Maa Ooru () is a 1987 Indian Telugu-language anthropological film written and directed by

B. Narsing Rao Bongu Narsing Rao (born 1946) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, littérateur, composer, poet, producer, actor and painter known for his works in Telugu cinema, and Telugu theatre. Rao has garnered five National Film Awards, three Nandi ...

. The film won the Best Ethnographic Film at the

36th National Film Awards The 36th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1988. Ceremony took place ...

"For recalling with nostalgia the life of a village community of the fifties in Telangana and does so with sensitivity and a graphic lyricism", as cited by the Jury.

International honours

The film won the 1992 " Main Prize - Media Wave Award" of Hungary. ''Maa Ooru'' was premiered at the

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in 1999. The ''Ekotopfilm - International Festival of Sustainable Development Films'' in 1995,

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. The ''Brastislavia Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica'' in 1993,

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, Italy. The first

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for Documentary, Short and Animation Films in 1990 where the film won the Best Cinematography award. The International premier at Filmfest München in 1989, Germany. The Indian panorama section of the

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References

{{B. Narsing Rao, state=collapsed 1987 films Films about social issues in India Films directed by B. Narsing Rao Indian documentary films 1980s Telugu-language films Media Wave Award winners Indian avant-garde and experimental films Indian independent films