Telugu movies of 1950

Tollywood Desk lists 8 Telugu films dated 1950; 7 have an exact release date on file and 1 are known only by year or month. The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Jeevitham, Beedala Patlu and Paramanandayya Sishyulu. The first dated release of the year on file is Sri Lakshmamma Katha (26 February 1950) and the last is Samsaram (29 December 1950).

6 directors are credited on these films. L. V. Prasad and Ghantasala Balaramayya have the most, with two films each. On music, C. R. Subburaman scored two films of the year. Akkineni Nageswara Rao appears in five films dated 1950, the most of any actor on file, followed by N. T. Rama Rao (3) and Anjali Devi (3). The credits on file for the year name 7 music directors and 26 credited actors. Pratibha Productions produced two films of the year, more than any other banner on file.

Of the 6 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Samsaram at 219 minutes and the shortest is Paramanandayya Sishyulu at 164 minutes. That is 3 more than 1949, which has 5 films on file.

Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.