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Dasari Narayana Rao

1947–2017 · Directing

59.0avg grm
6titles
3honors

Honors

3
2001Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South
1998National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention
1990Raghupathi Venkaiah Award

Bio

Dasari Narayana Rao (4 May 1947 – 30 May 2017) was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, dialogue writer, actor, lyricist, and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, Television, and Bollywood. He has directed more than one hundred and fifty feature films in a variety of genres. His works emphasize social injustice, corruption and gender discrimination. Rao has received two National Film Awards, nine state Nandi Awards including the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and four Filmfare Awards South including the lifetime Achievement. During his career he has also acted in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada languages.

Biography

Dasari Narayana Rao (4 May 1947 – 30 May 2017) was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, dialogue writer, actor, lyricist, and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, Television, and Bollywood. He has directed more than one hundred and fifty feature films in a variety of genres. His works emphasize social injustice, corruption and gender discrimination. Rao has received two National Film Awards, nine state Nandi Awards including the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and four Filmfare Awards South including the lifetime Achievement. During his career he has also acted in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada languages.

Filmography

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2000s1 titleMMesthri200958.7
1990s3 titlesOOsey Ramulamma1997 · as Komaranna58.4KKunti Puthrudu1993 · as Director59.5SSeetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu199159.3
1980s2 titlesTTwo Town Rowdy1989 · as Director58.9BBrahma Puthrudu1988 · as Director59.0

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Dasari Narayana Rao

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born1947
died2017
known forDirecting
titles on site6
avg GRM59.0
honors3 · Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South, 2001
Honors
  • 2001Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South
  • 1998National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention
  • 1990Raghupathi Venkaiah Award
Dasari Narayana Rao (4 May 1947 – 30 May 2017) was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, dialogue writer, actor, lyricist, and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, Television, and Bollywood. He has directed more than one hundred and fifty feature films in a variety of genres. His works emphasize social injustice, corruption and gender discrimination. Rao has received two National Film Awards, nine state Nandi Awards including the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and four Filmfare Awards South including the lifetime Achievement. During his career he has also acted in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada languages.

Filmography

ranked on this site

2000s

1 title
M58.7Mesthri2009

1990s

3 titles
O58.4Osey Ramulamma1997 · as KomarannaK59.5Kunti Puthrudu1993 · as DirectorS59.3Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu1991

1980s

2 titles
T58.9Two Town Rowdy1989 · as DirectorB59.0Brahma Puthrudu1988 · as Director

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