Gummadi
Birthday: 1928-07-09
Place of Birth: West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India
Biography: Gummadi Venkateswara Rao widely known as Gummadi, was an Indian film actor and producer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and a few Tamil films. Known as a character actor, Gummadi starred in around five hundred feature films. He received critical reception for his works in Thodu Dongalu (1954) and Mahamantri Timmarusu (1962), for which he has received the erstwhile Rashtrapati Award. Gummadi was an official member of the Indian delegation from South India to the Tashkent Film Festival in 1978 and 1982. Gummadi served as a jury member thrice for the 28th, 33rd, and 39th National Film Awards. He served twice on the state Nandi Awards Committee. In 1977, he was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian honor Padma Shri for his contributions to Indian cinema.
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Daana Veera Soora Karna
A retelling of Mahabharata through the perspectives of KARNA and DURYODHANA. The film uses dialogue...
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Navaratri
Radha's father brings a marriage proposal for her, which she refuses and runs away from home. Later,...
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Mosagallaku Mosagadu
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Zamindar
A CID officer goes undercover to track down a large sum of money that was stolen by a group of soldi...
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Illarikam
Venu, a poor man, falls in love and marries Radha, a zamindar's daughter. When Venu moves into the z...
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Kalam Marindi
In this movie inspired by Sujata (1959), Lakshmipati is a village landlord who adopts Shanthi, the d...
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Bahudoorapu Batasari
Prasad, an honest police officer, brings up his sons with a lot of love and care. However, when he f...
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Manchi Manasulu
Venu is a very poor student and seeks to come out of the hostel by being unable to bear its expenses...
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Agni Pareeksha
Agni Pareeksha is a movie directed by K Varaprasadarao featuring Sridevi, Anjali Devi....
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Nenu Manishine
Movie starring Krishna Ghattamaneni, Kanchana, Gummadi and is directed by G. V. R. Seshagiri Rao...
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Vichitra Jeevitham
Chandra Shekar "Chandram" loves and marries Gowri. Soon, Chandram gets a job in an estate owned by S...
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Srimanthudu
The guardians of a boy, who is the legal heir to a property, trick him into becoming an alcoholic wi...
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Missamma
Rao and Mary, unemployed college graduates from Madras, act as if they are a married couple to get j...
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Tata Manavadu
A young man teaches a lesson to his parents for abandoning his grand parents....
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Koduku Diddina Kapuram
Chakravarthy and Sasirekha gets married. But false allegations on Chakravarthy regarding a murder cr...
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Vinayaka Chavithi
The story is of Syamantakopakhyanam, annually read during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival day celebrat...
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Simhasanam
Maharaja Sharminder Bhupathi of Avanti and his wife, the Rajmata, would like to see peace in the reg...
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Kotha Jeevithalu
Jyoti, a school teacher, falls in love with Gopal, an honest man. What happens when Raju, a wealthy ...
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Pelli Pustakam
Newly married couple Krishnamurthy and Satyabhama pretend to be unmarried while working at the same ...
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Daiva Balam
Princess Rupa falls in love with Chandrasena, a commoner, as per an astrological prediction. Her kin...
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Marmayogi
Marmayogi (transl. The Mysterious Sage) is a 1964 Indian Telugu-language swashbuckler film, produced...
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Rajendrudu Gajendrudu
Rajendra wins a lottery and the prize is an elephant. Despite being poor, he chooses to keep the ani...
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Rustum
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Sangarshana
Sangharshana movie deals with the struggle between a rich father and his well educated foreign retur...
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Kirathakudu
Kiratakudu is a action oriented movie in which, Chiranjeevi played a rather unusual role, who hates ...
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Rakta Sindhuram
A criminal makes Gopi, an honest police officer, save a bonded labourer from the clutches of a money...
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Prema Pichollu
Prema Pichollu is a drama based movie in which, Chiranjeevi plays Ravi who is an unemployed post-gra...
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Mosagadu
Mosagadu is action drama based movie in which, Chiranjeevi acted as a villain in this movie for the...
