Writer and director · Telugu cinema
Samudrala Raghavacharya
Samudrala Raghavacharya movies: 38 Telugu films on file (35 as writer, 3 as director), 1938–1967. Earliest on file: Grihalakshmi (1938). Latest release: Shri Krishnavataram (12 October 1967).
- Films on file
- 38 (35 as writer, 3 as director)
- Years on file
- 1938–1967
- Born
- 19 July 1902 · July birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 16 March 1968
- Selected films on file
- Devadasu, Tenali Ramakrishna, Anarkali
- Record
- Q13011062 on Wikidata
Career on file
Samudrala Raghavacharya has 38 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1938 to 1967: 35 films as writer and three films as director. The earliest of them is Grihalakshmi (1938), and the most recent release is Shri Krishnavataram (1967). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Devadasu (1953), Tenali Ramakrishna (1956) and Anarkali (1955). Other recent releases on file are Sati Sumathi (1967), Sri Krishna Tulabharam (1966) and Shakuntala (1966).
In the films Samudrala Raghavacharya directed, N. T. Rama Rao appears most often (three films), ahead of Jamuna (2) and Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (2). Music on nine of them is by Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, with C. R. Subburaman (5) and S. Rajeswara Rao (4) next. Bharani Pictures produced three of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 20 different directors, 18 music directors and 53 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 26 of them; they average 171 minutes, and the longest is Shri Krishnavataram at 211 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1930s (1), 1940s (10), 1950s (10) and 1960s (17).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.