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Adurthi Subba Rao is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Editor Indian born on 16 december 1912 at Rajahmundry (Inde)

Adurthi Subba Rao

Adurthi Subba Rao
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Nationality Inde
Birth 16 december 1912 at Rajahmundry (Inde)
Death 1 october 1975 (at 62 years) at Chennai (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards South, Nandi Awards

Adurthi Subba Rao (born 16 December 1912 - 1 October 1975), was an Indian film director and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also directed bollywood, Tamil and Kannada films. He has garnered eight National Film Awards.

Usually with

Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Akkineni Nageswara Rao
(12 films)
Kommareddy Savitri
Kommareddy Savitri
(9 films)
Suryakantam
Suryakantam
(9 films)
Gummadi Venkateswara Rao
Gummadi Venkateswara Rao
(8 films)
K. Viswanath
K. Viswanath
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Adurthi Subba Rao (22 films)

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Director

Jwar Bhata
Jwar Bhata (1973)

Directed by Adurthi Subba Rao
Actors Dharmendra, Saira Banu, Sujit Dhungana, Gulshan Bawra, Nazir Hussain, Jeevan
Rating66% 3.3130453.3130453.3130453.3130453.313045
Widowed and wealthy Durgadas Prasad(Nazir Hussain) is the sole owner of Shriman Mills. He has one son, who falls in love with a woman from a poor family. This disappoints Durgadas and he asks his son to leave. His son leaves, gets married, and soon has a son. Unfortunately, Durgadas's son does not live for long, leaving his wife and son destitute. Durgadas has a change of heart and goes around looking for his son and his family, but in vain. Years later Durgadas is much more older and not expected to live long. He recruits a Secretary, Gayetri, who looks after him. Then when his relatives insist that he adopt his distant nephew, Anokhey, he agrees, only to have Gayetri bring home a young man, Billoo, who operates a simple Dal Roti restaurant. Durgadas is jubilant when he verifies that Billoo is indeed his grandson and throws a grand party. After the party, Durgadas(Nazir Hussain) passes away, leaving everything in Billoo's hands. Billoo changes his name to Balraj and starts to look after his grandfather's business. Durgadas's relatives, Iqbal Nath, his daughter, Rekha; a cousin, Satwani, and her son, Anokhey; along with Advocate Ramesh Khanna, conspire with each other and concoct of plan - a plan so devious that will not only entrap Billoo and Gayetri in it - but also make them loathe the day they met Durgadas.
Sudigundalu
Sudigundalu (1968)

Directed by Adurthi Subba Rao, K. Viswanath
Genres Drama
Actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Vijayachander, Pushpavalli, Saakshi Ranga Rao, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Gummadi Venkateswara Rao
Rating79% 3.9837753.9837753.9837753.9837753.983775
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 killed by two youth (Prasanna Rani and Vijayachander). The judge who now wears the pleader's shoes argues in the favour of the young culprits and shocks the whole audience on bringing out the real intentions of the murder.
Milan
Milan (1967)
, 2h50
Directed by Adurthi Subba Rao
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion
Actors Sunil Dutt, Nutan, Deven Varma, Pran Krishan Sikand, Jamuna, Shyama
Rating68% 3.4189453.4189453.4189453.4189453.418945
Movie starts with the marriage of Radha Devi and Gopinath (Sunil Dutt and Nutan). They start on their honeymoon and has to pass across a river on a ferry boat. While they are in the middle of the river, Gopinath suddenly begins to hallucinate about whirlpool and shouts that they are going to die. Despite of the reassurances from Radha and boatman, Gopinath couldn't be calmed, so Radha orders boatman to take them to nearby shore. Once they reach there, Gopinath starts to say things about Bibiji and a palace that should be there. Radha gets confused and follows him.
Poola Rangadu
Poola Rangadu (1967)

Directed by Adurthi Subba Rao
Actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jamuna, Vijaya Nirmala, Chittor V. Nagaiah, Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, Allu Rama Lingiah

Rangadu (ANR) is called 'Poolarangadu', because of his purity of life. His father Veerayya is a manager at a mill, and is framed for the murder of one of the partners, Purushotham. He is sent to jail for a crime he didn't commit. Rangadu works hard to get his sister Padma educated. She marries a doctor, Prasad, who happens to be Purushotham's son. When he finds out she is Veerayya's daughter, he leaves her. Rangadu is enraged and beats the guy who informs Prasad. Rangadu is sent to jail. There he meets his father, learns about his innocence and vows to get him out. Once Rangadu is released, he earns the goodwill of the other two partners and finally exposes them. Veerayya is released, Rangadu marries his lover Venkata Laxmi (Jamuna) and Prasad takes Padma back.
Tene Manasulu
Tene Manasulu (1965)
, 2h54
Directed by Adurthi Subba Rao
Actors Krishna, Padmanabham
Rating64% 3.2495253.2495253.2495253.2495253.249525
Thaayin Madiyil
Thaayin Madiyil (1964)

Directed by Adurthi Subba Rao
Genres Drama
Actors M. G. Ramachandran, B. Saroja Devi, Nagesh, M. N. Nambiar, Madras Rajagopala Radhakrishnan Naidu, Pandari Bai
Rating67% 3.363593.363593.363593.363593.36359
Raja (M.G.R), a champion jockey leads a very happy and disciplined life. Raja meets Jeeva (Saroja Devi), the only daughter of a very rich businessman, Bhupathi, and both fall head over heels in love with each other. Raja is an orphan. Years later, he learns of his mother and the injustice meted out to her in life. Raja vows to find his father and take revenge. Raja is overjoyed to meet his mother who he believed was dead, but his happiness is short lived, when his mother reveals that he is the son of Bhupathi.
Mooga Manasulu
Mooga Manasulu (1963)

Directed by Adurthi Subba Rao
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jamuna, Kommareddy Savitri, Padmanabham, Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, Allu Rama Lingiah
Rating75% 3.7793553.7793553.7793553.7793553.779355
The plot of the film is based on the concept of Reincarnation and a beautiful love story. Newly married couple Gopinath (Akkineni) and Radha (Savitri) are on Honeymoon and traveling in a boat in River Godavari. Gopinath cries to the boatman to stop the boat as there were dangerous Whirlpools ahead. On reaching the shores, Gopinath takes Radha to an old building. The boatman tells them that it belonged to a Zamindar and takes them to the Samadhis, which reportedly belong to that of one Gopi and Radha. They, then, find an old lady lighting deepam at the Samadhis. Gopinath recognises that she is none other than Gowri from his earlier birth. Gowri too recognised him as Gopi and breaths her last in his hands. The main story is narrated as flashback by Gopinath to Radha.