Director, writer and actor · Telugu cinema
Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao
Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao movies: 25 Telugu films on file (21 as director, 3 as writer, 1 as actor), 1940–1985. Earliest on file: Malathi Madhavam (1940). Latest release: Shri Datta Darshanam (1985).
- Films on file
- 25 (21 as director, 3 as writer, 1 as actor)
- Years on file
- 1940–1985
- Born
- 4 October 1911 · October birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 1998
- Selected films on file
- Patala Bhairavi, Veeranjaneya, Gundamma Katha
- Record
- Q6355653 on Wikidata
Career on file
Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao has 25 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1940 to 1985: 21 films as director, three films as writer and one film as actor. The earliest of them is Malathi Madhavam (1940), and the most recent release is Shri Datta Darshanam (1985). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Patala Bhairavi (1951), Veeranjaneya (1968) and Gundamma Katha (1962). Other recent releases on file are Shri Vinayaka Vijayamu (1979), Kurukshetram (1977) and Bala Bharatam (1972).
In the films Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao directed, N. T. Rama Rao appears most often (15 films), ahead of S. V. Ranga Rao (8) and Anjali Devi (5). Music on five of them is by Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, with Pendyala Nageswara Rao (4) and S. Rajeswara Rao (4) next. Vijaya Vauhini Studios produced three of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 2 different directors, 13 music directors and 53 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 19 of them; they average 170 minutes, and the longest is Shri Krishnavataram at 211 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1940s (3), 1950s (6), 1960s (10), 1970s (5) and 1980s (1). 1962 is the busiest single year, with three films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.