[3] Baapiraju was born on 8 October 1895, at Sarepalle, near Bhimavaram in West Godavari district of Andhra.

[1] He visited tourist places around the country, such as Ajanta, Hampi, etc., and that is how his interest in arts and paintings developed.

Inspired by the likes of Bipin Chandra Pal, Baapiraju participated in the Non-cooperation movement in 1921 and was jailed in 1922 for about a year.

In 1934 he gave up that job to enter the Telugu film industry as an art director.

He also provided paintings for Viswanatha Satyanarayana's Kinerasani Patalu and Nanduri's Enkipatalu.