Actor, director and producer · Telugu cinema
P. Bhanumathi
P. Bhanumathi movies: 32 Telugu films on file (32 as actor, 1 as director, 1 as producer), 1939–1998. Earliest on file: Vara Vikrayam (1939). Latest release: Pelli Kanuka (26 June 1998).
- Films on file
- 32 (32 as actor, 1 as director, 1 as producer)
- Years on file
- 1939–1998
- Born
- 7 September 1925 · September birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 24 December 2005
- Selected films on file
- Antastulu, Tenali Ramakrishna, Dharma Patni
- Record
- Q3429995 on Wikidata
Career on file
P. Bhanumathi has 32 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1939 to 1998: 32 films as actor, one film as director and one film as producer. The earliest of them is Vara Vikrayam (1939), and the most recent release is Pelli Kanuka (1998). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Antastulu (1965), Tenali Ramakrishna (1956) and Dharma Patni (1941). Other recent releases on file are Samrat Ashoka (1992), Peddarikam (1992) and Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata (1989).
N. T. Rama Rao is the most frequent co-star, sharing 12 films with P. Bhanumathi, followed by Akkineni Nageswara Rao (10) and Jamuna (5). Among directors, P. S. Ramakrishna Rao cast P. Bhanumathi most often, in eight films; next are N. T. Rama Rao (2) and C. Pullaiah (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 20 different directors, 21 music directors and 55 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 28 of them; they average 158 minutes, and the longest is Malliswari at 194 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1930s (1), 1940s (7), 1950s (8), 1960s (8), 1970s (3), 1980s (2) and 1990s (3).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.