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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Chitrapu Narayana Murthy<br />
| image = ChitrapuNarayanaRaoImg.jpg<br />
| birth_date = 1913<br />
| birth_place = [[Bandar, India|Bandar]], Andhra Pradesh, [[India]]<br />
| occupation = Director<br/>Producer<br />
| salary =<br />
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| spouse = Chitrapu Anasuya Devi<br />
| footnotes =<br />
| children = Chitrapu Laxmana Prasad, Chitrapu Ashok Kumar,Chitrapu Shiva Prakash,Chitrapu Vijayalaxmi<br />
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'''Chitrapu Narayana Rao''' (born '''Chithrapu Narayana Murthy'''; 1913) was an [[Indian film]] director and producer known for his works in [[Telugu Cinema|Telugu]] and [[Tamil cinema]].<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/lakshmamma-1950/article4178303.ece Lakshmamma (1950) - The Hindu<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He received a [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Tamil Film]] for ''[[Edhir Paradhathu]]'' (1958) and ''[[Annaiyin Aanai]]'' (1962). He also won the [[Nandi Award]] for the 1967 Telugu film ''[[Bhakta Prahlada (1967 film)|Bhakta Prahlada]]''.<ref>[http://www.apunkachoice.com/names/chi/chitrapu_narayana_rao/cid_10336/filmography/ Chitrapu Narayana Rao Filmography<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923174541/http://www.apunkachoice.com/names/chi/chitrapu_narayana_rao/cid_10336/filmography/ |date=23 September 2015 }}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
He was born at [[Machilipatnam]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] in 1913. Film director, Chitrapu Narasimha Rao, was his brother. He lost his son in 1962. He died in the year 1985.<br />
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==Career==<br />
He started his film career assisting his younger brother Chitrapu Narasimha Rao in films like ''Seetha Kalyanam'', ''Sati Tulasi'', ''Mohini Rukhmangadha'' and ''Krishna Jarasandha''. His directorial debut was ''Bhakta Markandeya'' starring [[Vemuri Gaggayya]] and [[Sriranjani (actress)|Sriranjani]].<ref>[http://www.cinegoer.com/bhaktaprahladaeng.htm CineGoer.com - Nostalgia - Bhakta Prahlada<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315003423/http://www.cinegoer.com/bhaktaprahladaeng.htm |date=15 March 2008 }}</ref> The film had done well establishing him as a director. He subsequently directed many movies like ''Myravana'', ''Bhakta Prahlada'', ''Daksha Yagnam'', ''Bheeshma'' in both Telugu and Tamil languages.<br />
He has produced the film ''Krishna Kuchela'' in 1961. It was a failure and he went into financial problems. During the same period,<br />
He wanted to direct a movie for [[AVM Productions]] to regain his financial status. They started working on ''[[Bhakta Prahlada (1967 film)|Bhakta Prahlada]]'' in 1965, for the first time in Eastman color. It was technically far superior to the Black and White version he made 25 years earlier. [[D. V. Narasa Raju]] was the co-writer for the project. The film was a box office success.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
;[[Nandi Awards]]<br />
* [[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film|Nandi Award for Second Best Feature Film]] (director) - ''[[Bhakta Prahlada (1967 film)|Bhakta Prahlada]]''<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
# ''Bhakta Markandeya (1938)''<br />
# ''[[Mahiravana (film)|Mahiravana]] (1940)''<br />
# ''[[Dakshayagnam (1941 film)|Dakshayagnam]] (1941)''<br />
# ''[[Bhakta Prahlada (1942 Telugu film)|Bhakta Prahlada]] (1942)''<br />
# ''Bhakta Kabir (1944)''<br />
# ''[[Bhishma]] (1944)''<br />
# ''Samsara Naradi (1944)''<br />
# ''[[Brahma Ratham]] (1947)''<br />
# ''Madalasa (1948)''<br />
# ''[[Brahma Ratham]] (1949)''<br />
# ''[[En Thangai (1952 film)|En Thangai]] (1952)''<br />
# ''Naa Chellelu (1953)''<br />
# ''[[Edhir Paradhathu]] (Tamil, 1954)''<br />
# ''Adarshasati (1956)''<br />
# ''Naga Panchami (1956/II)''<br />
# ''Nagula Chaviti (1956)''<br />
# ''[[Pathini Deivam]] (Tamil, 1957)''<br />
# ''[[Annaiyin Aanai]] (Tamil, 1958)''<br />
# ''Manamalai (Tamil, 1958)''<br />
# ''Naan Valartha Thangai (Tamil, 1958)''<br />
# ''Deivame Thunai (Tamil, 1959)''<br />
# ''[[Bhaktha Sabari]] (Telugu, 1960)''<br />
# ''Bhakta Shabari (Tamil, 1960)''<br />
# ''Bhakta Shabari (Kannada, 1960)''<br />
# ''Krishna Kuchela (1961) (director and producer)''<br />
# ''Tallichina Ajna (1961)''<br />
# ''[[Chittor Rani Padmini]] (Tamil, 1963)''<br />
# ''Pativrata (1964)''<br />
# ''[[Bhakta Prahlada (1967 film)|Bhakta Prahlada]] (Telugu, 1967)''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0621261}}<br />
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