Uppalapati Narayana Rao


Uppalapati Narayana Rao is an Indian director, screenwriter, scriptwriter, and actor. He is primarily known for his work in Telugu cinema and Telugu TV. He directed and produced multiple feature films and TV programmes across different genres, including film and theatre, and is known for his creativity, screenplay, technical values, and story writing. He is the vice president of content at Introupe Productions LLP, Hyderabad.
He started his career as a theatre actor / director in 1979 and then moved to South Indian feature films in 1985. He assisted well known and celebrated South Indian directors such as Ramana Babu, Hari Anumolu, Balu Mahendra, Vamsy and Mohana Gandhi for movies such as Kartavyam, Maharshi, Varasudochhadu during 1985 to 1990. He then debuted as a film director with the Telugu movie Jaitra Yatra starring Akkineni Nagarjuna and Vijayashanthi in late 1990. Since his directorial debut, he has been in the South Indian industry writing, directing, and acting in Telugu feature films.
He is also known for his contributions to the South Indian TV content production for channels like ETV, Gemini, MAA and Doordarshan. He also worked with Balaji Telefilms as the creative head for South Indian content for two years helping with curation and production of Telugu TV content / programmes.

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Nandi Awards gallery

He won Nandi Awards from Andhra Pradesh Government for his film Myna and TV series Vasantha Kokila, Gruhapravesham and ETV Mega Serial Priyanka. His most recent feature film project as director was titled Gnaapakam.

Filmography

Movies
NameCastYearLanguageRole
Jaitra YatraAkkineni Nagarjuna, Vijayashanthi1991TeluguDirector, Story and Screenplay
RakshanaAkkineni Nagarjuna, Shobhana1993TeluguDirector, Story and Screenplay
TeerpuAkkineni Nageshwara Rao, Jagapathi Babu1993TeluguDirector
Allari PoliceMohan Babu, Malashri, Aamani1994TeluguDirector
PaathabasthiSreekanth, Ooha1995TeluguDirector, Story, Producer and Screenplay
Ooriki MonagaaduSreekanth, Sanghavi1996TeluguDirector, Screenplay
Veedu Saamanyudu KaadhuPrakash Raj, Raasi1999TeluguDirector
MynaBalasubramaniam, Sarath Babu, Ashok and Mallika2000Telugu — UnreleasedDirector, Dialogues, Screenplay, Producer
Takkari Donga Chakkani ChukkaRajendra Prasad, Heera1998Telugu — UnreleasedDirector, Producer
Simhada GuriVishnu Vardhan, Charu Latha1995KannadaDirector
Yuva RathnaTaraka Rathna, Jividha Sharma, Tanikella Bharani2002TeluguDirector
GnaapakamVenky Atluri, Vishakha Singh2007TeluguStory, Dialogues, Screenplay and Director
Ala ModalaindhiNani, Nithya Menen2011TeluguActor, Script
Anthaku Mondhu Aa TharuvathaSumanth Ashwin, Eesha Rebba2013TeluguActor

Theatre
Name of PlayRole
Phani Actor
Maro MohenjodaroActor, Producer
HiroshimaActor, Producer
SiddharthaActor, Producer
Cheema Kuttina NatakamActor
BioscopeActor
Edhi Asthma HathyaActor
Go To HellActor, Director

TV
NameRoleChannelLanguageNotes
Vasantha KokilaStory and DirectionDoordarshanTeluguGolden Nandi Award for Best Direction and Story
GruhapraveshamDirectorETVTeluguGolden Nandi for Best Direction
MahalakshmiDirectorAnnapurna StudiosTeluguUnreleased
Kottha BangaramCreative Head and ProductionBalaji TelefilmsTelugu
Kaliyuga RamayanamCreative Head and ProductionBalaji TelefilmsTelugu
PriyankaDirector, Story, Dialogues and ScreenplayETVTeluguGolden Nandi for Best Direction
OthersProducerVarious ChannelsTeluguOngoing Production work to be released