Baapiraju was born on 8 October 1895, at Sarepalle, near
Bhimavaram in
West Godavari district of
Andhra. He obtained primary education in Bhimavaram and higher education at
Narsapur and
Rajamahendravaram. He remembered his experiences in jail in his book "tolakari". After his release Baapiraju attended the Law college in Madras. He practiced law in Bhimavaram for a year and later gave it up. Baapiraju served for a brief period as the principal of Jateeya Kalasala of
Machilipatnam. In 1934 he gave up that job to enter the Telugu film industry as an art director. He directed Dhruva Vijayam, Meerabhai, and Anasuya. Baapiraju edited the Telugu daily
Mijan, published from
Hyderabad from 1943 to 1946. Baapiraju wrote over a hundred stories. He also provided paintings for
Viswanatha Satyanarayana's
Kinerasani Patalu and
Nanduri's
Enkipatalu. Baapiraju died in 1952. ==Works==