Tikkavarapu Pattabhirama Reddy

{{Short description|Indian film director (1919–2006)}}

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| name = Tikkavarapu Pattabhirama Reddy

| image = PattabhiramaReddyTikkavarapuPic.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date |df=yes|1919|2|19}}

| birth_place = Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2006|05|06|1919|2|19}}

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| nationality = Indian

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| known_for =Samskara
Chandamarutha

| relatives =Ramana Reddy
T. Subbarami Reddy

| spouse =Snehalata Reddy

| alma mater =University of Calcutta

| occupation = writer, producer, director, social activist

}}

Tikkavarapu Pattabhirama Reddy (19 February 1919 – 6 May 2006) was an Indian film screenwriter, producer, director, social activist, poet, and writer known for his pioneering works in Telugu cinema, and Kannada cinema.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/celluloids-twopronged-response-to-emergency/article7365240.ece|title=Celluloid's two-pronged response to Emergency|first=Muralidhara|last=Khajane|date=29 June 2015|publisher=|newspaper=The Hindu}}{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1977-78Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1977-78.pdf|title=Directorate of Film Festival|publisher=|access-date=6 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006130311/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1977-78Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1977-78.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}

Reddy has received three National Film Awards for his works.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/a-pioneer-passes-away/article3218154.ece|title=A pioneer passes away|date=12 May 2006|publisher=|newspaper=The Hindu}} In 1972 he produced and directed Samskara which garnered the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and Bronze Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://1nellore.com/1849/tikkavarapu-pattabhirama-reddy-poet-film-maker-of-international-fame/|title=Tikkavarapu Pattabhirama Reddy – Poet, Film maker of international fame from Nellore|date=18 December 2011|publisher=|access-date=25 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102018/http://1nellore.com/1849/tikkavarapu-pattabhirama-reddy-poet-film-maker-of-international-fame/|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}} Reddy has actively participated the Indian Emergency opposition movement, human rights movement, and child labor movements as founder member of People's Union for Civil Liberties. In 1977, he produced and directed the bilingual Chandamarutha in Kannada, and English. The film was banned during the Emergency, and was later released to critical appreciation.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/11/20/stories/2002112000390100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030324220300/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/11/20/stories/2002112000390100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-03-24|work=The Hindu|date=2002-11-20|title=A forgotten prophet}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/celluloids-twopronged-response-to-emergency/article7365240.ece|title=Celluloid's two-pronged response to Emergency|first=Muralidhara|last=Khajane|date=29 June 2015|publisher=|newspaper=The Hindu}}