Actor, director and producer · Telugu cinema
B. R. Panthulu
B. R. Panthulu movies: 6 Telugu films on file (4 as actor, 3 as director, 3 as producer), 1953–1963. Earliest on file: Ammalakkalu (1953). Latest release: Pempudu Koothuru (6 February 1963).
- Films on file
- 6 (4 as actor, 3 as director, 3 as producer)
- Years on file
- 1953–1963
- Born
- 26 July 1910 · July birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 1974
- Selected films on file
- Pillalu Techina Challani Rajyam, Pempudu Koothuru, Batasari
- Record
- Q4834164 on Wikidata
Career on file
B. R. Panthulu has 6 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1953 to 1963: four films as actor, three films as director and three films as producer. The earliest of them is Ammalakkalu (1953), and the most recent release is Pempudu Koothuru (1963). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Pillalu Techina Challani Rajyam (1960), Pempudu Koothuru (1963) and Batasari (1961). Other recent releases on file are Gaali Medalu (1962), Vadina (1955) and Ammalakkalu (1953).
Akkineni Nageswara Rao is the most frequent co-star, sharing two films with B. R. Panthulu. In the films B. R. Panthulu directed, N. T. Rama Rao and Devika appear most often (two films each). Music on three of them is by T. G. Lingappa. Padmini Pictures produced three of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 3 different directors, 5 music directors and 11 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 4 of them; they average 161 minutes, and the longest is Ammalakkalu at 187 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1950s (2) and 1960s (4).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.