Dasari Narayana Rao Awards

 * Received Nandi Award in 1974 for the Film Thatha Manavadu.
    * Received Golden Nandi award for the best Film Swargam Narakam (remade in Hindi as Swarg Narak)
    * Best director Nandi award for Meghasandesam in 1983.
    * Best actor Nandi award for Mamagaru in 1992.
    * Doctorate "Kalaprapoorna" from Andhra University for his contribution to Telugu Culture and Telugu Cinema in 1986.
    * Received several awards from social organizations of repute, such as Vamsee Berkeley, Kalasagar, Shiromani Institute to name a few; won, Filmfare Award six times, Madras Film Fans Award five times, Cine Herald continuously for ten years.
    * He won Jyothi Chitra Super Director three times.
    * Ancient Andhra Patrika Best Director Award six times.
    * NTR national award for the year 2007
    * Shoban Babu first memorial award 2009
    * Apart from this his films won many awards .