P. L. Narayana

P. L. Narayana is a prominent Indian dialogue writer and playwright-turned-film actor, who predominantly works in the Telugu and Tamil cinema. He was born as Lakshmi Narayana on September 10, 1935, in Bapatla, India. He used to be a playwright and stage actor before he started acting on the silver screen. Narayana appeared in character roles in most of his films and usually portrayed the role of a downtrodden person or a person in distress. He also donned many comic roles along with other Telugu actors like Kota Srinivasa Rao Kota Srinivasa Rao is a renowned Indian film actor >> Read More... , Suthivelu, and many more.

In 1978, he acted with Kamal Haasan Kamal Haasan is the most versatile actor that Indi >> Read More... in the Telugu film, Maro Charitra Maro charitra is a melodrama that revolves around >> Read More... , helmed by K. Balachander. He is noted for his contribution to the Telugu films, Kukka (1980), Neti Bharatam (1983), Mayuri (1984), and Repati Pourulu (1986). He earned Nandi Awards for Best Supporting Actor for each of these films.

Narayana also earned the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in the 1992 film, Yagnam. His performance and skills in writing also earned him the Best Dialogue Writer Award at the Nandi Awards for the 1986 film, Ardharati Swatantram. His first Tamil appearance was from the 1995 film, Indira, which stars Anu Hasan There are actors who like to ride piggyback on th >> Read More... in the lead role. He was also seen in Mani Ratnam’s Tamil political drama film, Iruvar in 1997. On November 3, 1998, P. L. Narayana died at the age of 63.