Actor, director and writer · Telugu cinema
Vijaya Nirmala
Vijaya Nirmala movies: 33 Telugu films on file (32 as actor, 4 as director, 3 as writer), 1949–2016. Earliest on file: Gunasundari Katha (1949). Latest release: Sri Sri (3 June 2016).
- Films on file
- 33 (32 as actor, 4 as director, 3 as writer)
- Years on file
- 1949–2016
- Born
- 20 February 1944 · February birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 27 June 2019
- Selected films on file
- Devadasu, Alluri Seetharama Raju, Marina Manishi
- Record
- Q3763900 on Wikidata
Career on file
Vijaya Nirmala has 33 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1949 to 2016: 32 films as actor, four films as director and three films as writer. The earliest of them is Gunasundari Katha (1949), and the most recent release is Sri Sri (2016). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Devadasu (1974), Alluri Seetharama Raju (1974) and Marina Manishi (1970). Other recent releases on file are Trimurtulu (1987), Bezawada Bebbuli (1983) and Ram Robert Rahim (1980).
Allu Rama Lingaiah is the most frequent co-star, sharing 15 films with Vijaya Nirmala, followed by Krishna Ghattamaneni (13) and Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (12). Among directors, Bapu and C. S. Rao each cast Vijaya Nirmala in three films, more than any other director; next are Dasari Narayana Rao (2) and V. Madhusudhan Rao (2). In the films Vijaya Nirmala directed, Krishna Ghattamaneni, Allu Rama Lingaiah and Kaikala Satyanarayana appear most often (three films each), ahead of Chandra Mohan (2) and Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (2). Music on six of them is by Thotakura Venkata Raju, with K. V. Mahadevan (5) and Pasupuleti Ramesh Naidu (5) next. Padmalaya Studios produced three of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 20 different directors, 14 music directors and 68 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 26 of them; they average 162 minutes, and the longest is Nindu Dampathulu at 189 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1940s (1), 1950s (2), 1960s (11), 1970s (15), 1980s (3) and 2010s (1). 1969 is the busiest single year, with four films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.