Director, producer and writer · Telugu cinema
B. S. Ranga
B. S. Ranga movies: 5 Telugu films on file (5 as director, 2 as producer, 1 as writer), 1954–1967. Earliest on file: Maa Gopi (1954). Latest release: Vasantha Sena (12 August 1967).
- Films on file
- 5 (5 as director, 2 as producer, 1 as writer)
- Years on file
- 1954–1967
- Born
- 11 November 1917 · November birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 12 December 2010
- Selected films on file
- Tenali Ramakrishna, Vasantha Sena, Amara Silpi Jakkanna
- Record
- Q3765417 on Wikidata
Career on file
B. S. Ranga has 5 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1954 to 1967: five films as director, two films as producer and one film as writer. The earliest of them is Maa Gopi (1954), and the most recent release is Vasantha Sena (1967). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Tenali Ramakrishna (1956), Vasantha Sena (1967) and Amara Silpi Jakkanna (1964). Other recent releases on file are Kutumba Gowravam (1957) and Maa Gopi (1954).
In the films B. S. Ranga directed, Akkineni Nageswara Rao appears most often (three films), ahead of N. T. Rama Rao (2) and Jamuna (2). S. Rajeswara Rao and Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy each scored two of them, more than any other music director. Vikram Productions produced three of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 3 music directors and 12 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 3 of them; they average 162 minutes, and the longest is Tenali Ramakrishna at 169 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1950s (3) and 1960s (2).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.