Nageshwara Rao Akkineni
Akkineni Nageswara Rao (20 September 1923 – 22 January 2014), widely known as ANR, was an Indian film actor and producer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He was starred in a variety of roles in his seventy five year career, while becoming one of the most prominent figures in the history of Telugu cinema. He was one of the instrumental figures in moving the Telugu Cinema industry from Madras to Hyderabad in the early 60s alongside D. V. S. Raju. He founded Annapurna Studios in the year 1975 to provide infrastructural support to the new film industry in Hyderabad. He later started the Annapurna International School of Film and Media within Annapurna Studios in 2011.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.123 |
| Birthday | 1923-09-20 |
| Place of Birth | Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Also Known As | Akkineni Nageswara Rao, ANR, |
2006
Sri Ramadasu
5.1/5
Gopanna (Nagarjuna) is a happy-go-lucky guy and marries his childhood love Kamala (Sneha). He secures the job of Tahasildar for Husnabad on the recomm...
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Sri Ramadasu
1969
Mooga Nomu
0/0
Remake of Tamil film Kalathur Kannamma (1960) Director: Yoganand Writer: Narasa Raju D.V. (dialogue) Stars: Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, Jamuna, S.V. R...
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Mooga Nomu
1962
Gundamma Katha
7.556/9
Gundamma has two children and a stepdaughter who she mistreats. She hopes to get a son-in-law who will look after the family, but two brothers decide...
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Gundamma Katha
1951
Or Iravu
7/1
A thief breaks into a wealthy man's house unaware that the man is his father, who had abandoned his mother and him a long time ago.
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Or Iravu
1957
Mayabazar
7.595/21
Balarama promises Subhadra to get his daughter married to her son. However, when he loses his kingdom to the Kauravas, Balarama has no choice but to b...
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Mayabazar
1953
Poongothai
0/0
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Poongothai
1956
Matharkula Manikkam
0/0
The film is based on two couples – where the first couple Dr. Chandra Shekar (Gemini Ganesan) & Parvathi (Anjali Devi) and the second couple is Ravi (...
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Matharkula Manikkam
1959
Kalyana Parisu
4.5/2
Baskar and Vasanthi are college-mates. A naughty girl creates misunderstanding between them, and an enraged Vasanthi complains to the college dean, wh...
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Kalyana Parisu
1961
Manithan Maravillai
0/0
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Manithan Maravillai
2009
Jayeebhava
5.8/2
Returning from abroad, a man and his girlfriend must unite their fathers who belong to two warring groups.
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Jayeebhava
1982
Meghasandesam
10/1
Meghasandesam is the story of a common man who has an innate urge for poetry. He leads a simple life, marrying a common villager, with children and re...
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Meghasandesam
1993
Mechanic Alludu
5.7/3
Mechanic Alludu is a comedy based movie in which for the First film to have Akkineni Nageshwara Rao and Chiranjeevi together. The story opens with Rav...
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Mechanic Alludu
1986
Brahma Rudrulu
0/0
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Brahma Rudrulu
2014
Manam
7/46
A married couple die in an accident, leaving behind a son. As he grows up and becomes successful, he comes across reincarnations of his father and mot...
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Manam
1968
Sudigundalu
10/2
Judge Chandrasekharam is very kind and helpful to the relatives of the culprits. His wife dies after giving birth to a baby boy. His son Raja was kill...
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Sudigundalu
2006
Chukkallo Chandrudu
4.9/7
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Chukkallo Chandrudu
1965
Antastulu
0/0
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Antastulu
1964
Dr. Chakravarthy
7/1
Dr Chakravarthi gets attached to Madhavi after his sister's death as she reminds him of his sister. However, their spouses misunderstand their relatio...
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Dr. Chakravarthy
1961
Bharaya Bharthulu
0/0
Anand (Akkineni), son of a public prosecutor (Gummadi) finds his exorbitant and Casanova-like lifestyle. Sharada (Krishna Kumari) is a beautiful schoo...
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Bharaya Bharthulu
1960
Mahakavi Kalidasu
0/0
1960 Telugu biographical film based on the life of the great Sanskrit poet Kalidas.
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Mahakavi Kalidasu
1969
Aadarsa Kutumbam
0/0
Prasad is an ambitous and young medical student who lives with his extended family. His oldest brother, Pathabi, is a hard working farmer who provides...
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Aadarsa Kutumbam
1989
Sutradhaarulu
8/1
This film is based on a story against violence shown in a rural background. This message is shown in a short graphic format as an introduction to the...
