Music director and actor · Telugu cinema
S. Rajeswara Rao
S. Rajeswara Rao movies: 69 Telugu films on file (68 as music director, 2 as actor), 1935–1987. Earliest on file: Sri Krishna Leelalu (1935). Latest release: America Abbayi (1 January 1987).
- Films on file
- 69 (68 as music director, 2 as actor)
- Years on file
- 1935–1987
- Born
- 10 October 1922 · October birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 1999
- Selected films on file
- Bala Nagamma, Aada Pettanam, Allauddin Adhbhuta Deepam
- Record
- Q7387804 on Wikidata
Career on file
S. Rajeswara Rao has 69 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1935 to 1987: 68 films as music director and two films as actor. The earliest of them is Sri Krishna Leelalu (1935), and the most recent release is America Abbayi (1987). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Bala Nagamma (1942), Aada Pettanam (1958) and Allauddin Adhbhuta Deepam (1957). Other recent releases on file are Tandra Paparayudu (1986), Adarshavanthudu (1984) and Muddula Mogudu (1983).
Music on 65 of them is by S. Rajeswara Rao. Annapurna Pictures produced eight of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 36 different directors, 6 music directors and 89 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 45 of them; they average 162 minutes, and the longest is Bala Nagamma at 220 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1930s (2), 1940s (6), 1950s (12), 1960s (27), 1970s (18) and 1980s (4). 1964 is the busiest single year, with five films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.