Dasari Narayana Rao & Shabana Azmi Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-15 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Dasari Narayana Rao and Shabana Azmi appeared together in 2 Hindi films between 1980 and 1984. Their highest-rated collaboration was Yeh Kaisa Insaf? (1980 — 5.5/10). Films span Yeh Kaisa Insaf? (1980) through Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar (1984).
The Dasari Narayana Rao & Shabana Azmi partnership
From Yeh Kaisa Insaf? (1980) to Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar (1984). The ran closed with Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar in 1984. It started with Yeh Kaisa Insaf? (1980).
The shape of the work
Dasari Narayana Rao directed every film; Shabana Azmi acted in all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Yeh Kaisa Insaf?
- Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar, Shabana Azmi kept going for 50 more films; Dasari Narayana Rao stepped back.
Yeh Kaisa Insaf? was Dasari Narayana Rao's directorial debut.
After Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar, Dasari Narayana Rao went on to direct 21 more films, including Mama Alludu (1990) and Parama Veera Chakra (2011).
Before Yeh Kaisa Insaf?, Shabana Azmi had starred in 3 films, including Lahu Ke Do Rang (1979) and Jeena Yahan (1979).
After Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar, Shabana Azmi went on to appear in 50 more films, including Neerja (2016) and Ghoomer (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Dasari Narayana Rao & Shabana Azmi's professional partnership
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Asrani is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.
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