Director, actor and writer · Telugu cinema
C. S. Rao
C. S. Rao movies: 32 Telugu films on file (24 as director, 8 as actor, 3 as writer), 1953–1993. Earliest on file: Pakkinti Ammayi (1953). Latest release: Aashayam (5 March 1993).
- Films on file
- 32 (24 as director, 8 as actor, 3 as writer)
- Years on file
- 1953–1993
- Born
- 1924 (Wikidata)
- Died
- 8 December 2004
- Selected films on file
- Abhilasha, Sommokadidhi Sokokadidhi, Marina Manishi
- Record
- Q5006843 on Wikidata
Career on file
C. S. Rao has 32 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1953 to 1993: 24 films as director, eight films as actor and three films as writer. The earliest of them is Pakkinti Ammayi (1953), and the most recent release is Aashayam (1993). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Abhilasha (1983), Sommokadidhi Sokokadidhi (1979) and Marina Manishi (1970). Other recent releases on file are Kokila (1990), Gudachari 117 (1989) and Jebu Donga (1987).
Among directors, A. Kodandarami Reddy cast C. S. Rao most often, in two films. In the films C. S. Rao directed, N. T. Rama Rao appears most often (14 films), ahead of Akkineni Nageswara Rao (7) and Allu Rama Lingaiah (7). Music on seven of them is by Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, with K. V. Mahadevan (4) and Thotakura Venkata Raju (4) next. Sri Productions produced three of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 8 different directors, 15 music directors and 70 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 24 of them; they average 156 minutes, and the longest is Santhi Nivas at 197 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1950s (4), 1960s (10), 1970s (12), 1980s (4) and 1990s (2). 1968 is the busiest single year, with four films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.