Director · Telugu cinema
Kadiri Venkata Reddy
Kadiri Venkata Reddy movies: 14 Telugu films on file, 1943–1971. Earliest on file: Bhakta Potana (1943). Latest release: Sri Krishna Satya (24 December 1971).
- Films on file
- 14 (14 as director)
- Years on file
- 1943–1971
- Born
- 1 July 1912 · July birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 15 September 1972
- Selected films on file
- Mayabazar, Patala Bhairavi, Bhagya Chakram
- Record
- Q14468020 on Wikidata
Career on file
Kadiri Venkata Reddy directed 14 of the Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1943 to 1971. The earliest of them is Bhakta Potana (1943), and the most recent release is Sri Krishna Satya (1971). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Mayabazar (1957), Patala Bhairavi (1951) and Bhagya Chakram (1968). Other recent releases on file are Umachandi Gowri Sankarula Katha (1968), Satya Harishchandra (1965) and Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham (1963).
In the films Kadiri Venkata Reddy directed, N. T. Rama Rao appears most often (eight films), ahead of Relangi Venkata Ramaiah (6) and Akkineni Nageswara Rao (4). Music on seven of them is by Pendyala Nageswara Rao, with Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao (3) and Ogirala Ramachandra Rao (2) next. Vauhini Studios produced four of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 4 music directors and 40 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 13 of them; they average 179 minutes, and the longest is Donga Ramudu at 197 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1940s (3), 1950s (5), 1960s (5) and 1970s (1).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.