B. Narsing Rao (born Bongu Narsinga Rao) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, composer, producer, actor and painter known for his works in Telugu, parallel cinema. He has garnered four National Film Awards, and six International honors, and has served as a jury for Asian film festivals. He is known as The killer of Kitsch in the media for bringing out path breaking parallel cinema based on the lines of Telangana movement, Razakars, Urban Construction laborers etc., into the Telugu screen. He has shared research works on several documentaries with Shyam Benegal.