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B. Narsing Rao is an Indian film director, composer, producer and actor from Andhra Pradesh, known for his works in Telugu parallel cinema. He has garnered four National Film Awards, and served as a jury in an international film festival.
He was known as The killer of Kitsch in the media for bringing out path breaking parallel cinema based on the lines of Telangana movement, Razakars, Urban Construction laborers etc., into the Telugu screen. He has shared research works on several documentaries with Shyam Benegal.
In 1979, he produced and scripted Maa Bhoomi which was later listed among CNN-IBN's list of hundred landmark Indian films of all time in 2013. He directed, Daasi and Matti Manushulu which won the Diploma of Merit award at the Moscow International Film Festival in 1989 and 1991 respectively. Maa Ooru directed by him won the Media Wave Award at the Hungary International festival of visual arts.
In 1984 He directed Rangula Kala, which had special mention at International Film Festival of India and panorama section. His documentaries in Telugu include The Carnival, The City, Akruti- Rock formations.
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