Balijepalli Lakshmikantha Kavi

Balijepalli Lakshmikantha Kavi (23 December 1881 – 30 June 1953) was an Indian playwright, novelist, poet, screenwriter, actor and freedom fighter.

He is remembered for the magnum opus Satya Harischandriyamu, a play written in 1924, and for his works in Telugu cinema.

[1] He was born in Itikampadu village of Guntur district near Bapatla in 1881 to Narasimha Sastry and Adilakshmamma.

[1] He established Chandrika Printing press in Guntur with the help of Challapalli Raja in 1922.

He established First Drama Company in 1926 and played Satya Harischandra and Uttara Raghavam many times.