Director, actor and producer · Telugu cinema
V. Madhusudhan Rao
V. Madhusudhan Rao movies: 44 Telugu films on file (43 as director, 1 as actor, 1 as producer), 1960–1992. Earliest on file: Annapurna (1960). Latest release: Swati Kiranam (1 January 1992).
- Films on file
- 44 (43 as director, 1 as actor, 1 as producer)
- Years on file
- 1960–1992
- Selected films on file
- Antastulu, Simha Swapnam, Vikram
- Record
- Q7906125 on Wikidata
Career on file
V. Madhusudhan Rao has 44 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1960 to 1992: 43 films as director, one film as actor and one film as producer. The earliest of them is Annapurna (1960), and the most recent release is Swati Kiranam (1992). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Antastulu (1965), Simha Swapnam (1989) and Vikram (1986). Other recent releases on file are Prana Snehithulu (1988), Kanchana Ganga (1984) and Bangaru Kanuka (1982).
In the films V. Madhusudhan Rao directed, Gummadi Venkateswara Rao appears most often (20 films), ahead of Akkineni Nageswara Rao (18) and Vanisri (10). Music on 13 of them is by K. V. Mahadevan, with K. Chakravarthy (7) and S. Rajeswara Rao (4) next. Jagapathi Art Productions produced four of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 16 music directors and 62 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 29 of them; they average 154 minutes, and the longest is Veerabhimanyu at 182 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1960s (18), 1970s (16), 1980s (9) and 1990s (1). 1974 is the busiest single year, with four films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.