Pingali Nagendrarao (Telugu: పింగళి నాగేంద్రరావు) (29 December 1901 – 6 May 1971) was a Telugu movie script writer, playwright and lyricist. Famous for his witty and romantic lyrics, he also wrote dialogues for many movies. "Patala Bhairavi", "Mayabazar" and "Missamma" are some of his best known works.
Pingali Nagendrarao was at least 70 years old when he wrote the dialogue for Mayabazar.
He lived to be 70 years old, but it never states when he wrote the dialogues for some of his movies.