Director, writer and producer · Telugu cinema
Kotayya Pratyagatma
Kotayya Pratyagatma movies: 14 Telugu films on file (11 as director, 3 as writer, 1 as producer), 1959–1980. Earliest on file: Maa Inti Mahalakshmi (1959). Latest release: Nayakudu Vinayakudu (1 February 1980).
- Films on file
- 14 (11 as director, 3 as writer, 1 as producer)
- Years on file
- 1959–1980
- Born
- 31 October 1925 · October birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 8 June 2001
- Selected films on file
- Nayakudu Vinayakudu, Deeksha, Palletoori Bava
- Record
- Q6433899 on Wikidata
Career on file
Kotayya Pratyagatma has 14 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1959 to 1980: 11 films as director, three films as writer and one film as producer. The earliest of them is Maa Inti Mahalakshmi (1959), and the most recent release is Nayakudu Vinayakudu (1980). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Nayakudu Vinayakudu (1980), Deeksha (1974) and Palletoori Bava (1973). Other recent releases on file are Shrimantudu (1971), Manasu Mangalyam (1971) and Mathru Devata (1969).
In the films Kotayya Pratyagatma directed, Akkineni Nageswara Rao appears most often (eight films), ahead of Jamuna (4) and Krishna Kumari (4). Music on six of them is by T. Chalapathi Rao, with S. Rajeswara Rao (4) and Pendyala Nageswara Rao (2) next. Across these films the credits on file name 3 different directors, 5 music directors and 22 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 10 of them; they average 152 minutes, and the longest is Manushulu Mamathalu at 170 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1950s (1), 1960s (8), 1970s (4) and 1980s (1).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.