Relangi Narasimha Rao

About Relangi Narasimha Rao

Relangi Narasimha Rao is a film director, screenwriter working in Telugu cinema and English cinema. Clapnumber holds 36 titles for Relangi Narasimha Rao, from Bapuji Bharatham in 1980 to Oo Antava Mama Oo Oo Antava Mama in 2023. By decade, that is 14 in the 1980s, 15 in the 1990s, 2 in the 2000s, 1 in the 2010s and 1 in the 2020s. Those titles are mostly comedy, drama and family.

Biography

Relangi Narasimha Rao (born 30 September 1951) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He is well known for his comedy films, especially his collaborations with actors Chandra Mohan and Rajendra Prasad. His notable films include Gundammagari Krishnulu (1987), Dabbevariki Chedu (1987), Samsaram (1988), Chinnodu Peddodu (1988), Mama Alludu (1990), Police Bharya (1990), Iddaru Pellala Muddula Police (1991), Edurinti Mogudu Pakkinti Pellam (1991). He has directed over 70 films, mostly in Telugu, seven films in Kannada, as well as one film in Tamil. He also directed two TV series in Telugu. He won a Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer for the film Sundari Subbarao (1984), which he directed too. He introduced writers like Diwakar Babu and Sankaramanchi Parthasarathy. He also introduced Telugu cinema actors like Suman, Revathy, and Kinnera to Telugu cinema.