Actor, director and producer · Telugu cinema
Kasturi Siva Rao
Kasturi Siva Rao movies: 17 Telugu films on file (16 as actor, 1 as director, 1 as producer), 1945–1961. Earliest on file: Swarga Seema (1945). Latest release: Seetha Rama Kalyanam (6 January 1961).
- Films on file
- 17 (16 as actor, 1 as director, 1 as producer)
- Years on file
- 1945–1961
- Born
- 6 March 1913 · March birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 24 February 1966
- Selected films on file
- Seetha Rama Kalyanam, Raja Makutam, Iddaru Pellalu
- Record
- Q23620694 on Wikidata
Career on file
Kasturi Siva Rao has 17 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1945 to 1961: 16 films as actor, one film as director and one film as producer. The earliest of them is Swarga Seema (1945), and the most recent release is Seetha Rama Kalyanam (1961). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Seetha Rama Kalyanam (1961), Raja Makutam (1960) and Iddaru Pellalu (1954). Other recent releases on file are Daiva Balam (1959), Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu (1959) and Panduranga Mahatyam (1957).
Akkineni Nageswara Rao is the most frequent co-star, sharing seven films with Kasturi Siva Rao, followed by N. T. Rama Rao (6) and Anjali Devi (6). Among directors, Ghantasala Balaramayya cast Kasturi Siva Rao most often, in four films; next are B.N. Reddi (2) and L. V. Prasad (2). Music on five of them is by C. R. Subburaman, with Ogirala Ramachandra Rao (4) next. Pratibha Productions produced four of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 11 different directors, 10 music directors and 40 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 15 of them; they average 160 minutes, and the longest is Seetha Rama Kalyanam at 182 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1940s (6), 1950s (9) and 1960s (2). 1950 is the busiest single year, with three films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.