ANR as the wise-cracking witty poet, NTR as Krishna Deva, Chittoor Nagayya as Minister Thimmarusu and Bhanumati as the spy. Veteran actors like Vinnakota Ramanna Pantulu, Vangara Venkata Subbayya and CS Rao give NTR a run for money.ġ956 – Tenali Ramakrishna – The casting cannot get any better. His “Rajasekhara Nee Pai Moju Teeraledu raa…” is a haunting classic.ġ955 – Kanyasulkam – This film adaptation of G.V.Apparow’s (Gurazada Appa Rao) play is a masterpiece in acting and screenplay adaptation. SV Ranga Rao as Akbar is Prithvi Raj Kapoor’s match. The song “Chiguraakulalo Chilakamma” lives forever.ġ955 – Anarkali – the story of Saleem and Anarkali. The movie introduced new phrases into Telugu lexicon – “Sambarala Rambabu”, “Gas kottadam”, “Babul debba, golconda abba”. With Top actors like NTR, ANR, SVR, Savitri and Jamuna, the movie is a complete package.ġ955 – Donga Ramudu – Another great KV Reddy movie. ANR cements his position as a top hero in romance genre.ġ955 – Missamma – The movie discusses the modern progressive men and women, inter-religion interactions and other such concepts. SV Ranga Rao and NT Rama Rao played in lead roles.ġ953 – Devadasu – This is one movie title which doesn’t need introduction to the present generation. 1951 – 1960 (10 movies) Maaya Bazaarġ951 – Paatala Bhairavi – The movie is a Telugu version of Alladin and the magic lamp. The movie made debutant Janaki an overnight star. The movie is a realistic portrayal of that period. The movie also marks the debut of Ghantasala.ġ946 – Tyagayya – The movie discusses the best of Saint Tyagaraja’s compositions.ġ950 – Shavukaru – A wedding of lead actors is disrupted by a village feud.

1941 – 1950 (4 movies) Bhakta Potanaġ942 – Bhakta Potana – This is the first film of Telugu Film industry’s pioneer director KV Reddy first.ġ945 – Swarga Seema – This is the First telugu movie to be nominated for a foreign film festival. Here is a list of 100 Best films produced by Telugu film industry in last 80 years. To cherish this tremendous progress, let us go through some of the best films ever produced by Telugu Film industry. At present day Telugu Film Industry (also referred as Tollywood) is competing neck to neck with Hindi film industry.Īfter Bahubali, many Telugu movies are taking a Pan-India route and inturn raising the bars of Tollywood. After parting from Tamil industry, Telugu Film industry (TFI) struggled to survive in initial years and took a step by step progress to achieve international recognition. Telugu Film Industry has been producing movies for over 8 decades now.

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