Gummadi Vittal Rao (1949 January 31[1] – 6 August 2023), known as Gaddar, was an Indian poet, singer, and communist revolutionary.

Gaddar was born as Gummadi Vithal Rao at Toopran in the Medak district of Telangana in 1949.

[2] Gaddar went underground in the 1980s and became a member of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War.

[4] He adopted the name Gaddar as a tribute to the pre-independence Gadar party, which opposed British colonial rule in Punjab.

[6][7][8] Suffering from severe heart disease, Gaddar was admitted to a Hyderabad hospital on 20 July 2023 where he underwent bypass surgery on 3 August 2023.