Director · Telugu cinema

Tatineni Rama Rao

Films on file
17 (17 as director)
Years on file
1966–1991
Known for
Talli Tandrulu, Prananiki Pranam, President Gari Abbai

Career on file

Tatineni Rama Rao directed 17 of the Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1966 to 1991. The earliest of them is Navarathri (1966), and the most recent release is Talli Tandrulu (1991). Other recent releases on file are Prananiki Pranam (1990), President Gari Abbai (1987) and Pachani Kapuram (1985).

In the films Tatineni Rama Rao directed, Akkineni Nageswara Rao appears most often (nine films), ahead of Kaikala Satyanarayana (8) and Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (6). Music on six of them is by K. Chakravarthy, with K. V. Mahadevan (4) and J. V. Raghavulu (3) next. Prasad Art Productions produced three of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 5 music directors and 33 other credited actors.

Runtime is on file for 15 of them; they average 148 minutes, and the longest is Navarathri at 165 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1960s (3), 1970s (8), 1980s (4) and 1990s (2).

Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.

Films directed (17)

Awards (1)

All awards
YearAwardCategoryFilm
1973FilmfareBest DirectorJeevana Tharangaalu

Wins in the Nandi, Filmfare South (Telugu), SIIMA (Telugu) and National Film Awards, from Wikipedia’s award lists, matched to Tatineni Rama Rao by Wikidata ID. Other awards are not included.

Music directors on their films

  1. K. Chakravarthy 6 films
  2. K. V. Mahadevan 4 films
  3. J. V. Raghavulu 3 films
  4. T. Chalapathi Rao 3 films
  5. Chakravarthi 1 film

Tatineni Rama Rao movies together with