Tripuraneni Maharadhi

Tripuraneni Maharadhi (20 April 1930 - 23 December 2011) was an Indian Telugu film, screenplay, dialogue and script writer.

He is remembered for his political forays, as well as for the film Alluri Seetharama Raju.^[2][3][4]

Role in politics

Maharadhi is to some degree, linked to every political party in the Telugu political frame and was instrumental in the launch of the TDP. He was the first person to come up with the idea of a regional party in A.P after which he started a campaign namely 'Telugu Tejam' as prospective title for a regional party, it consisted a 16-point agenda which included the famous phrase "Teluguvalla Atma Gauravam" which later N.T.R used to a great extent to promote T.D.P'S political vision. Maharadhi vehemently proposed Telugu tejam to fill the then existing political vacuum and also to establish a political identity for Telugu people (ref : Marosaari maranisthunna NTR and NTR punarudhhanam) ^[5] later a few intellectuals joined this crusade and soon it attracted many visionaries into this movement. Maharadhi along with the few intellectuals decided that a sanmohana shakthi is required to counter the charishma of Indira Gandhi, hence in that process N.T.R was finally convinced to join the initiative wherein he took over the reins and finally Telugu Tejam was named as Telugu desam to fight the next electoral battle.^[6]

Maharadhi also served as Andhra Pradesh Congress State Secretary when Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy was Andhra Pradesh Congress president. In this position, he was instrumental in promoting YSR in the east and west Godavari districts in Y.S Rajashekars Reddy's early days. When the Bharatiya Janata Party came into existence, he served briefly as a National Council member wherein M.Venkaiah Naidu, Maharadhi and Naayini Narasimha Reddy were prominent speakers for B.J.P. In 2004, Maharadhi launched his own political party 'Trillinga Praja Praghati'^[7] (TPP) with the slogan 'Badugu vargaala rajyadhikaaram' (power to the weaker sections of the society).

Works

Filmography and written works

• Sathi Arundhati
• Kanchukota
• Yodhanu Yodhulu (1961)
• Niluvu Dhopidi
• Pethandhaarl
• Simhasanam
• Devudu Chesina Manushulu
• Bandipotu
• Kanchukota
• Niluvu Dopidi
• Pettandarlu
• Desoddharakulu
• Devudu Chesina Manushulu
• Paadi Pantalu
• Kurukshetram
• Ram Robert Raheem
• Hema Hemeelu
• Praja Rajyam
• Simhasanam
• Santhi Sandesam

As producer

• Desamante manushuloye (1971)
• Bogimantalu (1982)
• Raithu Bharatam (1994)
• Vandikaara Magan*

References