Telugu director born in Masulipatnam, AP. Owner of a family printing press in Masulipatnam printing a.o. cheap calendar art and film publicity leaflets. Pioneer director of mythologicals codifying the genre at Vel Pics. Assisted H.M. Reddy on Telugu film's first talkie, Bhakta Prahlada (1951), and then Baburao Pendharkar in Prabhat Studio's first foray into Tamil cinema, Seeta Kalyanam (1933), remaking it the following year in Telugu. His version was Vel's inaugural production. After working witli Prabhat's technical units, he stressed the importance of sound technology, influencing Vel Studio's pioneering shift to sound production. Younger brother Chitrapu Narayanamurthy also became a film director.
FILMOGRAPHY
1934: Seeta Kalyanam
1935: Shri Krishna Leelalu
1936: Sati Tulasi
1957: Mohini Rugmangaaa
1938:Jarasandha
1959:Jayapradha
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