B. Narsing Rao

B. Narsing Rao
Rao in 2015
Born
Bongu Narsing Rao

(1946-12-26) 26 December 1946 (age 77)
Pragnapur, Hyderabad State (present-day Telangana, India)
Alma materOsmania University
Occupation(s)Director, actor, producer, screenwriter
AwardsInternational honors
National Film Awards
Nandi Awards

Bongu Narsing Rao (born 1946) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, littérateur, composer, poet, producer, actor and painter known for his works in Telugu cinema, and Telugu theatre.[1][2] Rao has garnered five National Film Awards,[3] three Nandi Awards, various international honors, and has served as a jury in various Asian film festivals.[4][5][6] He directed, Daasi "(Bonded Woman)" and Matti Manushulu "(Mud People)" which won the Diploma of Merit awards at the 16th and 17th Moscow International Film Festivals in 1989 and 1991 respectively.[7]

Internationally, Daasi was screened at the 1989 Filmfest München, 1990 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Three Continents Festival, Cairo International Film Festival, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 1991 Museum of Modern Art; 1994, Bergamo Film Meeting; 1994 Dublin International Film Festival; 1997 National Centre for the Performing Arts (India); and Filmotsav 90' Kolkata.[8][9]

1987 film Maa Ooru ("Our Village") directed by him won the "Main Prize - Media Wave Award" at the Hungary International festival of visual arts, as well as the National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film.[10][11] Maa Ooru was premiered at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival - Mumbai in 1999. The Ekotopfilm - International Festival of Sustainable Development Films in 1995, Slovak Republic. The Brastislavia Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica in 1993, Viterbo, Italy. The first Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films in 1990 where the film won the Best Cinematography award.[12][13] The International premier at Filmfest München in 1989, Germany. The Indian panorama section of the IFFI.[12][14][15]

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