Actor, director, producer, music director and writer · Telugu cinema
R. Narayana Murthy
R. Narayana Murthy movies: 14 Telugu films on file (14 as actor, 4 as director, 3 as producer, 3 as music director, 2 as writer), 1973–2025. Earliest on file: Neramu Siksha (1973). Latest release: University (22 August 2025).
- Films on file
- 14 (14 as actor, 4 as director, 3 as producer, 3 as music director, 2 as writer)
- Years on file
- 1973–2025
- Born
- 31 December 1953 · December birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- Bahudoorapu Batasari, Viswaroopam, Agni Poolu
- Record
- Q7273881 on Wikidata
Career on file
R. Narayana Murthy has 14 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1973 to 2025: 14 films as actor, four films as director, three films as producer, three films as music director and two films as writer. The earliest of them is Neramu Siksha (1973), and the most recent release is University (2025). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Bahudoorapu Batasari (1983), Viswaroopam (1981) and Agni Poolu (1981). Other recent releases on file are Dandakaranyam (2016), Poru Telangana (2011) and Veera Telangana (2010).
Chiranjeevi is the most frequent co-star, sharing five films with R. Narayana Murthy, followed by Kaikala Satyanarayana (4) and Jayasudha (3). Among directors, Dasari Narayana Rao and K. Vasu each cast R. Narayana Murthy in three films, more than any other director. Music on four of them is by K. Chakravarthy, with R. Narayana Murthy (3) next. Across these films the credits on file name 6 different directors, 8 music directors and 27 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 4 of them; they average 150 minutes, and the longest is Bahudoorapu Batasari at 168 minutes. Two of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 1970s (3), 1980s (7), 2010s (3) and 2020s (1). 1983 is the busiest single year, with three films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.