Music director and actor · Telugu cinema
Thotakura Venkata Raju
Thotakura Venkata Raju movies: 44 Telugu films on file (43 as music director, 1 as actor), 1950–1974. Earliest on file: Palletoori Pilla (1950). Latest release: Manushullo Devudu (5 April 1974).
- Films on file
- 44 (43 as music director, 1 as actor)
- Years on file
- 1950–1974
- Born
- 1921 (Wikidata)
- Died
- 20 February 1973
- Selected films on file
- Marina Manishi, Baghdad Gajadonga, Ummadi Kutumbam
- Record
- Q7796908 on Wikidata
Career on file
Thotakura Venkata Raju has 44 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1950 to 1974: 43 films as music director and one film as actor. The earliest of them is Palletoori Pilla (1950), and the most recent release is Manushullo Devudu (1974). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Marina Manishi (1970), Baghdad Gajadonga (1968) and Ummadi Kutumbam (1967). Other recent releases on file are Dhanama ? Daivama ? (1973), Shri Krishnanjaneya Yuddham (1972) and Chinnanati Snehitulu (1971).
Music on 41 of them is by Thotakura Venkata Raju. D. V. S. Productions produced five of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 18 different directors, 4 music directors and 52 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 40 of them; they average 167 minutes, and the longest is Shri Krishnavataram at 211 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1950s (12), 1960s (24) and 1970s (8). 1969 is the busiest single year, with nine films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.