Writer and director · Telugu cinema
Aathreya
Aathreya movies: 63 Telugu films on file (62 as writer, 1 as director), 1953–1988. Earliest on file: Vayyari Bhama (1953). Latest release: Asthulu Anthasthulu (14 April 1988).
- Films on file
- 63 (62 as writer, 1 as director)
- Years on file
- 1953–1988
- Born
- 7 May 1921 · May birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 1989
- Selected films on file
- Anthuleni Katha, Antastulu, S. P. Bhayankar
- Record
- Q4662776 on Wikidata
Career on file
Aathreya has 63 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1953 to 1988: 62 films as writer and one film as director. The earliest of them is Vayyari Bhama (1953), and the most recent release is Asthulu Anthasthulu (1988). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Anthuleni Katha (1976), Antastulu (1965) and S. P. Bhayankar (1984). Other recent releases on file are Captain Nagarjun (1986), Nyayam Mere Cheppalli (1985) and Adarshavanthudu (1984).
Music on 25 of them is by K. V. Mahadevan, with S. Rajeswara Rao (7) and Pendyala Nageswara Rao (5) next. Jagapathi Art Pictures produced six of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 27 different directors, 19 music directors and 59 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 53 of them; they average 154 minutes, and the longest is Kalasi Vunte Kaladu Sukham at 192 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1950s (6), 1960s (25), 1970s (23) and 1980s (9).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.