Director and writer · Telugu cinema
Tapi Chanakya
Tapi Chanakya movies: 9 Telugu films on file (9 as director, 4 as writer), 1955–1973. Earliest on file: Rojulu Marayi (1955). Latest release: Ganga Manga (30 November 1973).
- Films on file
- 9 (9 as director, 4 as writer)
- Years on file
- 1955–1973
- Born
- 1925 (Wikidata)
- Died
- 1973
- Selected films on file
- Bhagya Devathai, Adugu Jaadalu, Vaarasatwam
- Record
- Q7684598 on Wikidata
Career on file
Tapi Chanakya has 9 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1955 to 1973: nine films as director and four films as writer. The earliest of them is Rojulu Marayi (1955), and the most recent release is Ganga Manga (1973). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Bhagya Devathai (1959), Adugu Jaadalu (1966) and Vaarasatwam (1964). Other recent releases on file are C.I.D. (1965), Ramudu Bheemudu (1964) and Constable Koothuru (1963).
In the films Tapi Chanakya directed, N. T. Rama Rao appears most often (five films), ahead of Jamuna (3) and Relangi Venkata Ramaiah (3). Music on four of them is by Master Venu, with Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao (2) next. Saradhi Studios produced two of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 5 music directors and 26 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 5 of them; they average 165 minutes, and the longest is Kalasi Vunte Kaladu Sukham at 192 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1950s (2), 1960s (6) and 1970s (1).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.