Director, writer, actor and producer · Telugu cinema

Teja

Teja movies: 17 Telugu films on file (15 as director, 5 as writer, 1 as actor, 1 as producer), 1993–2017. Earliest on file: Rakshana (1993). Latest release: Nene Raju Nene Mantri (11 August 2017).

Teja
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Films on file
17 (15 as director, 5 as writer, 1 as actor, 1 as producer)
Years on file
1993–2017
Born
22 February 1966 · February birthdays (Wikidata)
Selected films on file
Nijam, Nene Raju Nene Mantri, Lakshmi Kalyanam
Record
Q7695166 on Wikidata

Career on file

Teja has 17 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1993 to 2017: 15 films as director, five films as writer, one film as actor and one film as producer. The earliest of them is Rakshana (1993), and the most recent release is Nene Raju Nene Mantri (2017). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Nijam (2003), Nene Raju Nene Mantri (2017) and Lakshmi Kalyanam (2007). Other recent releases on file are Hora Hori (2015), Neeku Naaku Dash Dash (2012) and Keka (2008).

In the films Teja directed, Tanikella Bharani appears most often (five films), ahead of Uday Kiran (3) and Navdeep (3). Music on eight of them is by R. P. Patnaik, with Anoop Rubens (4) next. Chitram Movies produced five of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 2 different directors, 7 music directors and 49 other credited actors.

Runtime is on file for 9 of them; they average 152 minutes, and the longest is Nijam at 196 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1990s (1), 2000s (13) and 2010s (3).

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

Films directed (15)

Writing credits (writer or screenplay) (5)

Filmography as actor (1)

Films produced (1)

Awards (2)

All awards
YearAwardCategoryFilm
2001FilmfareBest DirectorNuvvu Nenu
2001NandiBest DirectorNuvvu Nenu

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

Directors worked with

  1. Uppalapati Narayana Rao 1 film

Music directors on their films

  1. R. P. Patnaik 8 films
  2. Anoop Rubens 4 films
  3. Kalyani Malik 1 film
  4. Yaswanth Nag 1 film
  5. Chakri 1 film
  6. Sri Murali 1 film
  7. M. M. Keeravani 1 film

Teja movies together with