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Sutradhaarulu
1959
Pelli Naati Pramanalu
0/0
Bheemasena Rao (SV Rangarao) is a dignified and respectful man. His son (R. Nageswara Rao) works in Military services. His daughter is Rukmini (Jamuna...
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Pelli Naati Pramanalu
1994
Gandeevam
0/0
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Gandeevam
1961
Velugu Needalu
0/0
The life of 2 friends suguna (Savitri) and chandram (Nageshwara Rao) is potrayed as they and people around them swing between happiness and misery ( d...
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Velugu Needalu
1963
Mooga Manasulu
7/1
A reincarnation romance.
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Mooga Manasulu
1955
Missamma
7.6/5
Rao and Mary, unemployed college graduates from Madras, act as if they are a married couple to get jobs as schoolteachers in the small village of Appa...
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Missamma
1953
Devadasu
5/3
Landlord Narayan Rao's son Devdasu and Parvathi, their poor neighbour's daughter, fall in love. But Devadas's family does not approve of the relations...
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Devadasu
1973
Andala Ramudu
0/0
Ramudu, a honest man is loved by Seetha, daughter of J.B. Rao, a rich man. But J.B. Rao wants her to marry Giri. Ramu with the help of Seetha changes...
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Andala Ramudu
1962
Aradhana
8/1
Dr. Murali Krishna loves Anuradha in college but keeps to himself. Anuradha becomes the victim of her classmate Sarala's jealousy and trickery and com...
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Aradhana
1964
Aatma Balam
0/0
Rama Rao (Y.B.Raju) is an affluent gentleman and he has a wife named Jagadeeshwari (Kannamba). The couple has a son Kumar (Jaggaiah). During Kumar’s c...
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Aatma Balam
1969
Adrushtavanthulu
7/1
Raghu (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) a notorious criminal released from jail after completing his imprisonment as a changed person and challenges the Inspec...
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Adrushtavanthulu
1954
Parivartana
0/0
Zamindar of a village has no children and adopts a boy from an Orphanage. The boy grows up as Anandarao (NTR) and returns to the village after higher...
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Parivartana
1966
Manase Mandiram
0/0
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Manase Mandiram
1960
Pelli Kanuka
0/0
Bhaskar (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) and Vasanti (B. Saroja Devi) are college mates who clash when she complains to the college principal about a love let...
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Pelli Kanuka
1959
Manjal Mahimai
0/0
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Manjal Mahimai
1957
Daughters-in-law
0/0
Lawyer Ganapathi and his wife Annapurna are the eldest members of a family. His brother Subbu and his wife Anusuya live in the village. The duo treats...
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Daughters-in-law
1998
Pandaga
0/0
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Pandaga
1955
Ardhangi
0/0
Zamindar Bhujangarao (Gummadi) has two sons. The elder son Raghunath Rao (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) born to his first wife is a retard. After her death,...
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Ardhangi
1948
Balaraju
0/0
The story begins in heaven a Devakanya Mohini and a Yaksha are in love. Indra, the ruler of Suvarloka, has an interest in Mohini. His emissary Kubera,...
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Balaraju
1961
Batasari
0/0
Surendranath, son of a landowner, leaves to Madras in search of a job. What does the future have in store for him when he gets the job as a teacher in...
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Batasari
1955
Donga Ramudu
0/0
Estranged siblings, Ramu and Lakshmi meet years later as she is married to a doctor and he is a driver in the same place. Ramu is blamed for stealing...
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Donga Ramudu
1971
Prema Nagar
0/0
A romantic story about a wealthy boy whose life revolves around wine and women and a middle class girl who changes him. They fall in love but his moth...
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Prema Nagar
1956
Tenali Ramakrishna
0/0
Tenali Ramkrishna is a poet in King Krishnadeva Raya's kingdom. When he learns that the king's enemies are plotting to attack him and conquer the king...
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Tenali Ramakrishna
1987
Collector Gari Abbai
7/2
A bureaucrat and his son differ from each other on various issues. However, the father finally realizes the magnanimity of his son and shows his appre...
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Collector Gari Abbai
1990
Iddaru Iddare
8/1
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Iddaru Iddare
1958
Bhookailas
8/1
The story is based on the Sthala Purana of Gokarna Kshetram in Karnataka
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Bhookailas
1965
Aatma Gowravam
7/1
A zamindar who does not have any heir wishes to adopt Srinivas. However, his wife is against it and instead wants to adopt Venu, who is her sister's s...
