Actor · Telugu cinema
Mada Venkateswara Rao
Mada Venkateswara Rao movies: 77 Telugu films on file, 1968–2007. Earliest on file: Sudigundalu (1968). Latest release: Pagale Vennela (26 January 2007).
- Films on file
- 77 (77 as actor)
- Years on file
- 1968–2007
- Born
- 14 October 1950 · October birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 24 October 2015
- Selected films on file
- Coolie No. 1, Abhilasha, Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya
- Record
- Q16315597 on Wikidata
Career on file
Mada Venkateswara Rao appears in 77 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1968 to 2007. The earliest of them is Sudigundalu (1968), and the most recent release is Pagale Vennela (2007). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Coolie No. 1 (1991), Abhilasha (1983) and Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya (1996). Other recent releases on file are Kithakithalu (2006), Love Story 1999 (1998) and Ganesh (1998).
Allu Rama Lingaiah and Kaikala Satyanarayana are the most frequent co-stars, each sharing 18 films with Mada Venkateswara Rao, followed by Akkineni Nageswara Rao (13) and N. T. Rama Rao (12). Among directors, K. Raghavendra Rao cast Mada Venkateswara Rao most often, in 17 films; next are Dasari Narayana Rao (5) and V. Madhusudhan Rao (4). Music on 18 of them is by K. Chakravarthy, with K. V. Mahadevan (13) and Chellapilla Satyam (6) next. Ramakrishna Cine Studios produced four of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 44 different directors, 30 music directors and 123 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 54 of them; they average 147 minutes, and the longest is Kirai Dada at 175 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1960s (1), 1970s (34), 1980s (28), 1990s (12) and 2000s (2). 1986 is the busiest single year, with seven films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.