R. Narayana Murthy

Murthy organized Ardharatri Swatantram as his first venture under his production house 'Sneha Chitra Pictures' in Rampachodavaram of East Godavari district on 10 June 1984. The film was released on 6 November 1986 on the eve of T. Krishna's death anniversary. T. Krishna played the role of a naxalite in that film. It was a hit and gave Murthy a reputation as a communist. From 1986 until 2018, he produced and directed 29 films on his Sneha Chitra Pictures banner. He had 15–20 years of success. Many of his films ran for silver jubilees (25 weeks) and golden jubilees (50 weeks).

Murthy acted as one of the junior artists in the song "Ramuni Bantuni ra" in Super Star Krishna's film Neramu Siksha (1973). Later he returned home to complete his B.A. and on the advice of his guru Dasari Narayana Rao. Once he completed his B.A. he went to Madras and met his guru and he played second lead in the film Needa. Narayana Murthy acted in Dasari's Sita Ramulu (1980), Korikale Gurralaite, Vishwaroopam and K. Bapayya's Agni Poolu. Dasari made him a full-fledged star with Sangeeta and Orey Rickshaw.

R. Narayana Murti (born 31 December 1954) is an Indian film actor, screenwriter, director, composer, singer, dancer and producer. He works predominantly in Telugu Cinema.He owns a film production company called Sneha Chitra Pictures. He is known for left-oriented films that expose the exploitation of society's lower strata. His films adopt themes like the atrocities of the upper classes against the helpless and in recent times, Telangana Movement. In 1994, he directed Erra Sainyam. It is the only film that earned box-office collections of more than 1 crore of rupees in Telangana Area (Nizam) only after Chiranjeevi's blockbusters.