Aluru Venkata Subbarao (5 August 1908 – 24 September 1975), popularly known by his pen name Chakrapani, was an Indian screenwriter, film producer, studio owner, and director in Telugu cinema.
He initially studied Hindi under the tutelage of the well-known author Vraj Nandan Sharma[2] and later taught himself Tamil, Sanskrit, and English, mastering all three languages.
Chakrapani's film career took off when he became a close friend of B. Nagi Reddi while working as a writer for Vauhini Productions' Swarga Seema (1945).
[1] Together, they made successful films like Patala Bhairavi, Maya Bazar, Gundamma Katha, Missamma, Shavukaru, and Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu that are still popular with Telugu speaking people.
Kodavatiganti Kutumba Rao, a very close friend of aluri and a literary colossus in Telugu Literature, edited it for 28 years, till his death in August 1980.