Actor and producer · Telugu cinema
Santha Kumari
Santha Kumari movies: 36 Telugu films on file (36 as actor, 1 as producer), 1937–1978. Earliest on file: Sarangadhara (1937). Latest release: Chilipi Krishnudu (11 January 1978).
- Films on file
- 36 (36 as actor, 1 as producer)
- Years on file
- 1937–1978
- Born
- 17 May 1920 · May birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 16 January 2006
- Selected films on file
- Dharma Patni, Chinnari Papalu, Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam
- Record
- Q7420140 on Wikidata
Career on file
Santha Kumari has 36 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1937 to 1978: 36 films as actor and one film as producer. The earliest of them is Sarangadhara (1937), and the most recent release is Chilipi Krishnudu (1978). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Dharma Patni (1941), Chinnari Papalu (1968) and Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam (1960). Other recent releases on file are Secretary (1976), Soggadu (1975) and Jeevana Tarangalu (1973).
N. T. Rama Rao is the most frequent co-star, sharing 15 films with Santha Kumari, followed by Akkineni Nageswara Rao (14) and Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (14). Among directors, P. Pullaiah cast Santha Kumari most often, in nine films; next are Kasinathuni Viswanath (2) and Kovelamudi Surya Prakash Rao (2). Music on nine of them is by K. V. Mahadevan, with Thotakura Venkata Raju (7) and Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao (4) next. Suresh Productions produced six of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 23 different directors, 15 music directors and 54 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 29 of them; they average 164 minutes, and the longest is Kodalu Diddina Kapuram at 193 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1930s (1), 1940s (3), 1950s (4), 1960s (13) and 1970s (15). 1971 is the busiest single year, with five films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.