Rangula Kala
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{{Infobox film
| name = Rangula Kala
| director = B. Narsing Rao
| producer = B. Venkateswara Rao
| writer = B. Narsing Rao
| screenplay = B. Narsing Rao
| starring = B. Narsing Rao
Sai Chand
Roopa
Gaddar
| music = Gaddar
| cinematography = Apurba Kishore Bir
| released = {{Film date|1983}}
| runtime = 2hrs 16 min
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
}}
Rangula Kala (English: A Colourful Dream) is a 1983 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by B. Narsing Rao.{{cite press release |url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20081221/1134082.html |title=Narsing Rao's films regale Delhi|publisher=webindia123.com |date=21 December 2008 |access-date=2012-08-25}} The film won the Best Feature Film in Telugu, at the 31st National Film Awards "For a vivid portrayal of urban life as seen by a sensitive painter in search of his identification with the masses".{{cite web|url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/86_31stNfacatalogue.pdf|title=31st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 December 2011}} It was screened in "Indian Panorama" of the 9th International Film Festival of India.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19890615-award-winning-b.-narasinga-rao-brings-quality-to-telugu-cinema-816201-1989-06-15|title=Award-winning B. Narasinga Rao brings quality to Telugu cinema|website=India Today}}
Plot
The film chronicles the life a skilled painter who fails to gain recognition, subsequently gets idealistically inspired to oppose the art of the elite.
Soundtrack
- Jam Jammalmarri Writer:Devi Priya,Singer:Gaddar
- Bhadram Koduko Writer:Guda Anjaiah,Singer:Gaddar
- Madhana Sundari Writer:Guda Anjaiah,Singer:Gaddar
- Podala Podala Writer:Guda Anjaiah,Singer:K.B.K.Mohan Raju,
Awards
- Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress – K. Sankutala{{Cite web |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf|title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)|trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)|publisher=Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=21 August 2020}}(in Telugu)
References
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{{B. Narsing Rao}}
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Telugu}}
Category:Films about social issues in India
Category:1980s Telugu-language films
Category:Best Telugu Feature Film National Film Award winners
Category:Films about fictional painters
Category:Films shot in Telangana
Category:Indian avant-garde and experimental films
Category:Fictional portrayals of police departments in India
Category:Films about social realism
Category:Indian feminist films