | '''FILMOGRAPHY''': 1950: Lakshmamma; 1951: |
| 23 | Perantalu; 1952: Priyuralu. |
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| 25 | [[Director]] |