Telugu Film
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| Number of screens | 2409 Single-screens in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states of India. |
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Arka Media Works Suresh Productions Sri Venkateswara Creations Geetha Arts 14 Reels Entertainment PVP Cinema Prasad Art Pictures |
| Produced feature films (2014) | |
| Total | 349 |
| Gross box office (2013) | |
| National films | India: ₹1,350 crore (US$200 million) |
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| Industry | Motion pictures |
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| Founded | 1921 Madras Presidency |
| Headquarters | Film Nagar, Hyderabad, India |
| Website |
Filchamber Producerscouncil |
Telugu cinema, also known by its sobriquet Tollywood, is India's Telugu-language film industry, which is chiefly located in the Hyderabad neighbourhood of Film Nagar in the Indian state of Telangana. Since 1909, filmmaker Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu was involved in many aspects of Indian cinema's history, like producing short films and travelling to different regions in Asia to promote film work. In 1921, he produced the first Telugu silent film, Bhishma Pratigna. He is cited as the father of Telugu cinema.
In 1933, East India Film Company produced its first Indian film, Savitri, in Telugu. Shot in Calcutta on a budget of ₹ 75 thousand, and based on a popular stage play by Mylavaram Bala Bharathi Samajam, the film was directed by father of the "Telugu theatre Movement" Chittajallu Pullaiah and cast stage actors Vemuri Gaggaiah and Dasari Ramathilakam as "Yama" and "Savithri" respectively. The blockbuster film has received an honorary diploma at Venice Film Festival. Multilingual actor Vuppaladadiyam Nagaiah was known as the Paul Muni of India, one of the influential actors of south Indian cinema, Nagaiah is regarded as the first super star of Telugu cinema.
The 1951 film Patala Bhairavi was the first South Indian film, premiering at the first India International Film Festival, held in Mumbai on 24 January 1952.CNN-IBN listed Patala Bhairavi (1951), Malliswari (1951), Devadasu (1953), Mayabazar (1957), Nartanasala (1963), Maro Charithra (1978), Maa Bhoomi (1979), Sankarabharanam (1979), Sagara Sangamam (1983), and Siva (1989), among The 100 Greatest Indian Films of All Time. The first film studio in South India, Durga Cinetone, was built in 1936 by Nidamarthi Surayya in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. In the years 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2014 the industry has produced the largest number of films in India, exceeding the number of films produced in Bollywood.In 2015 Telugu cinema conquered Hindi market with Baahubali the Biggest Indian motion picture and highest budget movie in india that scared Bollywood market where a dubbed movie "Baahubali"won box office collection and stood as 2nd highest grosser in India,And 1st highest grosser in Telugu film industry. In 2016 most awaited movies were from Telugu film industry than Bollywood,which gave a shock to Khan's and kapoor's .
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