Actor, director and producer · Telugu cinema
S. V. Ranga Rao
S. V. Ranga Rao movies: 103 Telugu films on file (103 as actor, 1 as director, 1 as producer), 1949–2013. Earliest on file: Mana Desam (1949). Latest release: Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (11 January 2013).
- Films on file
- 103 (103 as actor, 1 as director, 1 as producer)
- Years on file
- 1949–2013
- Born
- 3 July 1918 · July birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 18 July 1974
- Selected films on file
- Mayabazar, Devadasu, Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu
- Record
- Q7387959 on Wikidata
Career on file
S. V. Ranga Rao has 103 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1949 to 2013: 103 films as actor, one film as director and one film as producer. The earliest of them is Mana Desam (1949), and the most recent release is Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Mayabazar (1957), Devadasu (1953) and Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013). Other recent releases on file are Aha Naa Pellanta (1987), Babu (1975) and Yashoda Krishna (1975).
N. T. Rama Rao is the most frequent co-star, sharing 45 films with S. V. Ranga Rao, followed by Akkineni Nageswara Rao (36) and Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (28). Among directors, Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao cast S. V. Ranga Rao most often, in nine films; next are Adurthi Subba Rao (7) and Vedantam Raghavaiah (7). Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao and S. Rajeswara Rao each scored 17 of them, more than any other music director; next are K. V. Mahadevan (15) and Pendyala Nageswara Rao (8). Vijaya Vauhini Studios produced six of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 46 different directors, 26 music directors and 93 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 75 of them; they average 163 minutes, and the longest is Pandava Vanavasam at 198 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1940s (1), 1950s (31), 1960s (41), 1970s (28), 1980s (1) and 2010s (1).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.