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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = C. Uma Maheswara Rao<br />
| image =C._Uma_Maheswara_Rao.jpg<br />
| birth_name =<br />
| birth_date =<br />
| birth_place = Vijayawada, [[Andhra Pradesh]], India<br />
| occupation = Director<br/>Screenwriter<br />
| spouse = Durga Bhavani<br />
| children = Nandan Babu, Anand Babu, Pramod Babu, Vinod Babu .<br />
| website =<br />
| footnotes =<br />
}}<br />
'''C. Umamaheswara Rao''' is an [[Indian film]] director, [[screenwriter]], aesthetician and producer known for his works predominantly in [[Telugu cinema]]. He has also scripted and directed a few television [[Serial (radio and television)|serials]] for [[Doordarshan]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536900/ Uma Maheswara Rao – IMDb<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He has garnered two [[Nandi Awards]], and the <br />
[[National Film Awards|National Film Award]]. He is also Social and Cultural activist. He is born in Vijayawada now the new capital of Andhrapradesh.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
His Telugu film ''[[Ankuram]]'', first film of its kind on human rights and civil liberties bagged him National Award and AP State's Best Director Award and many Civilian. His Sreekaram, a Telugu film on hazardous trail on in-camera court against woman rape victim by defence lawyers, gained him AP state's Feature film Award. Actually, this film dealt with Kiranjit Ahluwalia's case prior to Aishwarya Ray's film ‘Provoked’. To mention some more are much accoladed ‘Stree’, a documentary on the exploitation faced by Indian woman, very popular TV serials like ‘Himabindu’, ‘Mr. Brahmanandam ‘and Telefilms like Hamsafar (Hindi), Manchu Bomma and many more. He had many short and ad films to his credit.<br />
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Recently he directed 15 Telefilms on film aesthetics for Ur films that have been successfully telecast in 10 TV. They are being shown in short film festivals for educating the participants.<br />
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He is the Chairman of Jury in 4 Short Film festivals and had been the jury member in AP State Awards Committee 2010 and twice Juror in UNESCO Ladli Awards Committee.<br />
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He acted as the Chairman of the West panel of National Film Awards 2019 and had been in the Central Committee.<br />
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He was in the Jury for Oscars in Indian Entry Selections 2020.<br />
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He has formed Center for New Perspectives in Film and Media, Hyderabad.<br />
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He is the Founder / Chairman for Dadasaheb Phalke School of Film and Media, which has an Advisory Board chaired by Mr. Allu Aravind and members being M/s Vijayendra Prasad, Resool Pookutty, Madhu Ambat, Neelakanta, Sreekar Prasad, Indraganti Mohan Krishna, Paruchuri Bros., etc. as advisors.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
;[[National Film Awards]] <br />
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu|Best Feature Film in Telugu]] (director) - ''[[Ankuram]]'' (1992)<ref name="40thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf|title=40th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=2 March 2012}}</ref><br />
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;[[Nandi Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-03-13|title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964 - 2008)|trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964 - 2008)|url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf|access-date=3 January 2021|publisher=[[Andhra Pradesh (magazine)|Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh]]|language=te}}</ref><br />
* [[Nandi Award for Best Director|Best Director]] - ''[[Ankuram]]'' (1992)<br />
* [[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film]] - ''Sreekaram'' (1996)<br />
Revathi won her First Film Fare Award in Telugu<br />
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'''K.V.Reddy Award''' - Best Director - [[Ankuram]] (1992)<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
===Director===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! rowspan="2" |Year<br />
! rowspan="2" |Movie Name<br />
! rowspan="2" |Language<br />
! colspan="3" |Credited as<br />
! rowspan="2" |Notes<br />
|-<br />
!Direction<br />
!Scriptwriter<br />
!Story<br />
|-<br />
|1986<br />
|''Pula Pallaki''<br />
|Telugu<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|1987<br />
|''Padandi Munduku''<br />
|Telugu<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|1992<br />
|''[[Ankuram]]'' <br />
|Telugu<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|1992<br />
|''Sindhoora''<br />
|Malayalam<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|1995<br />
|''[[Mounam]]''<br />
|Telugu<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|1996<br />
|''Maun''<br />
|Hindi<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|1996<br />
|''[[Srikaram]]''<br />
|Telugu<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|1996<br />
|''[[Surya Putrulu]]''<br />
|Telugu<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|2003<br />
|''[[Avuna]]''<br />
|Telugu<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|2021 <br />
|''Itlu Amma''<br />
|Telugu<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|released on [[Sony LIV]]<br />
|}<br />
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===Documentary===<br />
Many documentaries to his credit, one of which is<br />
* ''Sthree'' (APFDC Award for Best Documentary)<br />
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===Telefilm===<br />
* ''Hamsafar'' (Hindi)<br />
* ''Manchu Bomma'' (2011) (Telugu): ETV telefilm.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0536900}}<br />
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{{Nandi Award for Best Director}}<br />
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