Actor and writer · Telugu cinema
Raavi Kondala Rao
Raavi Kondala Rao movies: 103 Telugu films on file (102 as actor, 1 as writer), 1958–2015. Earliest on file: Sobha (1958). Latest release: 365 Days (23 May 2015).
- Films on file
- 103 (102 as actor, 1 as writer)
- Years on file
- 1958–2015
- Born
- 1 January 1931 · January birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 28 July 2020
- Selected films on file
- Ali Baba 40 Dongalu, Chaithanya, Aggi Veerudu
- Record
- Q16344715 on Wikidata
Career on file
Raavi Kondala Rao has 103 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1958 to 2015: 102 films as actor and one film as writer. The earliest of them is Sobha (1958), and the most recent release is 365 Days (2015). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Ali Baba 40 Dongalu (1970), Chaithanya (1991) and Aggi Veerudu (1969). Other recent releases on file are Oye! (2009), Mee Sreyobhilashi (2007) and Madhumasam (2007).
N. T. Rama Rao is the most frequent co-star, sharing 28 films with Raavi Kondala Rao, followed by Kaikala Satyanarayana (25) and Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (21). Among directors, Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, Bapu and Relangi Narasimha Rao each cast Raavi Kondala Rao in seven films, more than any other director; next are Tatineni Rama Rao (5) and V. Madhusudhan Rao (5). Music on 21 of them is by K. V. Mahadevan, with K. Chakravarthy (16) and J. V. Raghavulu (6) next. Suresh Productions produced seven of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 58 different directors, 32 music directors and 146 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 78 of them; they average 147 minutes, and the longest is Kodalu Diddina Kapuram at 193 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1950s (1), 1960s (20), 1970s (32), 1980s (32), 1990s (12), 2000s (5) and 2010s (1). 1971 is the busiest single year, with nine films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.