Telugu movie
| Telugu cinema | |
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| No. of screens | 2409-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 Usha Kiron Movies Vyjayanthi Movies Annapurna Pictures Aanand Arts |
| Produced feature films (2015) | |
| Total | 349 |
| Gross box office (2015) | |
| National films | India: ₹1,800 crore (US$280 million) |
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| Industry | Motion pictures |
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| Founded | 1921 Madras Presidency |
| Headquarters | Film Nagar, Hyderabad, India |
| Website |
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Telugu cinema, also known by its sobriquet Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language. It is the Second Largest Film Industry after Hindi. It is based in Film Nagar, a neighbourhood of Hyderabad, Telangana. Since 1909, Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu, an Indian film maker from Machilipatnam, Krishna District was involved in 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.
The 1951 film Patala Bhairavi was the only South Indian film screened 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.
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