Tripuraneni Maharadhi (Maharadhi) (deceased) a. k. a. Tripuraneni Balgangadhar Rao was a screenwriter, writer and producer who had worked in Telugu film industry. He started his film career as dialogue writer by writing dialogues to dubbed movies. He got the fame by the movie ‘Alluri Seetharama Raju’, which was directed by V. Ramachandra Rao. He did more movies with NTR. His famous movies are Bandipotu, Kanchukota, Alluri Sitaramaraju, Devudu Chesina Manushulu, etc. He died on December 23, 2011.