Actor, director and writer · Telugu cinema

Vallabhaneni Janardhan

Vallabhaneni Janardhan movies: 12 Telugu films on file (10 as actor, 2 as director, 1 as writer), 1990–2009. Earliest on file: Mahajananiki Maradalu Pilla (1990). Latest release: Adhineta (24 April 2009).

Films on file
12 (10 as actor, 2 as director, 1 as writer)
Years on file
1990–2009
Born
1959 (Wikidata)
Died
29 December 2022
Selected films on file
Bhale Dongalu, Choodalani Vundi, Lakshmi Narasimha
Record
Q65320808 on Wikidata

Career on file

Vallabhaneni Janardhan has 12 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1990 to 2009: ten films as actor, two films as director and one film as writer. The earliest of them is Mahajananiki Maradalu Pilla (1990), and the most recent release is Adhineta (2009). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Bhale Dongalu (2008), Choodalani Vundi (1998) and Lakshmi Narasimha (2004). Other recent releases on file are Budget Padmanabham (2001), Mee Aayana Jagratha (1998) and Akka Pettanam Chelleli Kapuram (1993).

Jagapati Babu is the most frequent co-star, sharing three films with Vallabhaneni Janardhan, followed by Prakash Raj (2) and Chiranjeevi (2). M. M. Keeravani and Mani Sharma each scored two of them, more than any other music director. Across these films the credits on file name 12 different directors, 10 music directors and 43 other credited actors.

Runtime is on file for 10 of them; they average 148 minutes, and the longest is Lakshmi Narasimha at 185 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1990s (8) and 2000s (4). 1991 is the busiest single year, with four films.

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

Filmography as actor (10)

Films directed (2)

Writing credits (writer or screenplay) (1)

Frequent co-stars

Directors worked with

  1. V. Samudra 1 film
  2. K. Vijaya Bhaskar 1 film
  3. Jayanth C. Paranjee 1 film
  4. S. V. Krishna Reddy 1 film
  5. Gunasekhar 1 film
  6. Dasari Narayana Rao 1 film
  7. A. Kodandarami Reddy 1 film
  8. Vijaya Bapineedu 1 film

Music directors on their films

  1. Mani Sharma 2 films
  2. M. M. Keeravani 2 films
  3. Srikanth Deva 1 film
  4. K. M. Radha Krishnan 1 film
  5. S. V. Krishna Reddy 1 film
  6. Koti 1 film
  7. Vasu Rao 1 film
  8. Ilaiyaraaja 1 film