{{Short description|Indian writer, journalist, and social reformer (1887–1973)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}} {{Infobox writer | name = Thapi Dharma Rao | image = Tapi Dharma Rao from Ammanudi july 2018 (page 19 crop).jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = Thapi Dharma Rao Naidu | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1887|09|19}} | birth_place = Berhampur, India | death_date = {{death year | 08-05-1973}} | death_place = | occupation = | education = B.A. | alma_mater = Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai | period = | genre = Writer, Poet, Lyricist | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = Thapi Annapoornamma | partner = | children = Two daughters and three sons (including Tapi Chanakya) | relatives = | awards = Sahitya Akademi Award | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }} '''Thapi Dharma Rao Naidu''' (1887–1973) was a Telugu writer, journalist, rationalist, and social reformer.<ref name=":0" /> He is considered as a pioneer of colloquial language in Telugu journalism and a doyen of Telugu prose writers.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2016-10-17 |title=Thapi Dharma Rao, a doyen of colloquial language in journalism |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/Thapi-Dharma-Rao-a-doyen-of-colloquial-language-in-journalism/article16074788.ece |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award by India's National Academy of Letters in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Sahitya Akademi Awards in Telugu language (1955-2007) |url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10321.htm#telugu |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Sahitya Akademi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813103836/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10321.htm#telugu |archive-date=13 August 2010 }}</ref> 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?'' * ''[http://teluguthesis.com/index.php?showtopic=1878 Pelli- Dani Puttupurvotharalu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301215654/http://teluguthesis.com/index.php?showtopic=1878 |date=1 March 2012 }}'' * ''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)
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==External links== *[https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&dq=Tapi+Dharma+rao&pg=PA995 The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Two); page: 995.] *20th Century Luminaries, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005. * [https://imdb.com/name/nm0007094/ Thapi Dharma Rao profile in IMDb.]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, Thapi Dharma}} Category:Journalists from Bihar Category:Telugu-language lyricists Category:1887 births Category:1973 deaths Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu Category:Indian social reformers Category:People from Brahmapur Category:20th-century Indian male journalists Category:20th-century Indian journalists