Director · Telugu cinema
Dasari Yoganand
Dasari Yoganand movies: 19 Telugu films on file, 1953–1983. Earliest on file: Ammalakkalu (1953). Latest release: Simham Navvindi (3 March 1983).
- Films on file
- 19 (19 as director)
- Years on file
- 1953–1983
- Born
- 16 April 1922 · April birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 23 November 2006
- Selected films on file
- Baghdad Gajadonga, Ummadi Kutumbam, Simham Navvindi
- Record
- Q5226525 on Wikidata
Career on file
Dasari Yoganand directed 19 of the Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1953 to 1983. The earliest of them is Ammalakkalu (1953), and the most recent release is Simham Navvindi (1983). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Baghdad Gajadonga (1968), Ummadi Kutumbam (1967) and Simham Navvindi (1983). Other recent releases on file are Vemulawada Bheemakavi (1976), Kathanayakuni Katha (1975) and Vaade Veedu (1973).
In the films Dasari Yoganand directed, N. T. Rama Rao appears most often (15 films), ahead of Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (7) and Akkineni Nageswara Rao (4). Music on six of them is by Thotakura Venkata Raju, with K. V. Mahadevan (2) and Susarla Dakshinamurthi (2) next. Across these films the credits on file name 12 music directors and 26 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 16 of them; they average 159 minutes, and the longest is Kodalu Diddina Kapuram at 193 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1950s (8), 1960s (4), 1970s (6) and 1980s (1).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.