''Rangula Kala'' (English: A Colourful Dream) is a 1983 Indian Telugu-language

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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 Feature Film in Telugu, at the

31st National Film Awards The 31st National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1983. Ceremony took place in Jun ...

"For a vivid portrayal of urban life as seen by a sensitive painter in search of his identification with the masses". It was screened in "Indian Panorama" of the 9th International Film Festival of India.

Plot

The film chronicles the life a skilled

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who fails to gain recognition, subsequently gets idealistically inspired to oppose the art of the elite.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack and lyrics were composed by Telangana

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eer Gaddar. *Jam Jamalmarri by Gaddar *Bhadram Koduko by Gaddar *Nare nannare Nare nannare

Awards

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- K. Sankutala(in

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

)

References

{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Telugu 1983 films Films about social issues in India 1980s Telugu-language films Best Telugu Feature Film National Film Award winners Films about the arts Films about fictional painters Indian drama films Films shot in Telangana Films about Naxalism Indian avant-garde and experimental films 1990s Telugu-language films Fictional portrayals of police departments in India Social realism in film Indian feminist films Films about poverty in India Films directed by B. Narsing Rao