Actor and director · Telugu cinema

Kovelamudi Surya Prakash Rao

Films on file
12 (2 as actor, 10 as director)
Years on file
1941–1991
Known for
Rowdy Gaari Pellam, Muddula Mogudu, Secretary

Career on file

Kovelamudi Surya Prakash Rao has 12 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1941 to 1991: two films as an actor and ten films as director. The earliest of them is Apavadu (1941), and the most recent release is Rowdy Gaari Pellam (1991). Other recent releases on file are Muddula Mogudu (1983), Secretary (1976) and Kode Nagu (1974).

In the films Kovelamudi Surya Prakash Rao directed, Akkineni Nageswara Rao appears most often (five films), ahead of Sobhan Babu (3) and Kaikala Satyanarayana (2). Music on four of them is by Pendyala Nageswara Rao, with K. V. Mahadevan (3) and S. Rajeswara Rao (2) next. Suresh Productions produced three of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 2 different directors, 6 music directors and 32 other credited actors.

Runtime is on file for 9 of them; they average 161 minutes, and the longest is Kanna Talli at 193 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1940s (2), 1950s (1), 1960s (3), 1970s (4), 1980s (1) and 1990s (1).

Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.

Films directed (10)

Filmography as actor (2)

Awards (1)

All awards
YearAwardCategoryFilm
1968NandiBest Story WriterBandipotu Dongalu Bangaru Gaajulu

Wins in the Nandi, Filmfare South (Telugu), SIIMA (Telugu) and National Film Awards, from Wikipedia’s award lists, matched to Kovelamudi Surya Prakash Rao by Wikidata ID. Other awards are not included.

Frequent co-stars

Directors worked with

  1. L. V. Prasad 1 film
  2. Gudavalli Ramabrahmam 1 film

Music directors on their films

  1. Pendyala Nageswara Rao 4 films
  2. K. V. Mahadevan 3 films
  3. S. Rajeswara Rao 2 films
  4. Bappi Lahiri 1 film
  5. Thotakura Venkata Raju 1 film
  6. Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao 1 film

Kovelamudi Surya Prakash Rao movies together with