Vijaya Nirmala

Career on file

Vijaya Nirmala has 28 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1949 to 2016: 26 films as an actor and four films as director. The earliest of them is Gunasundari Katha (1949), and the most recent release is Sri Sri (2016). Other recent releases on file are Bezawada Bebbuli (1983), Ram Robert Rahim (1980) and Hema Hemeelu (1979).

Allu Rama Lingaiah is the most frequent co-star, sharing 14 films with Vijaya Nirmala, followed by Krishna Ghattamaneni (12) and Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (11). Among directors, Bapu and C. S. Rao each cast Vijaya Nirmala in three films, more than any other director; next are Dasari Narayana Rao (2) and Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao (2). In the films Vijaya Nirmala directed, Krishna Ghattamaneni, Kaikala Satyanarayana and Allu Rama Lingaiah appear most often (three films each), ahead of Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (2) and Chandra Mohan (2). K. V. Mahadevan and Pasupuleti Ramesh Naidu each scored five of them, more than any other music director; next are Thotakura Venkata Raju (4) and S. Rajeswara Rao (3). Padmalaya Studios produced three of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 16 different directors, 12 music directors and 59 other credited actors.

Runtime is on file for 22 of them; they average 162 minutes, and the longest is Nindu Dampathulu at 189 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1940s (1), 1950s (1), 1960s (8), 1970s (15), 1980s (2) and 2010s (1).

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