Dasari Narayana Rao is an important director in the history of Telugu cinema and the man behind some of the most iconic actors of today in Tollywood.

He is the director who made actors like Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna, Venkatesh, Vijayashanthi and Akkineni Nagarjuna with back to back hits. Dasari Narayana Rao is more like the Balachander of Telugu cinema.

Actors Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth shared their condolence for his demise. The entire state of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana will pay its last respects by shutting down theaters in every district today. All the film related associations will not function until his cremation is done.