Hyderabad: Here are ten quick facts about veteran director Dasari Narayana Rao, who had a unique distinction of having his image on his film posters as prominently and as big as the hero’s photograph.
Ten Facts:
- He is the first director to have his name in a very prominent name along with the hero’s name.
- Dasari was born on May 5, 1941. He is 75 and is survived by a daughter and two sons.
- Dasari acted in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films.
- He directed 151 films, produced 53 films and wrote dialogues for over 250 films. Dasari holds Guinnes Record for most films as a director. He also wrote several plays.
- He won two national awards, nine Nandi awards and four Filmfare awards. He was conferred honorary doctorate by the Andhra University in 1986.
- His first film is Tata Manavadu (1972) and his last film is Errabassu (2014).
- Among his hits are: Sivaranjani, Megha Sandesham, Premabhishekam, Bobbilipuli, Bahudurapu Batasari, Tandra Paparayudu, Sardar Paparayudu, Turpu Padamara, Katakatala Rudraiah, Greeku Veerudu, Lankeswarudu, Osey Ramulamma, Swargam Narakam and several others.
- He produced and directed three TV serials also.
- Dasari launched Udayam daily, which was quite a sensation in Telugu media history.
- He was elected to Rajya Sabha and became Union Minister of State for Coal in Manmohan Singh Government.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiKe9n4-a9I
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