Director, writer and producer · Telugu cinema
B. A. Subba Rao
B. A. Subba Rao movies: 12 Telugu films on file (12 as director, 8 as writer, 5 as producer), 1950–1979. Earliest on file: Palletoori Pilla (1950). Latest release: Maavari Manchitanam (9 March 1979).
- Films on file
- 12 (12 as director, 8 as writer, 5 as producer)
- Years on file
- 1950–1979
- Selected films on file
- Maavari Manchitanam, Sati Savitri, Ram Raheem
- Record
- Q4833900 on Wikidata
Career on file
B. A. Subba Rao has 12 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1950 to 1979: 12 films as director, eight films as writer and five films as producer. The earliest of them is Palletoori Pilla (1950), and the most recent release is Maavari Manchitanam (1979). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Maavari Manchitanam (1979), Sati Savitri (1978) and Ram Raheem (1974). Other recent releases on file are Chilipi Krishnudu (1978), Raitu Bidda (1971) and Bhale Tammudu (1969).
In the films B. A. Subba Rao directed, N. T. Rama Rao appears most often (nine films), ahead of Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (5) and Anjali Devi (4). Music on five of them is by S. Rajeswara Rao, with Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao (2) next. B. A. S. Productions produced four of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 7 music directors and 30 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 7 of them; they average 153 minutes, and the longest is Palletoori Pilla at 176 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1950s (3), 1960s (4) and 1970s (5).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.