{{Short description|Indian film director and writer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}} '''Tapi Chanakya''' (1925–1973) was an Indian film director and writer. He is son of the famous writer Tapi Dharma Rao Naidu.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/1340106-puthiya-pathai-evergreen-classic-tamil-film.html |title='புதிய பாதை' ஆன 'ஏக்-கி-ரஸ்தா' |date=2024-11-18 |website=Hindu Tamil Thisai |language=ta |access-date=2024-11-19}}</ref> He has worked as Radio Telegraphist for the Indian Army.
==Filmography==
# ''Palletoori Pilla'' (Telugu) (1950) – Assistant Director # ''Anta Manavalle'' (1954) # ''Rojulu Marayi'' (Telugu) (1955) – Director and Screen Adaptation # ''Peddarikalu'' (1957) # ''Ettuku Pai Ettu'' (1958) # ''Bhagya Devatha'' (1959) # ''Jalsarayudu'' (1960) # ''Kumkumarekha'' (1960) # ''Pudhiya Pathai'' (1960) # ''Kalasivunte Kaladu Sukham'' (1961) # ''Constable Koothuru'' (1963) # ''Ramudu Bheemudu'' (Telugu) (1964) # ''Varasatwam'' (1964) # ''C.I.D.'' (1965) # ''Enga Veetu Penn'' (1965) # ''Enga Veettu Pillai'' (1965) # ''Adugu Jaadalu'' (1966) # ''Naan Aanaiyittal'' (1966) # ''Ram Aur Shyam'' (Hindi) (1967) # ''Oli Vilakku'' (1968) # ''Pudhiya Boomi'' (1968) # ''Madhavi'' (1969) # ''Vidhi Vilasam'' (1970) # ''Bangaru Talli'' (1971) # ''Bikhre Moti'' (Hindi) (1971) # ''Man Mandir'' (Hindi) (1971) # ''Bandhipotu Bhayankara'' (1972) # ''Jaanwar Aur Insaan'' (Hindi) (1972) # ''Manavata'' (Hindi) (1972) # ''Subha-O-Sham'' (Hindi & Persian) (1972) # ''Ganga Manga'' (Telugu) (1973)
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0151192}} {{Tapi Chanakya}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chanakya, Tapi}} Category:Telugu film directors Category:1925 births Category:1973 deaths Category:20th-century Indian writers Category:Hindi-language film directors