Dasari Narayana Rao Death / History / Life Sttyle - Tollywood Director

Well-known Telugu film director and former Union Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayana Rao died here on Tuesday after prolonged illness. He was 75.

Rao, who holds the Guinness Book of Records for directing 125 films in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi, died at a private hospital due to health complications. The National Award-winning director had produced 50 other films.

He had been in and out of hospital for quite some time and had undergone surgery for infection in the lungs and kidneys earlier this year. Rao, who was a Minister in the Council of Ministers headed by Manmohan Singh, was also chargesheeted in the coal scam. Some of his famous films include "Premabhishekam", "Megha Sandesham", "Osey Ramulamma" and "Tata Manavadu".

Rao had planned to make a biopic on late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. He has also directed legendary actor Rajesh Khanna in two different roles in Asha Jyoti and Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar in 1984. He also launched popular actors in the Telugu film industry like Mohan Babu, R. Narayana Murthy, Raviraja Pinisetty, Muthyala Subbaiah

Some of Dasari Narayana Rao’s famous works inlcude, Tata Manavadu (1972), Samsaram Sagaram (1973), Bantrotu Bharya (1974), Evariki Vaare Yamuna Teere (1974), Radhamma Pelli (1974), Tirupati (1974), Swargam Narakam (1975), Balipeetam (1975), Bharatamlo Oka Ammayi (1975), Devude Digivaste (1975), Manushulanta Okkate (1976), Muddabanti Puvvu (1976) among others.

The who’s who of the film industry is expressing their condolences on social media for the veteran filmmaker.