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Bobbili Raja
Raja, a common man, and Rani, the daughter of a powerful minister, are brought together by the fores...
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Sri Venkateswara Mahatmyam
Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam (Telugu: శ్రీ వెంకటేశ్వర మహత్యం) is a 1960 Magnum opus Telugu mythological...
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Prema Nagar
A romantic story about a wealthy boy whose life revolves around wine and women and a middle class gi...
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Ave Kallu
Rich and pretty, Susila returns from college to find that her family is being bumped off one by one....
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Maa Babu
Dr Anand, a respectable doctor, gives away his son to Ratna Devi, a widow. Soon, he marries a nurse ...
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Punarjanma
Gopi, a sculptor who is in love with his niece, goes into a delirium after his sculpture catches fir...
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Jayasimha
Inspired from the Telugu novel Veera Pooja, the film tells the story of Jayasimha (played by Rama Ra...
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Kanyasulkam
Venkatesam decides to get his nine-year-old daughter married to a rich old man, Lubdhavadhanlu, for ...
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Maro Prapancham
Nine idealistic youngsters plan to create "Maro Prapancham", an egalitarian utopian. But when they s...
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Seetha Rama Kalyanam
The film depicts the life of Lord Rama from birth to his marriage with Seetha....
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Jayam Manade
Once upon a time in a kingdom, a young man named Prathap decides to teach a lesson to the army chief...
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Tiger
Legends of Indian cinema, NTR and Rajinikanth, unite on screen as "Raja" and "Rashid," two men with ...
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Mahamantri Thimmarusu
Timmarusu the prime minister in Krishnadevaraya's court, is envied by Hamvira, who hopes to overthro...
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Maavaari Manchithanam
Maavari Manchitanam (transl. My Husband's Goodness) is a 1979 Indian Telugu-language drama film, pro...
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Srinatha Kavi Saarvabhoumudu
Born to Bhimamba and Marayya, Srinatha earns the title Kavi Sarvabhowma. He dedicates many of his wo...
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Pichi Pullaiah
Pullaiah is sent by his father to work in the city for a landlord. Pullaiah faces a lot of hardships...
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Pelli Choopulu
Pelli Choopulu (transl. Matchmaking) is a 1983 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed b...
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Aadarsa Kutumbam
Prasad is an ambitous and young medical student who lives with his extended family. His oldest broth...
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Chandipriya
Chandipriya is a 1980 Telugu language film directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao starring Jaya Prada and S...
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Meena
Meena feels stifled by her mother who makes all of her choices for her. When she visits her aunt's h...
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Eenadu
Eenadu is Krishna's 200th movie with huge star cast. It's almost on the same lines of his 100th mov...
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Aradhana
Dr. Murali Krishna loves Anuradha, but he loses his scholarship after a misunderstanding with her. K...
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Aatma Balam
Rama Rao (Y.B.Raju) is an affluent gentleman and he has a wife named Jagadeeshwari (Kannamba). The c...
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Adrushtavanthulu
Raghu (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) a notorious criminal released from jail after completing his imprison...
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Manase Mandiram
Manase Mandiram (English: The Heart is a Temple) is a 1966 Telugu language romantic drama film, prod...
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Pelli Kanuka
Bhaskar (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) and Vasanti (B. Saroja Devi) are college mates who clash when she c...
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Govindha Govindha
A Tantric believes that by donating a virgin woman's head to gods crown, would bring down the univer...
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Aaradhana
In a village which is located in a beautiful hilly area full of greenery and water bodies, there liv...
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Ardhangi
Zamindar Bhujangarao (Gummadi) has two sons. The elder son Raghunath Rao (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) bo...
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Bandipotu
Sathyasena (Gummadi), the king of Gandhara, suffering from paralytic legs leaves the rule to his vic...
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Bhishma
Bhishma is a 1962 Indian Telugu-language Hindu Epic film, based on the life of Bhishma from the epic...
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Pandava Vanavasamu
After the Pandavas are forcefully exiled by their enemies, they must get together and fight back in ...