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Aatma Gowravam
1982
Yuvaraju
0/0
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Yuvaraju
1988
Rajakiya Chadurangam
0/0
The story begins with formation of the new government when an honest person, Satya Murthy (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) becomes Chief Minister of Andhra Pr...
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Rajakiya Chadurangam
1981
Premabhishekam
0/0
Rajesh falls in love with and proposes to Devi. However, a few days before their marriage, he learns that he has cancer and decides to make Devi hate...
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Premabhishekam
1985
Bharyabhartala Bandham
0/0
Sanjeevi (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) and Archana (Jayasudha), a divorced couple meet just because of Sanjeevi's shares in Archana's company. This couple...
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Bharyabhartala Bandham
1958
Women's Authority
0/0
The film begins in a village, where a wealthy couple, Ganapathi (Chadalavada) & Rangamma (Kannamba) has a son Krishna (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) and a d...
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Women's Authority
1991
Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu
0/0
Sitaramayya shares an estranged relationship with his son and daughter-in-law, who die in a road accident. Sitaramayya, still in anger, accepts his gr...
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Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu
1954
Chakrapani
0/0
Chakrapani, a miser, decides to save a large sum of money to gift it to his great-grandson. But he faces many hurdles while trying to achieve his obje...
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Chakrapani
1963
Chaduvukunna Ammayilu
0/0
Sujatha and Vasantha are best friends despite hailing from different financial backgrounds. Both of them end up falling in love with Shekhar, but Suja...
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Chaduvukunna Ammayilu
1957
Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp
0/0
Alladin throws away a magic lamp after an evil magician fools him into finding it. Years later, when Alladin learns the full extent of its powers, he...
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Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp
1971
Dasara Bullodu
0/0
Both Radha and Nirmala love a young man named Gopi. But Nirmala's father wants to make Gopi marry Nirmala in order to grab his property. But she reali...
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Dasara Bullodu
1973
Bangaru Babu
6/1
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Bangaru Babu
1966
Aastiparulu
0/0
Zamindar Janardhan Rao, a paterfamilias, holds high esteem in society. One of his sons, Bachi, is a vagabond and malicious, his misdeeds increasing da...
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Aastiparulu
1990
Dagudumuthala Dampathyam
0/0
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Dagudumuthala Dampathyam
1955
Rojulu Maraayi
0/0
Venu enlightens the villagers against Sagarayya, a greedy landlord who grabs barren lands of the village, and reports to the Collector. Sagarayya crea...
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Rojulu Maraayi
1964
Pooja Phalamu
0/0
Madhu, a wealthy and naive boy, meets Vasanthi and develops feelings for her. However, he gets depressed after knowing that Vasanthi only saw him as a...
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Pooja Phalamu
1966
Navaratri
0/0
Radha's father brings a marriage proposal for her, which she refuses and runs away from home. Later, she comes across nine people, each representing a...
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Navaratri
1966
Zamindar
0/0
A CID officer goes undercover to track down a large sum of money that was stolen by a group of soldiers during the Second World War.
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Zamindar
1959
Illarikam
0/0
Venu, a poor man, falls in love and marries Radha, a zamindar's daughter. When Venu moves into the zamindar's house,there are multiple problems Venu h...
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Illarikam
1987
Agni Putrudu
0/0
Film starring Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, Nagarjuna Akkineni and Shivaji Ganesan
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Agni Putrudu
1973
Bharatha Vilas
6.2/2
A couple share a house with other three tenants who hail from different parts of the country. However, an unexpected turn of events changes the couple...
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Bharatha Vilas
1983
Muddula Mogudu
0/0
Durga, daughter of a millionaire, marries Prasad, a writer she is a fan of. However, financial troubles drive the couple apart. Will they reunite?
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Muddula Mogudu
1983
Bahudoorapu Batasari
0/0
Prasad, an honest police officer, brings up his sons with a lot of love and care. However, when he falls on hard times, his sons abandon him and he is...
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Bahudoorapu Batasari
1971
Srimanthudu
0/0
The guardians of a boy, who is the legal heir to a property, trick him into becoming an alcoholic with the evil intention of grabbing his wealth. Howe...
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Srimanthudu
1973
Bhakta Tukaram
0/0
The story of this film is based on the life story of a prominent saint Tukaram.
