'' Nartanasala '' was released on 11 October 1963 in 26 centres . Navayuga Films acquired the film 's distribution rights . Katragadda Narsaiah of Navayuga worked on the film 's posters and publicity . The film was commercially successful , managing to have a theatrical run of 100 days in 19 centres and 200 days in Hyderabad and Vijayawada . According to '' The Hindu '' , '' Nartanasala '' complete theatrical run lasted for 25 weeks . The film 's Bengali and Odia dubbed versions were commercially successful on par with the original . '' Nartanasala '' was adjudged the second best feature film at the 11th National Film Awards . It won the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu . At the 3rd Afro-Asian Film Festival held at Jakarta in 1964 , '' Nartanasala '' received two awards : best male actor ( Ranga Rao ) and best art director ( Sarma )
11th National Film Awards
11th National Film Awards
Nartanasala