The man who brought respect and importance to the directors was Dasari Narayan Rao. The man who directed more than 100 movies was like a godfather to many people in the Telugu film industry.
Dhavala Satyam the super director is doing a movie on the life and times of Dasari Narayan Rao. Dasari was in the Congress party and was a central Minister. His name also figured in the popular Scam which rocked the Congress party for some time.
Dasari died in 2017. He gave life to many directors and actors. Dasari started his career with Tatha Manavadu. Dasari could command Legends like N T Ra,a Rao and also Akkineni Nageshwar Rao.
He gave Bobbili Puli for NTR and Premabhishekam for ANR. He fought for the welfare of Cine workers. Dasari used to be there for the cine people even after midnight.
He resolved all kinds of issues for them. He belonged to Kapu community and was commanding a lot of respect. He deserves a Biopic as the people of this generation and especially the people from the Tollywood must know about him.
You can call him an institution. Directing more than 100 films is not an easy task. Dasari used to go out of the way to help people with money also.