Paidipally Vamshidhar Rao better known as Vamshi Paidipally is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu and Tamil cinema. He is best known for directing mainstream film works such as Munna (2007), Brindavanam (2010), Yevadu (2014), Oopiri (2016), Maharshi (2019) and Varisu (2023). Vamshi Paidipally has won a National Film Award for Maharshi.

Maharshi is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Vamshi Paidipally and produced by Sri Venkateswara Creations, Vyjayanthi Movies, and PVP Cinema. It stars Mahesh Babu, Pooja Hegde and Allari Naresh. The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The film was released on 9 May 2019.