Director · Telugu cinema
C. Pullaiah
C. Pullaiah movies: 14 Telugu films on file, 1933–1967. Earliest on file: Savithri (1933). Latest release: Bhama Vijayam (29 June 1967).
- Films on file
- 14 (14 as director)
- Years on file
- 1933–1967
- Born
- 1898 (Wikidata)
- Died
- 1967
- Selected films on file
- Lava Kusha, Bala Nagamma, Savithri
- Record
- Q5006776 on Wikidata
Career on file
C. Pullaiah directed 14 of the Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1933 to 1967. The earliest of them is Savithri (1933), and the most recent release is Bhama Vijayam (1967). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Lava Kusha (1963), Bala Nagamma (1942) and Savithri (1933). Other recent releases on file are Bhuvana Sundari Katha (1967), Paramanandayya Shishyula Katha (1966) and Devanthakudu (1960).
In the films C. Pullaiah directed, N. T. Rama Rao appears most often (five films), ahead of Relangi Venkata Ramaiah (4) and Anjali Devi (3). Music on three of them is by Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, with Prabhala Satyanarayana (2) next. Across these films the credits on file name 10 music directors and 31 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 11 of them; they average 171 minutes, and the longest is Bala Nagamma at 220 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1930s (4), 1940s (4), 1950s (1) and 1960s (5).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.