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Nelavanka
Srirama Raju (Gummadi) is the zamindar of the village. Raheem (J.V. Somayajulu), his classmate and a...
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Aatma Gowravam
A zamindar who does not have any heir wishes to adopt Srinivas. However, his wife is against it and ...
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Seetha Kalyanam
An epic musical drama depicting the preface to Seetha and Rama's wedding....
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Intiguttu
Seshachalam and his wife Nancharamma secretly swap their infant son with their rich brother-in-law's...
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Rajakiya Chadurangam
The story begins with formation of the new government when an honest person, Satya Murthy (Akkineni ...
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Talli Tandrulu
Venkataramaiah (Gummadi) is a respectable person in the society, who runs a timber business. He does...
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Sri Datta Darsanam
Sri Datta Darsanam, dubbed into Hindi as Shri Datta Darshan in 1988, is a 1985 Telugu film directed ...
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Yashoda Krishna
Chronicles the birth and childhood of Krishna, who is prophesied to be the death of his tyrannical u...
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Brahmarshi Vishwamitra
The story is based on the life of Vishvamitra, who is one of the most venerated sages of ancient tim...
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Simha Swapnam
Balaram is a truck driver working in a transport company. His brother comes to know that the owners ...
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Mayabazar
Balarama promises Subhadra that he'll marry his daughter to her son. But when the Pandavas loses the...
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Adavalle Aligithe
Adavalle Aligithe (transl. If Ladies Show Sulk) is a 1983 Indian Telugu-language comedy film produce...
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Palnati Yudham
When the minister of Palnadu opens the temple doors for all the castes in the kingdom, disputes aris...
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Chaduvukunna Ammayilu
Sujatha and Vasantha are best friends despite hailing from different financial backgrounds. Both of ...
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Private Master
Sridhar, who is appointed as a home tutor to teach a girl belonging to a rich family, falls in love ...
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Aastiparulu
Zamindar Janardhan Rao, a paterfamilias, holds high esteem in society. One of his sons, Bachi, is a ...
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Brindavanam
Panakalu (Satyanarayana) betrays Ravi's (Rajendra Prasad) grandparents and fraudulently occupies the...
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Soggadu
Sobhanadri is popularly known as 'Soggadu' in his native village. He loves his cross-cousin Saroja. ...
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Bhale Ramudu
Ramu changes his identity to help Roopa as she gets disabled because of him....
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Gruhapravesam
After Lakshmi rejects Madhu, he rapes her. Lakshmi decides to marry and reform him....
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Kathanayika Molla
The story is based on life of the poet Molla, who translated the Ramayana from Sanskrit into Telugu....
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Aathmeeyulu
Suryam and Seetha struggle to survive after the death of their father, Veerayya. Jagannadham, their ...
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Aayanaki Iddaru
Ramya and her half-sister Ooha are both in love with Surya. A case of mistaken identity ensues, but ...
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Akka Chellelu
Janaki toils to make her sister Vijaya an advocate. When Janaki marries Justice Ramachandra Rao, Vij...
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Bangaru Babu
A popular actress runs from her scheming uncle and finds shelter in the house of a respected man, Bu...
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Bala Mitrula Katha
Two friends with different backgrounds stand for the truth after they lose their near and dear ones ...
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Mugguru Kodukulu
Khalindra, a wealthy businessman takes care of his two brothers, after their parents' are murdered. ...
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Pooja Phalamu
Madhu, a wealthy and naive boy, meets Vasanthi and develops feelings for her. However, he gets depre...
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Majnu
Rajesh (Nagarjuna) is a racy youngster who falls in love with Alekhya (Rajani). Things go well when ...
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Doctor Chakravarthy
Dr Chakravarthi gets attached to Madhavi after his sister's death as she reminds him of his sister. ...
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Kula Gotralu
Ravi, a young man, falls in love with Saroja against his father's wishes, leading to his estrangemen...
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Padandi Munduku
Follows the story of a freedom fighter couple, Santhamma and Dharmarao, during the British Raj....
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Gharana Donga
A desperate smuggler, Ravi, battles a corrupt police officer and his gang while trying to protect hi...
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