Actor and director · Telugu cinema
Padmanabham
- Films on file
- 28 (28 as actor, 1 as director)
- Years on file
- 1946–2005
- Known for
- Chakram, Mayalodu, Dongalu Baboi Dongalu
Career on file
Padmanabham has 28 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1946 to 2005: 28 films as an actor and one film as director. The earliest of them is Tyagayya (1946), and the most recent release is Chakram (2005). Other recent releases on file are Mayalodu (1993), Dongalu Baboi Dongalu (1984) and Bhale Dongalu (1976).
Akkineni Nageswara Rao is the most frequent co-star, sharing ten films with Padmanabham, followed by Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (8) and Relangi Venkata Ramaiah (8). Among directors, Adurthi Subba Rao cast Padmanabham most often, in five films; next are K. S. R. Das (2) and Kotayya Pratyagatma (2). Music on four of them is by S. Rajeswara Rao, with Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao (3) and K. V. Mahadevan (3) next. Annapurna Pictures produced three of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 19 different directors, 15 music directors and 72 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 23 of them; they average 165 minutes, and the longest is Patala Bhairavi at 195 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1940s (3), 1950s (5), 1960s (14), 1970s (3), 1980s (1), 1990s (1) and 2000s (1).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.