Dasari Narayana Rao & Vinod Mehra Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-19 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Dasari Narayana Rao and Vinod Mehra appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 1980 and 1983. Their highest-rated collaboration was Prem Tapasya (1983 — 6.5/10). Films span Jyoti Bane Jwala (1980) through Prem Tapasya (1983).
The Dasari Narayana Rao & Vinod Mehra partnership
From Jyoti Bane Jwala (1980) to Prem Tapasya (1983). The played out closed with Prem Tapasya in 1983. It started with Jyoti Bane Jwala (1980).
The shape of the work
Dasari Narayana Rao directed every film; Vinod Mehra acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 1 decade
- Prem Tapasya
- Yeh Kaisa Insaf?
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 3 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Jyoti Bane Jwala was Dasari Narayana Rao's directorial debut.
After Prem Tapasya, Dasari Narayana Rao went on to direct 26 more films, including Mama Alludu (1990) and Haisiyat (1984).
Before Jyoti Bane Jwala, Vinod Mehra had starred in 11 films, including Jurmana (1979) and Kartavya (1979).
After Prem Tapasya, Vinod Mehra went on to appear in 37 more films, including Yeh Desh (1984) and Jeene Nahi Doonga (1984).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Dasari Narayana Rao & Vinod Mehra's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ashok Kumar is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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