Dasari Narayana Rao

I find Dasari Narayana Rao genuinely staggering. Directing more than 150 feature films and holding a Limca World Record for the most films directed is the kind of output that redefines what a career can be. The epithet Darsaka Ratna, jewel among directors, feels earned. But what really earns my respect is his range: director, actor, screenwriter, lyricist, choreographer and politician, all in one life. Telugu cinema gave him a Lifetime Achievement Filmfare and a Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, yet his real legacy is sheer industriousness. He passed in 2017, but craftsmen who build at this scale leave footprints that simply do not erase.

Name (English)

Dasari Narayana Rao

Name (Japanese)

ダサリ・ナラヤナ・ラオ

Reading

ださり・ならやな・らお

Born

May 4, 1942 – May 30, 2017

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Horse

Origin

Palakollu, West Godavari district, India

Occupation

film director / actor / politician / screenwriter / choreographer

University

Sri Y N College

Awards & achievements

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

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A4%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AA

Tags

• West Godavari district
• film director
• actor
• politician

Last updated

2026-06-02

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