Director, writer, actor and producer · Telugu cinema
Dasari Narayana Rao
Dasari Narayana Rao movies: 76 Telugu films on file (58 as director, 47 as writer, 31 as actor, 13 as producer), 1973–2014. Earliest on file: Tata Manavadu (1973). Latest release: Errabassu (14 November 2014).
- Films on file
- 76 (58 as director, 47 as writer, 31 as actor, 13 as producer)
- Years on file
- 1973–2014
- Selected films on file
- Pandavulu Pandavulu Tummeda, Sardar Papa Rayudu, Parama Veera Chakra
- Record
- Q3595535 on Wikidata
Career on file
Dasari Narayana Rao has 76 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1973 to 2014: 58 films as director, 47 films as writer, 31 films as actor and 13 films as producer. The earliest of them is Tata Manavadu (1973), and the most recent release is Errabassu (2014). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Pandavulu Pandavulu Tummeda (2014), Sardar Papa Rayudu (1980) and Parama Veera Chakra (2011). Other recent releases on file are Jhummandi Naadam (2010), Bangaru Babu (2009) and Maisamma IPS (2007).
Brahmanandam is the most frequent co-star, sharing ten films with Dasari Narayana Rao, followed by Akkineni Nageswara Rao (9) and Jayasudha (7). Among directors, Relangi Narasimha Rao cast Dasari Narayana Rao most often, in three films; next are A. Kodandarami Reddy (2) and Muthyala Subbaiah (2). In the films Dasari Narayana Rao directed, Jayasudha appears most often (25 films), ahead of Akkineni Nageswara Rao (18) and Allu Rama Lingaiah (18). Music on 17 of them is by K. Chakravarthy, with Pasupuleti Ramesh Naidu (8) and J. V. Raghavulu (6) next. Taraka Prabhu Films produced five of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 15 different directors, 28 music directors and 118 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 47 of them; they average 144 minutes, and the longest is Bobbili Puli at 176 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1970s (15), 1980s (37), 1990s (16), 2000s (4) and 2010s (4). 1981 is the busiest single year, with seven films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.