Actor and director · Telugu cinema
Devadas Kanakala
Devadas Kanakala movies: 28 Telugu films on file (27 as actor, 1 as director), 1969–2018. Earliest on file: Buddhimantudu (1969). Latest release: Bharat Ane Nenu (20 April 2018).
- Films on file
- 28 (27 as actor, 1 as director)
- Years on file
- 1969–2018
- Born
- 1945 (Wikidata)
- Died
- 2 August 2019
- Selected films on file
- Bharat Ane Nenu, Aata, Malliswari
- Record
- Q12999987 on Wikidata
Career on file
Devadas Kanakala has 28 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1969 to 2018: 27 films as actor and one film as director. The earliest of them is Buddhimantudu (1969), and the most recent release is Bharat Ane Nenu (2018). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Bharat Ane Nenu (2018), Aata (2007) and Malliswari (2004). Other recent releases on file are Sukumarudu (2013), Parama Veera Chakra (2011) and Shubhapradam (2010).
Kota Srinivasa Rao is the most frequent co-star, sharing eight films with Devadas Kanakala, followed by Brahmanandam (7) and Chandra Mohan (6). Among directors, Kasinathuni Viswanath cast Devadas Kanakala most often, in four films; next are V. N. Aditya (3) and Dasari Narayana Rao (2). Music on four of them is by K. V. Mahadevan, with Mani Sharma (3) and Chakri (2) next. Across these films the credits on file name 19 different directors, 20 music directors and 106 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 19 of them; they average 154 minutes, and the longest is Okka Magaadu at 178 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1960s (1), 1970s (5), 1980s (2), 1990s (5), 2000s (11) and 2010s (4). 2008 is the busiest single year, with three films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.