Actor and director · Telugu cinema
Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao
- Films on file
- 22 (1 as actor, 21 as director)
- Years on file
- 1940–1985
Career on file
Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao has 22 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1940 to 1985: one film as an actor and 21 films as director. The earliest of them is Malathi Madhavam (1940), and the most recent release is Shri Datta Darshanam (1985). Other recent releases on file are Shri Vinayaka Vijayamu (1979), Kurukshetram (1977) and Bala Bharatam (1972).
In the films Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao directed, N. T. Rama Rao appears most often (15 films), ahead of S. V. Ranga Rao (8) and Kaikala Satyanarayana (5). Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, Pendyala Nageswara Rao and S. Rajeswara Rao each scored four of them, more than any other music director; next is Thotakura Venkata Raju (3). Vijaya Vauhini Studios produced two of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 11 music directors and 47 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 17 of them; they average 169 minutes, and the longest is Shri Krishnavataram at 211 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1940s (1), 1950s (5), 1960s (10), 1970s (5) and 1980s (1). 1962 is the busiest single year, with three films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.