Writer, director and actor · Telugu cinema
Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry
Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry movies: 66 Telugu films on file (49 as writer, 20 as director, 2 as actor), 1976–1998. Earliest on file: Siri Siri Muvva (1976). Latest release: Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanam Chootamu Raarandi (26 June 1998).
- Films on file
- 66 (49 as writer, 20 as director, 2 as actor)
- Years on file
- 1976–1998
- Born
- 14 January 1951 · January birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 19 June 2001
- Selected films on file
- Sankarabharanam, Saagara Sangamam, Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari
- Record
- Q6150953 on Wikidata
Career on file
Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry has 66 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1976 to 1998: 49 films as writer, 20 films as director and two films as actor. The earliest of them is Siri Siri Muvva (1976), and the most recent release is Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanam Chootamu Raarandi (1998). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Sankarabharanam (1980), Saagara Sangamam (1983) and Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari (1990). Other recent releases on file are Govinda Govinda (1994), Abbaigaru (1993) and Aapadbandhavudu (1992).
In the films Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry directed, Brahmanandam appears most often (nine films), ahead of Kota Srinivasa Rao (7) and Suthivelu (7). Music on 16 of them is by K. Chakravarthy, with K. V. Mahadevan (12) and Ilaiyaraaja (8) next. Vyjayanthi Movies produced five of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 24 different directors, 16 music directors and 122 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 46 of them; they average 139 minutes, and the longest is Saagara Sangamam at 160 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1970s (11), 1980s (42) and 1990s (13).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.