Actor and director · Telugu cinema
P. Bhanumathi
- Films on file
- 30 (29 as actor, 1 as director)
- Years on file
- 1939–1998
- Known for
- Pelli Kanuka, Peddarikam, Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata
Career on file
P. Bhanumathi has 30 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1939 to 1998: 29 films as an actor and one film as director. The earliest of them is Vara Vikrayam (1939), and the most recent release is Pelli Kanuka (1998). Other recent releases on file are Peddarikam (1992), Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata (1989) and Mangammagari Manavadu (1984).
Akkineni Nageswara Rao and N. T. Rama Rao are the most frequent co-stars, each sharing ten films with P. Bhanumathi, followed by Jamuna (5) and Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (3). Among directors, P. S. Ramakrishna Rao cast P. Bhanumathi most often, in eight films; next are C. Pullaiah (2) and B.N. Reddi (2). Music on five of them is by S. Rajeswara Rao, with C. R. Subburaman (3) and K. V. Mahadevan (3) next. Bharani Pictures produced six of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 19 different directors, 21 music directors and 53 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 26 of them; they average 160 minutes, and the longest is Malliswari at 194 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1930s (1), 1940s (7), 1950s (8), 1960s (7), 1970s (3), 1980s (2) and 1990s (2).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.