Moti BA or Motilal Upadhyay (1 August 1919 – 18 January 2009) was a Bhojpuri poet, writer and lyricist.

[1] He has written many Bhojpuri poems, novels and lyrics of Bhojiwood and Bollywood films.

[3] Moti BA was born in Bereji village near Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh in India.

[citation needed] From 1939 to 1943 he worked in Editorial department of newspapers like Aaj, Agragami and Sansar aur Aryavart.

He became famous as lyricist and musician between 1944 and 1952, he worked for Motiji Pancholi Art Pictures and Filmistan.