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Bhakta Tukaram
1948
Vindhya Rani
0/0
Durjaya succeeds in his plot to kill and overthrow his brother and takes the throne of the Vindhya Kingdom. Prince Shivasri, attended by Shatamitra, w...
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Vindhya Rani
1994
Bangaru Kutumbam
0/0
A couple have three sons who are all married. The youngest daughter-in-law is from a wealthy family. The other two daughters-in-law are jealous and th...
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Bangaru Kutumbam
1956
Charana Daasi
8/1
The film revolves around couples - Dr. Chandra Shekar and Parvathi ahead Venu and Lakshmi. Charana Daasi (transl. Wife) is a 1956 Indian Telugu-langu...
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Charana Daasi
1980
Yedanthasthula Meda
6/1
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Yedanthasthula Meda
1985
Illale Devatha
6/1
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Illale Devatha
1949
Laila Majnu
0/0
Khayas falls in love with Laila but her father refuses the alliance, which leaves Khayas heartbroken. Things take a turn when Laila then moves to Mecc...
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Laila Majnu
1982
Bangaru Kanuka
0/0
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Bangaru Kanuka
1998
Sri Sitaramula Kalyanam Chutamu Rarandi
0/0
Madhavi gets married to Krishna in their childhood, but later, Krishna is presumed dead. Years later, when she falls in love with Raju, Krishna reappe...
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Sri Sitaramula Kalyanam Chutamu Rarandi
1959
Mangalya Balam
0/0
1959 Indian film starring Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, Savitri and S.V. Ranga Rao
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Mangalya Balam
1960
Maa Babu
0/0
Dr Anand, a respectable doctor, gives away his son to Ratna Devi, a widow. Soon, he marries a nurse and troubles between them ensue.
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Maa Babu
1963
Punarjanma
0/0
Gopi, a sculptor who is in love with his niece, goes into a delirium after his sculpture catches fire. His troubled father tries various things to hel...
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Punarjanma
1949
Keelu Gurram
0/0
A young man after knowing his past through his queen mother who has been abandoned from the kingdom by the king for some false complaints against her,...
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Keelu Gurram
1949
Raksha Rekha
0/0
The film begins with Kalavathi, the only daughter of Simhala King Rajasimha, who is averse to marriage. So was Sudhakara, son of King Parthapa of Avan...
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Raksha Rekha
2022
Pratibimbalu
0/0
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Pratibimbalu
1970
Maro Prapancham
0/0
Nine idealistic youngsters plan to create "Maro Prapancham", an egalitarian utopian. But when they start kidnapping children to bring them into their...
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Maro Prapancham
1955
Anarkali
0/0
The legend of the romance between Mughal prince Salim and Anarkali.
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Anarkali
1988
Rao Gari Illu
0/0
Anand Rao, a public prosecutor leads a happy life with his wife Jaya and five children. One day, Jaya dies in a road accident. There onwards, Anand Ra...
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Rao Gari Illu
1962
Manchi Manasulu
0/0
Venu is a very poor student and seeks to come out of the hostel by being unable to bear its expenses. Thus, he shifts to a lawyer Anand Rao's summer-h...
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Manchi Manasulu
2011
Sri Rama Rajyam
6/5
Lord Sri Rama (Balakrishna) retains his wife Sita (Nayanthara) comes back to their kingdom Ayodhya, after killing Ravana. And Sri Rama will continue h...
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Sri Rama Rajyam
1945
Mayalokam
0/0
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Mayalokam
1946
Mugguru Maratilu
0/0
After King Siddhoji's wife instigates him against his three nephews named Somoji, Subandhi and Firoji, a series of unfortunate events occur.
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Mugguru Maratilu
1978
Vichitra Jeevitham
0/0
Chandra Shekar "Chandram" loves and marries Gowri. Soon, Chandram gets a job in an estate owned by Surendra Nath a decadent person who behaves like a...
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Vichitra Jeevitham
1954
Vipra Narayana
0/0
1954 film starring Bhanumathi
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Vipra Narayana
1977
Chanakya Chandragupta
7/1
The film is a historical story, based on the 3rd century BC Maurya Emperor Chandragupta Maurya and his mentor Chanakya. It begins with the Greek invad...
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Chanakya Chandragupta
1950
Palletoori Pilla
0/0
Chief Jayanth raids and loots many villages of their stock, food and wealth in the region assigned to him. Once Shanta slaps him, his whole perspectiv...
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Palletoori Pilla
1960
Nammina Bantu
0/0
Film starring Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, Savitri and S.V. Ranga Rao
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