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Music director

P. Adinarayana Rao movies

P. Adinarayana Rao composed the music for 14 of the Telugu films on file, released 1950–1980. The list below runs newest first.

Films on file
14
Years
1950–1980

P. Adinarayana Rao is credited with the music for 14 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1950 to 1980. The earliest is Palletoori Pilla (1950) and the most recent release is Chandipriya (1980). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Alluri Seetharama Raju (1974), Anarkali (1955) and Bhakta Tukaram (1973). Other recent releases on file are Mahakavi Kshetrayya (1976), Mosagallaku Mosagadu (1971) and Kalyana Mandapam (1971).

Vedantam Raghavaiah is the director P. Adinarayana Rao scored for most often, on six films, followed by V. Madhusudhan Rao (3). Anjali Devi appears in ten of them, more than any other actor on file, followed by Akkineni Nageswara Rao (8) and Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (5). Anjali Pictures produced eight of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 8 different directors and 32 credited actors.

Runtime is on file for 10 of them; they average 170 minutes, and the longest is Suvarna Sundari at 208 minutes. By decade the films split into 1950s (5), 1960s (3), 1970s (5) and 1980s (1).

Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.

Films

1980Chandipriyaచండీప్రియV. Madhusudhan RaoReleased1976Mahakavi Kshetrayyaమహాకవి క్షేత్రయ్యC. S. Rao, Adurthi Subba RaoReleased01May 1974Alluri Seetharama Rajuఅల్లూరి సీతారామరాజుV. Ramachandra RaoReleased05Jul 1973Bhakta Tukaramభక్త తుకారాంV. Madhusudhan RaoReleased27Aug 1971Mosagallaku Mosagaduమోసగాళ్ళకు మోసగాడుK. S. R. DasReleased1971Kalyana Mandapamకళ్యాణ మండపంV. Madhusudhan RaoReleased05Aug 1967Sati Sumathiసతీ సుమతిVedantam RaghavaiahReleased10Aug 1962Swarna Manjariస్వర్ణమంజరిVedantam RaghavaiahReleased07Dec 1960RunanubandhamఋణానుబంధంVedantam RaghavaiahReleased10May 1957Suvarna Sundariసువర్ణసుందరిVedantam RaghavaiahReleased28Apr 1955Anarkaliఅనార్కలిVedantam RaghavaiahReleased17Dec 1954Annadataఅన్నదాతVedantam RaghavaiahReleased16Feb 1951Tilottamaతిలోత్తమRaja Saheb of MirzapurReleased27Apr 1950Palletoori Pillaపల్లెటూరి పిల్లB. A. Subba RaoReleased

Stars in these films

Anjali Devi10 of these filmsAnarkali, Bhakta TukaramAkkineni Nageswara Rao8 of these filmsAnarkali, Bhakta TukaramGummadi Venkateswara Rao5 of these filmsAlluri Seetharama Raju, Kalyana MandapamKanchana3 of these filmsBhakta Tukaram, Mahakavi KshetrayyaN. T. Rama Rao2 of these filmsSwarna Manjari, Palletoori PillaVijaya Nirmala2 of these filmsAlluri Seetharama Raju, Mosagallaku MosagaduKrishna Ghattamaneni2 of these filmsAlluri Seetharama Raju, Mosagallaku MosagaduSobhan Babu2 of these filmsKalyana Mandapam, Chandipriya

Directors

  1. Vedantam Raghavaiah 6 films
  2. V. Madhusudhan Rao 3 films
  3. C. S. Rao 1 film
  4. Adurthi Subba Rao 1 film
  5. V. Ramachandra Rao 1 film
  6. K. S. R. Das 1 film
  7. Raja Saheb of Mirzapur 1 film
  8. B. A. Subba Rao 1 film

P. Adinarayana Rao movies together with

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