B. Narsing Rao

B. Narsing Rao (born Bongu Narsinga Rao) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, composer, producer, actor and painter known for his works in Telugu, parallel cinema. He has garnered four National Film Awards, and six International honors, and has served as a jury for Asian film festivals.

He is known as The killer of Kitsch in the media for bringing out path breaking parallel cinema based on the lines of Telangana movement, Razakars, Urban Construction laborers etc., into the Telugu screen. He has shared research works on several documentaries with Shyam Benegal.

International acclaim

In 1980, He scripted Maa Bhoomi which was showcased at Karlovy Vary Film Festival, and garnered special mention awards at Cairo and Sidney Film Festivals. The film is listed among CNN-IBN's list of hundred greatest Indian films of all time. He directed, Daasi and Matti Manushulu which won the Diploma of Merit award at the Moscow International Film Festival in 1989 and 1991 respectively. Maa Ooru directed by him won the Media Wave Award at the Hungary International festival of visual arts, and National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film. In 1984, he directed Rangula Kala, which had special mention at International Film Festival of India and panorama section.

Non Feature Films

His documentaries in Telugu The Carnival (1984), The City (1985), Akriti- Rock formations (1989) have received special mention awards at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. In 2003, he directed Hari Villu which was premiered at the 56th 2003 Cannes Film Festival in Critics' Week-Spotlight on India section.

Early life

He was born in Pragnapur, Medak in the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad state.

Filmography and Awards