Actor · Telugu cinema
Shankar Melkote
Shankar Melkote movies: 80 Telugu films on file, 1984–2021. Earliest on file: Srivariki Premalekha (1984). Latest release: FCUK: Father Chitti Umaa Kaarthik (12 February 2021).
- Films on file
- 80 (80 as actor)
- Years on file
- 1984–2021
- Selected films on file
- Dookudu, Desamuduru, Manam
- Record
- Q19899022 on Wikidata
Career on file
Shankar Melkote appears in 80 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1984 to 2021. The earliest of them is Srivariki Premalekha (1984), and the most recent release is FCUK: Father Chitti Umaa Kaarthik (2021). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Dookudu (2011), Desamuduru (2007) and Manam (2014). Other recent releases on file are Disco Raja (2020), Supreme (2016) and Lacchimdeviki O Lekkundi (2016).
Brahmanandam is the most frequent co-star, sharing 33 films with Shankar Melkote, followed by Kota Srinivasa Rao (19) and Chandra Mohan (16). Among directors, K. Vijaya Bhaskar, Surender Reddy and Srinu Vaitla each cast Shankar Melkote in three films, more than any other director; next are Kuchipudi Venkat (2) and A. Kodandarami Reddy (2). Mani Sharma and S. Thaman each scored seven of them, more than any other music director; next are Chakri (6) and Koti (5). Ushakiran Movies produced six of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 66 different directors, 41 music directors and 182 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 59 of them; they average 147 minutes, and the longest is Bahumati at 194 minutes. 12 of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 1980s (2), 1990s (1), 2000s (46), 2010s (29) and 2020s (2).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.