Telugu movies of 1951

Tollywood Desk lists 7 Telugu films dated 1951; 6 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 Patala Bhairavi, Nirdoshi and Malliswari. The first dated release of the year on file is Mangala (14 January 1951) and the last is Malliswari (20 December 1951).

7 directors are credited on these films, none with more than one. On music, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao scored two films of the year. Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Anjali Devi each appear in three films dated 1951, the most of any actor on file, followed by N. T. Rama Rao (2) and P. Bhanumathi (2). The credits on file for the year name 6 music directors and 18 credited actors.

Of the 4 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Patala Bhairavi at 195 minutes and the shortest is Mangala at 182 minutes. That is 1 fewer than 1950, which has 8 films on file.

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