Top 10 best movies of K Raghavendra Rao

K Raghavendra Rao is a legendary director in Telugu film industry. Known for making some evergreen commercial entertainers in his career, he can be termed as one the first commercial directors from TFI. Now, we bring you the list of the Top 10 movies of K Raghavendra Rao. Below is the list.

1) Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari

It is a 1990 Telugu supernatural-fantasy film, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao, starring Chiranjeevi and Sridevi. The film is Aswini Dutt’s first venture with Chiranjeevi. The chart-topping soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The blockbuster film was subsequently dubbed in Tamil as Kaadhal Devathai, in Hindi as Aadmi Aur Apsara, and in Malayalam as Hai Sundhari, capitalizing on Sridevi’s popularity.

2)Annamayya

is a 1997 Telugu devotional, biographical film produced by V. Doraswamy Raju on VMC Productions banner and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. Starring Akkineni Nagarjuna, Mohan Babu, Suman, Ramya Krishna, Bhanupriya, and Roja, Kasturi played the lead roles and music was composed by M. M. Keeravani. The film was recorded as Industry Hit at the box office. The film is cinematic of the life of the 15th-century composer, Annamacharya. Upon release, The film received positive reviews and won eight Nandi Awards and two National Film Awards. The film premiered at the 1998 International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section.

3) Pelli sandadi

It is a 1996 Telugu musical romance film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It stars Srikanth, Ravali and Deepti Bhatnagar. This film was shot in Godavari districts of Andhra pradesh. It was a major blockbuster of the year 1996 famous for its excellent songs and amazing background score vivifying the artistic vision of the director to a brilliant effect.

4) Gharana Mogudu

It is a 1992 Telugu melodrama-action film which starred Chiranjeevi and Nagma in the lead roles. The film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao, became the first Telugu film to gross over 100 million rupees at the box office. This film was premiered at the 1993 International Film Festival of India. The film is a remake of the 1986 hit Kannada film Anuraga Aralithu starring Rajkumar. [[]] in the mainstream section.

5)Rowdy Alludu

It is a 1991 Tollywood action comedy film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. This film stars Chiranjeevi in a dual role, Shobana, and Divya Bharati. Upon its release, it received positive reviews and was a super hit at the box office.

6) Sundarakanda

It is a 1992 Telugu film directed by K.Raghavendra Rao and producer by K.V.V.Satyanarayana on Saudhamini Creations. The film stars Venkatesh, Meena and Aparna played the lead roles with original soundtrack by M. M. Keeravani. The film was a remake of Tamil film Sundara Kandam. The film was super hit at the box office.

7) Allari Priyudu

It is a 1993 Telugu film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Rajasekhar, Ramya Krishna and Madhu Bala in lead roles. The film was premiered at the 1994 International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section. The film was dubbed in to Tamil as Yaarukku Mappillai Yaaro. It was remade in Kannada as Chora Chittha Chora with V. Ravichandran, Namrata Shirodkar and Malavika.

8)Adavi Donga

It is a 1985 Telugu film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It stars Chiranjeevi, Radha, Sharada, Rao Gopal Rao and others in the lead roles. Chakravarthy composed music for the film.

9) Sri Ramadasu

It is 2006 Telugu devotional, biographical film, based on the life of Kancharla Gopanna, produced by Konda Krishnam Raju on Aditya Movies banner, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Sneha, Suman in the lead roles and music was composed by M. M. Keeravani, who composed 19 songs for the film. Cinematography and editing were handled by S. Gopal Reddy and Sreekar Prasad respectively. Along with being critically acclaimed, The film recorded as superhit at box office.

10)Adavi Ramudu

It is a Telugu Drama film which released on 28 April 1977 and was directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. NTR, Jayaprada, and Jayasudha played important roles and this film won Filmfare Best Film Award. Some scenes in the film were taken from superhit Kannada movie Gandhada Gudi starring Rajkumar.