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Dasari Narayana Rao is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Indian born on 4 may 1947

Dasari Narayana Rao

Dasari Narayana Rao
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Nationality Inde
Birth 4 may 1947
Death 30 may 2017 (at 70 years)
Awards Nandi Awards

Dasari Narayana Rao (born 4 May 1944, Palakollu, West Godavari), is an Indian film director known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, and few Bollywood films. He has directed about 150 films, produced 53 films and worked in more than 250 films as a dialogue writer, and lyricist. Most of his films emphasise social injustice, corruption and gender discrimination. He has received two National Film Awards, nine state Nandi Awards, and six Filmfare Awards South. Besides graduating with a BA degree, he used to take part in scores of drama competitions. During his career he has also acted in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada languages.

He holds Limca World Record for directing the most number of films.
He directed films like Tandra Paparayudu, (1986), Surigaadu (1992), screened at International Film Festival of India in the panorama section, and Kante Koothurne Kanu (2000) which received the
National Film Award Special Mention Feature Film. In 1983, he directed Meghasandesam which received critical acclaim at the Indian panorama, Chicago, 1983 Cannes Film Festival and Moscow film festivals. The film has also received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu. He has introduced actors and directors such as Mohan Babu, R. Narayana Murthy, Raviraja Pinisetty, Muthyala Subbaiah to Telugu film industry.

Usually with

Kaikala Satyanarayana
Kaikala Satyanarayana
(11 films)
Mohan Babu
Mohan Babu
(13 films)
Jayasudha Kapoor
Jayasudha Kapoor
(12 films)
Brahmanandam
Brahmanandam
(13 films)
Allu Rama Lingiah
Allu Rama Lingiah
(9 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dasari Narayana Rao (54 films)

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Paandavulu Paandavulu Thummeda
Paandavulu Paandavulu Thummeda (2014)
, 2h36
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Mohan Babu, Manchu Vishnu, Manchu Manoj, Raveena Tandon, Hansika Motwani, Pranitha Subhash
Roles Subbu
Rating55% 2.7526652.7526652.7526652.7526652.752665
In the Andhra Pradesh-Karnataka border, there are 2 villages named Pandavapuram and Kauravapuram. Dharmanna (Giri Babu) is the Head of Pandavapuram village who is considered as the latest descendant of the Pandavas while Suyodhana (Mukesh Rishi) is the Head of Kauravapuram village who too is considered as the latest descendant of the Kauravas. As expected, Dharmanna is a good Samaritan while Suyodhana is a dangerous criminal who runs a quarry business. Similar to the tale of Mahabharatha, here in this film too, Dharmanna and Suyodhana play the game of cards in which Suyodhana fails which makes him to follow the stipulation of the game - No celebration, marriage and any good events should not be conducted for 14 years. This leaves Suyodhana swearing vengeance and exactly after 14 years, by manipulation, Suyodhana wins the game and asks Dharmanna to give his daughter's hand with his youngest son's marriage. Thus to ensure his daughter Honey (Hansika Motwani)'s safety, Dharmanna sends her to Bangkok along with his friend and his friend's daughter. There she stays with Satya (Raveena Tandon)'s family and starts working with her sons Vijay (Manchu Vishnu) and Gopal (Vennela Kishore) in a successful boat business.
Adhipathi
Adhipathi (2001)
, 2h32
Actors Mohan Babu, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Mukesh Rishi, Preeti Jhangiani, Soundarya, Vijayakumar
Roles Judge
Rating54% 2.705892.705892.705892.705892.70589
Yogi (Mohan Babu) is the son of a High Court judge (Vijay Kumar). A politician (Narra) falsely implicates yogi, who got the first rank in Civil services examinations, in a murder case. The judge father gives the judgment for son by jailing Yogi for six years. By the time Yogi is released, the politician dies of a natural heart attack. Dharma Rao (Mukesh Rushi), son of that politician, is also a villain. When Dharma Rao visits the shores of Godavari River to leave the ashes, Yogi foils the rites by resisting. Then Dharma Rao challenges Yogi that he is going to mix the ashes of his politician father in the Godavari before Yogi mixes the ashes of his Judge father (who is alive). The rest of the film is about how the villains of the film try to make Yogi's life more miserable and how Yogi comes out unscathed with the help of his childhood friend Jagan (Nagarjuna).
Hitler
Hitler (1997)

Actors Rajendra Prasad, Rambha, Palli Babu Mohan, Prakash Raj, Dasari Narayana Rao, Kitty
Rating62% 3.1467153.1467153.1467153.1467153.146715
Madhav Rao's (Chiranjeevi) mother dies when he is very small leaving five sisters with him. His father (Dasari Narayana Rao) is arrested for killing his mother by beating her in a rage. Madhav hates his father but loves his sisters with fierce protectiveness. He takes care of them and nurtures them very well. They all grow up. Madhav is always worried about his sisters and tries to keep them secure. He assaults local youths who try to chat up his sisters, or even look at them. As a result they label him "Hitler". Life nevertheless runs fairly smoothly, though all the villagers are careful how they behave around him.
Osey Ramulamma
Osey Ramulamma (1997)
, 2h38
Directed by Dasari Narayana Rao
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Gangasani Rami Reddy, Dasari Narayana Rao, Telangana Shakuntala, Ramki, Suthivelu, Krishna
Roles Komranna
Rating71% 3.582153.582153.582153.582153.58215
Ramulamma (Vijayashanti), the main protagonist, is raped by a landlord when she is young. She rebels against the system and kills him taking the help of Komranna (Dasari Narayana Rao).
Subhamastu
Subhamastu (1995)

Directed by Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao
Actors Jagapati Babu, Aamani Hazrath, Indraja, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Dasari Narayana Rao, Brahmanandam
Roles Anna Rao

The film follows brothers Anna Rao (Dasari Narayana Rao) and Chinna Rao (Satynarayana) and their driver Premachand (Jagapati Babu) with whom the daughters Kasturi (Aamani) and Saroja (Indraja) of both the brothers fall in love. This makes the brothers enemies and it becomes their issue of pride on who will marry Premachand.
Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu
Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu (1991)
, 2h11
Actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Meena, Rohini Hattangadi, Tanikella Bharani, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Dasari Narayana Rao
Rating79% 3.9649353.9649353.9649353.9649353.964935
The plot revolves around an Indian family with close family relationships shot in a village near Godavari river.
Raguluthunna Bharatham
Raguluthunna Bharatham (1991)

Actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jagapati Babu, Dasari Narayana Rao, Gollapudi Maruti Rao

Raghupathi (ANR) a popular freedom fighter comes back from the coma after 45 years of independence. And he observes the difference in between what they have been dreamed and what is happening in the country. How the people are struggling with Corruption, Naxalism, Terrorism and dirty Politics, which makes him restart another freedom fight movement against polluted India. Remaining, the story is how he awakes social awareness in people.
Ninaithaale Inikkum
Ninaithaale Inikkum (1979)
, 2h21
Directed by Kailasam Balachander
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Geetha, Sarath Babu, S. K. Misro, Jayasudha Kapoor
Rating67% 3.383923.383923.383923.383923.38392
The film follows lead chandru (Kamal Hassan) who plays a singer and his band on a tour to Singapore. Over there Chandru meets his love interest Sona (Jayaprada), only to find that she is terminally ill. The film ends on a tragic note with the lady's demise.