Actor and director · Telugu cinema
N. T. Rama Rao

- Films on file
- 252 (247 as actor, 15 as director)
- Years on file
- 1949–1993
Career on file
N. T. Rama Rao has 252 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1949 to 1993: 247 films as an actor and 15 films as director. The earliest of them is Mana Desam (1949), and the most recent release is Srinatha Kavi Sarvabhowmudu (1993). Other recent releases on file are Major Chandrakanth (1993), Samrat Ashoka (1992) and Brahmarshi Vishwamitra (1991).
Kaikala Satyanarayana and Gummadi Venkateswara Rao are the most frequent co-stars, each sharing 58 films with N. T. Rama Rao, followed by Allu Rama Lingaiah (49) and Savitri (36). Among directors, Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao and Dasari Yoganand each cast N. T. Rama Rao in 15 films, more than any other director; next are C. S. Rao (14) and B. Vittalacharya (13). In the films N. T. Rama Rao directed, Nandamuri Balakrishna appears most often (seven films), ahead of Kaikala Satyanarayana (6) and Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (6). Music on 40 of them is by Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, with Thotakura Venkata Raju (37) and K. V. Mahadevan (27) next. Ramakrishna Cine Studios produced 11 of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 77 different directors, 48 music directors and 116 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 221 of them; they average 159 minutes, and the longest is Daana Veera Soora Karna at 227 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1940s (1), 1950s (54), 1960s (102), 1970s (69), 1980s (22) and 1990s (4). 1963 is the busiest single year, with 13 films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.