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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.

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Uppalapati Narayana Rao
ఉప్పలపాటి నారాయణ రావు
Born	Uppalapati Narayana Rao (1958-07-12) 12 July 1958 (age 64) Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India[1]
Occupation	Film director television director television producer film actor film producer
Years active	1979–present
Organization	Introupe Productions
Spouse	Krishna Veni Uppalapati
Children	Pradeep Satheesh

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 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 (2010-2012) 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 (Best Screenplay) and TV series Vasantha Kokila (Best Director and Story), Gruhapravesham (Best Director) and ETV Mega Serial Priyanka (Best TV Serial). His most recent feature film project as director was titled Gnaapakam (2007).

Filmography

Movies

Name	Cast	Year	Language	Role
Jaitra Yatra	Nagarjuna, Vijayashanthi	1991	Telugu	Director, Story and Screenplay
Rakshana	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Shobhana	1993	Telugu	Director, Story and Screenplay
Teerpu	Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jagapathi Babu	1993	Telugu	Director
Allari Police	Mohan Babu, Malashri, Aamani	1994	Telugu	Director
Paathabasthi	Sreekanth, Ooha	1995	Telugu	Director, Story, Producer and Screenplay
Ooriki Monagaadu	Sreekanth, Sanghavi	1996	Telugu	Director, Screenplay
Veedu Saamanyudu Kaadhu	Prakash Raj, Raasi	1999	Telugu	Director
Myna	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sarath Babu, Ashok and Mallika	2000	Telugu — Unreleased	Director, Dialogues, Screenplay, Producer
Takkari Donga Chakkani Chukka	Rajendra Prasad, Heera	1998	Telugu — Unreleased	Director, Producer
Simhada Guri	Vishnu Vardhan, Charu Latha	1995	Kannada	Director
Yuva Rathna	Taraka Rathna, Jividha Sharma, Tanikella Bharani	2002	Telugu	Director
Gnaapakam	Venky Atluri, Vishakha Singh	2007	Telugu	Story, Dialogues, Screenplay and Director
Ala Modalaindhi	Nani, Nithya Menen	2011	Telugu	Actor, Script
Anthaku Mondhu Aa Tharuvatha	Sumanth Ashwin, Eesha Rebba	2013	Telugu	Actor

Theatre

Name of Play	Role
Phani (Telugu adaptation of Dial M for Murder by Alfred Hitchcock)	Actor
Maro Mohenjodaro	Actor, Producer
Hiroshima	Actor, Producer
Siddhartha	Actor, Producer
Cheema Kuttina Natakam	Actor
Bioscope	Actor
Edhi Asthma Hathya	Actor
Go To Hell	Actor, Director

TV

Name	Role	Channel	Language	Notes
Vasantha Kokila	Story and Direction	Doordarshan	Telugu	Golden Nandi Award for Best Direction and Story
Gruhapravesam	Director	ETV	Telugu	Golden Nandi for Best Direction
Mahalakshmi	Director	Annapurna Studios	Telugu	Unreleased
Kottha Bangaram	Creative Head and Production	Balaji Telefilms	Telugu
Kaliyuga Ramayanam	Creative Head and Production	Balaji Telefilms	Telugu
Priyanka	Director, Story, Dialogues and Screenplay	ETV	Telugu	Golden Nandi for Best Direction
Others	Producer	Various Channels	Telugu	Ongoing Production work to be released

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