Director, writer and producer · Telugu cinema
Adurthi Subba Rao
Adurthi Subba Rao movies: 20 Telugu films on file (19 as director, 17 as writer, 4 as producer), 1958–1974. Earliest on file: Aada Pettanam (1958). Latest release: Bangaaru Kalalu (4 June 1974).
- Films on file
- 20 (19 as director, 17 as writer, 4 as producer)
- Years on file
- 1958–1974
- Born
- 16 December 1912 · December birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 1 October 1975
- Selected films on file
- Aada Pettanam, Sudigundalu, Nammina Bantu
- Record
- Q4686000 on Wikidata
Career on file
Adurthi Subba Rao has 20 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1958 to 1974: 19 films as director, 17 films as writer and four films as producer. The earliest of them is Aada Pettanam (1958), and the most recent release is Bangaaru Kalalu (1974). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Aada Pettanam (1958), Sudigundalu (1968) and Nammina Bantu (1960). Other recent releases on file are Vichitra Bandham (1972), Maro Prapancham (1970) and Undamma Bottu Pedata (1968).
In the films Adurthi Subba Rao directed, Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Gummadi Venkateswara Rao appear most often (15 films each), ahead of Savitri (9) and Allu Rama Lingaiah (8). Music on 11 of them is by K. V. Mahadevan, with S. Rajeswara Rao (7) next. Annapurna Pictures produced eight of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 2 different directors, 4 music directors and 35 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 20 of them; they average 160 minutes, and the longest is Velugu Needalu at 178 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1950s (2), 1960s (15) and 1970s (3).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.