Telugu cinema
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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 a part of Indian cinema producing films in the Telugu language, stanioned in Chennai, India and based in the Hyderabad neighbourhood of Film Nagar in the Indian states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. 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.
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