Actor · Telugu cinema
Kanta Rao
- Films on file
- 46 (46 as actor)
- Years on file
- 1945–1998
- Known for
- Kante Koothurne Kanu, Radha Kalyanam, Vamsa Vruksham
Career on file
Kanta Rao appears in 46 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1945 to 1998. The earliest of them is Paduka Pattabhishekam (1945), and the most recent release is Kante Koothurne Kanu (1998). Other recent releases on file are Radha Kalyanam (1981), Vamsa Vruksham (1980) and Sommokadidhi Sokokadidhi (1979).
N. T. Rama Rao is the most frequent co-star, sharing 18 films with Kanta Rao, followed by Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (12) and Krishna Kumari (9). Among directors, Bapu and B. Vittalacharya each cast Kanta Rao in four films, more than any other director; next are C. S. Rao (3) and V. Madhusudhan Rao (3). Music on eight of them is by Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, with K. V. Mahadevan (7) and S. Rajeswara Rao (6) next. Rajalakshmi Productions produced three of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 27 different directors, 16 music directors and 80 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 27 of them; they average 168 minutes, and the longest is Lava Kusha at 208 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1940s (1), 1950s (2), 1960s (30), 1970s (10), 1980s (2) and 1990s (1).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.