Actor and producer · Telugu cinema
S. Varalakshmi
S. Varalakshmi movies: 58 Telugu films on file (58 as actor, 1 as producer), 1939–1995. Earliest on file: Raithu Bidda (1939). Latest release: Sankalpam (22 June 1995).
- Films on file
- 58 (58 as actor, 1 as producer)
- Years on file
- 1939–1995
- Born
- 13 August 1925 · August birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 22 September 2009
- Selected films on file
- Lava Kusha, Vayyari Bhamalu Vagalamari Bhartalu, Sardar Papa Rayudu
- Record
- Q539885 on Wikidata
Career on file
S. Varalakshmi has 58 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1939 to 1995: 58 films as actor and one film as producer. The earliest of them is Raithu Bidda (1939), and the most recent release is Sankalpam (1995). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Lava Kusha (1963), Vayyari Bhamalu Vagalamari Bhartalu (1982) and Sardar Papa Rayudu (1980). Other recent releases on file are Lawyer Suhasini (1987), Muddula Krishnaiah (1986) and Bullet (1985).
N. T. Rama Rao is the most frequent co-star, sharing 25 films with S. Varalakshmi, followed by Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (16) and Kaikala Satyanarayana (16). Among directors, Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao cast S. Varalakshmi most often, in five films; next are Gudavalli Ramabrahmam (4) and Kovelamudi Bapayya (3). Music on nine of them is by K. V. Mahadevan, with Pendyala Nageswara Rao (8) and S. Rajeswara Rao (7) next. Across these films the credits on file name 37 different directors, 24 music directors and 93 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 41 of them; they average 160 minutes, and the longest is Daana Veera Soora Karna at 227 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1930s (1), 1940s (5), 1950s (6), 1960s (18), 1970s (11), 1980s (16) and 1990s (1). 1971 is the busiest single year, with four films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.