DASARI NARAYANA RAO was a Telugu film director, writer, actor, producer, and politician who has directed more than 150 films in a variety of genres for four decades. Before coming to films he was a stage actor and a private employee in Vazir Sultan Tobacco in Hyderabad. Once he had been to Sultan Bazar to purchase a few bangles to his sister, the shopkeeper asked him about the size, as Dasari was not aware of it. He had seen Padma who was there with her friends, Narayana Rao requested her to select few bangles for his sister. She did it and had an introduction, she identified him as a stage actor since she had seen his stage performance at Gandhibhavan. Dasari invited them for his next stage show at Ravindra Bharathi, and he had sent the passes to her. Later they developed relationships and they got married with her parent’s acceptance, though with a bit of reluctance from his parents. Finally, they lived happily ever after.
