Actor and director · Telugu cinema
C. S. Rao
- Films on file
- 25 (1 as actor, 24 as director)
- Years on file
- 1953–1976
- Known for
- Manchiki Maro Peru, Mahakavi Kshetrayya, Yashoda Krishna
Career on file
C. S. Rao has 25 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1953 to 1976: one film as an actor and 24 films as director. The earliest of them is Pakkinti Ammayi (1953), and the most recent release is Manchiki Maro Peru (1976). Other recent releases on file are Mahakavi Kshetrayya (1976), Yashoda Krishna (1975) and Dhanama ? Daivama ? (1973).
In the films C. S. Rao directed, N. T. Rama Rao appears most often (14 films), ahead of Akkineni Nageswara Rao (7) and Allu Rama Lingaiah (7). Music on seven of them is by Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, with K. V. Mahadevan (4) and Thotakura Venkata Raju (4) next. Sri Productions produced three of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 2 different directors, 11 music directors and 47 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 19 of them; they average 160 minutes, and the longest is Santhi Nivas at 197 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1950s (4), 1960s (10) and 1970s (11). 1968 is the busiest single year, with four films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.