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'''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  
'''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  
[[National Film Awards|National Film Award]]. He is also Social and Cultural activist. He is born in Vijayawada now the new capital of Andhrapradesh.
[[National Film Awards|National Film Award]]. He is also Social and Cultural activist. He is born in Vijayawada now the new capital of Andhrapradesh.


From his childhood his voracious reading of books had driven him towards literature and performing arts and to progressive ideologies. In his early years, he had written poetry and short stories in Telugu.
== Career ==
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.


His Telugu legendary 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.
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.
 
Recently he had done 15 Telefilms on Film aesthetics for Ur films. They have been successfully telecast in 10 TV. And they are being shown in so many short film festivals for educating the participants.


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.
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.
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He has formed Center for New Perspectives in Film and Media, Hyderabad.
He has formed Center for New Perspectives in Film and Media, Hyderabad.


He is the 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.
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.


==Awards==
==Awards==
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===Director===
===Director===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |S.No
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Movie Name
! rowspan="2" |Movie Name
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Language
! rowspan="2" |Language
! colspan="3" |Credited as
! colspan="3" |Credited as
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
|-
!Direction
!Direction
!Script Writing
!Scriptwriter
!Story
!Story
|-
|-
|1
|Pula Pallaki
|1986
|1986
|''Pula Pallaki''
|Telugu
|Telugu
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|-
|2
|Padandi Munduku
|1987
|1987
|''Padandi Munduku''
|Telugu
|Telugu
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|-
|3
|[[Ankuram]]
|1992
|1992
|''[[Ankuram]]''
|Telugu
|Telugu
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|-
|4
|Sindhoora
|1992
|1992
|''Sindhoora''
|Malayalam
|Malayalam
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|Yes
|-
|-
|5
|[[Mounam]]
|1995
|1995
|''[[Mounam]]''
|Telugu
|Telugu
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|-
|6
|Maun
|1996
|1996
|''Maun''
|Hindi
|Hindi
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|Yes
|-
|-
|7
|[[Srikaram]]
|1996
|1996
|''[[Srikaram]]''
|Telugu
|Telugu
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|-
|8
|[[Surya Putrulu]]
|1996
|1996
|''[[Surya Putrulu]]''
|Telugu
|Telugu
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|-
|10
|Avuna
|2003
|2003
|''[[Avuna]]''
|Telugu
|Telugu
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|-
|11
|2021
|ITLU AMMA
|''Itlu Amma''
|2021(released on Sony LIV)
|Telugu
|Telugu
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|Yes
|{{Yes}}
|released on [[Sony LIV]]
|}
|}
*


===Documentary===
===Documentary===
Many documentaries to his credit, one of which is
Many documentaries to his credit, one of which is
* STHREE (APFDC Award for Best Documentary)
* ''Sthree'' (APFDC Award for Best Documentary)


===Telefilm===
===Telefilm===
* HAMSAFAR (Hindi )
* ''Hamsafar'' (Hindi)
* MANCHU BOMMA (2011) (TELUGU) ''':  '''For ETV much accoladed telefilm.
* ''Manchu Bomma'' (2011) (Telugu):  ETV telefilm.
'''EDUCATIONAL FILMS'''
* 15 EPISODES ON FILM AESTHETICS (2015) : Have done for Ur film School & Telecast in 10 TV


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Film directors from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Film directors from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian film directors]]
[[Category:Telugu screenwriters]]
[[Category:Telugu screenwriters]]
[[Category:Writers from Vijayawada]]
[[Category:Writers from Vijayawada]]
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[[Category:Screenwriters from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]


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Latest revision as of 21:49, 3 March 2026


C. Uma Maheswara Rao
Born
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
OccupationDirector
Screenwriter
Spouse(s)Durga Bhavani
ChildrenNandan Babu, Anand Babu, Pramod Babu, Vinod Babu .

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 serials for Doordarshan.[1] He has garnered two Nandi Awards, and the National Film Award. He is also Social and Cultural activist. He is born in Vijayawada now the new capital of Andhrapradesh.

Career[edit | edit source]

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.

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.

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.

He acted as the Chairman of the West panel of National Film Awards 2019 and had been in the Central Committee.

He was in the Jury for Oscars in Indian Entry Selections 2020.

He has formed Center for New Perspectives in Film and Media, Hyderabad.

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.

Awards[edit | edit source]

National Film Awards
Nandi Awards[3]

Revathi won her First Film Fare Award in Telugu

K.V.Reddy Award - Best Director - Ankuram (1992)

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Director[edit | edit source]

Year Movie Name Language Credited as Notes
Direction Scriptwriter Story
1986 Pula Pallaki Telugu Yes Yes
1987 Padandi Munduku Telugu Yes Yes
1992 Ankuram Telugu Yes Yes Yes
1992 Sindhoora Malayalam Yes Yes
1995 Mounam Telugu Yes Yes Yes
1996 Maun Hindi Yes Yes
1996 Srikaram Telugu Yes Yes Yes
1996 Surya Putrulu Telugu Yes Yes Yes
2003 Avuna Telugu Yes Yes Yes
2021 Itlu Amma Telugu Yes Yes Yes released on Sony LIV

Documentary[edit | edit source]

Many documentaries to his credit, one of which is

  • Sthree (APFDC Award for Best Documentary)

Telefilm[edit | edit source]

  • Hamsafar (Hindi)
  • Manchu Bomma (2011) (Telugu): ETV telefilm.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Uma Maheswara Rao – IMDb
  2. ↑ "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964 - 2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964 - 2008)] (PDF) (in తెలుగు). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. 13 March 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2021.

External links[edit | edit source]

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