Director, producer and writer · Telugu cinema
P. S. Ramakrishna Rao
P. S. Ramakrishna Rao movies: 12 Telugu films on file (12 as director, 7 as producer, 7 as writer), 1948–1967. Earliest on file: Ratnamala (1948). Latest release: Gruhalakshmi (7 April 1967).
- Films on file
- 12 (12 as director, 7 as producer, 7 as writer)
- Years on file
- 1948–1967
- Born
- 12 October 1918 · October birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 7 September 1986
- Selected films on file
- Aatma Bandhuvu, Vivaha Bandham, Sabhash Raja
- Record
- Q7117513 on Wikidata
Career on file
P. S. Ramakrishna Rao has 12 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1948 to 1967: 12 films as director, seven films as producer and seven films as writer. The earliest of them is Ratnamala (1948), and the most recent release is Gruhalakshmi (1967). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Aatma Bandhuvu (1962), Vivaha Bandham (1964) and Sabhash Raja (1961). Other recent releases on file are Batasari (1961), Bhakta Jayadeva (1961) and Chintamani (1956).
In the films P. S. Ramakrishna Rao directed, Akkineni Nageswara Rao appears most often (nine films), ahead of P. Bhanumathi (8) and N. T. Rama Rao (3). Music on three of them is by C. R. Subburaman, with Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao (2) and S. Rajeswara Rao (2) next. Bharani Pictures produced five of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 8 music directors and 17 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 9 of them; they average 157 minutes, and the longest is Sabhash Raja at 197 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1940s (2), 1950s (4) and 1960s (6). 1961 is the busiest single year, with three films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.