Actor and producer · Telugu cinema
Kanta Rao
Kanta Rao movies: 148 Telugu films on file (147 as actor, 2 as producer), 1945–2022. Earliest on file: Paduka Pattabhishekam (1945). Latest release: Pratibimbalu (5 November 2022).
- Films on file
- 148 (147 as actor, 2 as producer)
- Years on file
- 1945–2022
- Born
- 16 November 1923 · November birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 22 March 2009
- Selected films on file
- Nijam, Lava Kusha, Panduranga
- Record
- Q3765138 on Wikidata
Career on file
Kanta Rao has 148 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1945 to 2022: 147 films as actor and two films as producer. The earliest of them is Paduka Pattabhishekam (1945), and the most recent release is Pratibimbalu (2022). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Nijam (2003), Lava Kusha (1963) and Panduranga (2008). Other recent releases on file are Shankar Dada Zindabad (2007), Dhana 51 (2005) and Satyam (2003).
N. T. Rama Rao is the most frequent co-star, sharing 59 films with Kanta Rao, followed by Kaikala Satyanarayana (39) and Allu Rama Lingaiah (32). Among directors, K. Raghavendra Rao cast Kanta Rao most often, in eight films; next are Bapu (7) and C. S. Rao (7). Music on 23 of them is by K. Chakravarthy, with K. V. Mahadevan (20) and Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao (17) next. Across these films the credits on file name 72 different directors, 37 music directors and 147 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 98 of them; they average 157 minutes, and the longest is Lava Kusha at 208 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1940s (1), 1950s (6), 1960s (47), 1970s (41), 1980s (41), 1990s (4), 2000s (7) and 2020s (1).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.