Director and producer · Telugu cinema
B.N. Reddi
B.N. Reddi movies: 12 Telugu films on file (11 as director, 2 as producer), 1939–1969. Earliest on file: Vande Mataram (1939). Latest release: Bangaru Panjaram (19 March 1969).
- Films on file
- 12 (11 as director, 2 as producer)
- Years on file
- 1939–1969
- Born
- 16 November 1908 · November birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 8 November 1977
- Selected films on file
- Rangula Ratnam, Pooja phalam, Raja Makutam
- Record
- Q4940896 on Wikidata
Career on file
B.N. Reddi has 12 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1939 to 1969: 11 films as director and two films as producer. The earliest of them is Vande Mataram (1939), and the most recent release is Bangaru Panjaram (1969). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Rangula Ratnam (1966), Pooja phalam (1964) and Raja Makutam (1960). Other recent releases on file are Bhagya Rekha (1957), Bangaru Papa (1955) and Malliswari (1951).
In the films B.N. Reddi directed, V. Nagayya appears most often (four films), ahead of N. T. Rama Rao (3) and Jamuna (3). S. Rajeswara Rao and V. Nagayya each scored four of them, more than any other music director. Vauhini Studios produced seven of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 6 music directors and 38 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 9 of them; they average 168 minutes, and the longest is Malliswari at 194 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1930s (1), 1940s (4), 1950s (3) and 1960s (4).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.