| Pasupuleti Purna Chandra Rao | |
| Birth Date: | 22 May 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Khammam |
| Death Place: | Hyderabad |
| Occupation: | Theatre Activist, Film Critic, Cinema Scholar |
| Spouse: | Lakshmi Tayaru |
| Website: | https://sites.google.com/site/pasupuletipurnachandrarao/home |
| Alma Mater: | Osmania University, Hyderabad, Film and Television Institute of India, Pune[1] |
Pasupuleti Purna Chandra Rao (May 22, 1948 – October 11, 2019) was an Indian theatre activist, film editor and critic.[2] [3] In 2014, he garnered the National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema for his book on silent cinema titled Silent Cinema (1895–1930) at the 62nd National Film Awards[4] by then President, Pranab Mukherjee.