Actor · Telugu cinema
Rajanala Kaleswara Rao
Rajanala Kaleswara Rao movies: 107 Telugu films on file, 1954–1994. Earliest on file: Vaddante Dabbu (1954). Latest release: Jailor Gaari Abbayi (14 May 1994).

- Films on file
- 107 (107 as actor)
- Years on file
- 1954–1994
- Born
- 3 January 1925 · January birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 21 May 1998
- Selected films on file
- Alluri Seetharama Raju, Bobbili Puli, Chanakya Chandragupta
- Record
- Q7285728 on Wikidata
Career on file
Rajanala Kaleswara Rao appears in 107 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1954 to 1994. The earliest of them is Vaddante Dabbu (1954), and the most recent release is Jailor Gaari Abbayi (1994). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Alluri Seetharama Raju (1974), Bobbili Puli (1982) and Chanakya Chandragupta (1977). Other recent releases on file are Hello Brother (1994), Number One (1994) and Kashmora (1986).
N. T. Rama Rao is the most frequent co-star, sharing 70 films with Rajanala Kaleswara Rao, followed by Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (33) and Kaikala Satyanarayana (22). Among directors, C. S. Rao, Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao and B. Vittalacharya each cast Rajanala Kaleswara Rao in eight films, more than any other director; next are Dasari Yoganand (7) and Vedantam Raghavaiah (7). Music on 20 of them is by Thotakura Venkata Raju, with Pendyala Nageswara Rao (13) and Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao (11) next. D. V. S. Productions produced five of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 47 different directors, 30 music directors and 98 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 84 of them; they average 163 minutes, and the longest is Daana Veera Soora Karna at 227 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1950s (15), 1960s (58), 1970s (26), 1980s (5) and 1990s (3). 1965 is the busiest single year, with ten films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.