Nayakudu Vinayakudu

Nayakudu Vinayakudu
Theatrical release poster
Directed byK. Pratyagatma
Screenplay byK. Pratyagatma
Story byC. S. Rao
Produced byA. V. Subba Rao
StarringAkkineni Nageswara Rao
Jayalalithaa
CinematographyP. S. Selvaraj
Edited byJ. Krishna Swamy
Balu
Music byT. Chalapathi Rao
Production
company
Release date
  • 1 February 1980 (1980-02-01)
Running time
134 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Nayakudu Vinayakudu is a 1980 Indian Telugu-language film, produced by A. V. Subba Rao under the Prasad Art Productions banner and directed by K. Pratyagatma. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jayalalitha and music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. Notably, this marked Jayalalithaa's last proper film in her acting career as it got released just a few weeks after her last Tamil film, Nadhiyai Thedi Vandha Kadal. It was the last film for which the actress-politician had worked as a lead heroine before entering official politics; and also her last film in Telugu as well.[1] It was the highest-grossing Telugu film of 1980.[2]

  1. ^ "From Kollywood to Fort St George: A timeline of Jayalalithaa's life in film and politics". The Times of India. 6 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  2. ^ Pooja, Promodha (2021). Darling of the Mass. The Little Booktique Hub. p. 17. ISBN 9789391380847.