Producer, director and actor · Telugu cinema
Ghantasala Balaramayya
Ghantasala Balaramayya movies: 7 Telugu films on file (6 as producer, 5 as director, 1 as actor), 1936–1950. Earliest on file: Sati Tulasi (1936). Latest release: Swapna Sundari (10 November 1950).
- Films on file
- 7 (6 as producer, 5 as director, 1 as actor)
- Years on file
- 1936–1950
- Born
- 1906 (Wikidata)
- Died
- 29 October 1953
- Selected films on file
- Balaraju, Mugguru Maratilu, Seeta Rama Jananam
- Record
- Q5555636 on Wikidata
Career on file
Ghantasala Balaramayya has 7 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1936 to 1950: six films as producer, five films as director and one film as actor. The earliest of them is Sati Tulasi (1936), and the most recent release is Swapna Sundari (1950). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Balaraju (1948), Mugguru Maratilu (1946) and Seeta Rama Jananam (1944). Other recent releases on file are Sri Lakshmamma Katha (1950), Mahiravana (1940) and Sati Tulasi (1936).
In the films Ghantasala Balaramayya directed, Akkineni Nageswara Rao appears most often (five films), ahead of Anjali Devi (3). Music on three of them is by C. R. Subburaman, with Ogirala Ramachandra Rao (2) next. Pratibha Productions produced five of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 2 different directors, 5 music directors and 12 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 3 of them; they average 155 minutes, and the longest is Swapna Sundari at 173 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1930s (1), 1940s (4) and 1950s (2).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.