Actor and director · Telugu cinema
Dasari Narayana Rao
- Films on file
- 66 (11 as actor, 58 as director)
- Years on file
- 1973–2014
- Known for
- Errabassu, Parama Veera Chakra, Deergha Sumangali Bhava
Career on file
Dasari Narayana Rao has 66 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1973 to 2014: 11 films as an actor and 58 films as director. The earliest of them is Tata Manavadu (1973), and the most recent release is Errabassu (2014). Other recent releases on file are Parama Veera Chakra (2011), Deergha Sumangali Bhava (1998) and Kante Koothurne Kanu (1998).
Brahmanandam is the most frequent co-star, sharing four films with Dasari Narayana Rao, followed by Kota Srinivasa Rao (3) and Ramya Krishnan (2). Among directors, Muthyala Subbaiah cast Dasari Narayana Rao most often, in two films. 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 16 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 8 different directors, 23 music directors and 99 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 41 of them; they average 144 minutes, and the longest is Bobbili Puli at 176 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1970s (15), 1980s (34), 1990s (15) and 2010s (2).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.