Release year
Telugu movies of 1954
14 Telugu films on file with a 1954 release, listed month by month. Each film links to its cast, director and music.
Tollywood Desk lists 14 Telugu films dated 1954. March was the busiest month, with 3 releases, ahead of September (2). The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Sangham, Annadata and Sri Kalahastiswara Mahatyam. The first dated release of the year on file is Chandraharam (6 January 1954) and the last is Annadata (17 December 1954).
13 directors are credited on these films. Tatineni Prakash Rao has the most, with two films. On music, Thotakura Venkata Raju scored two films of the year. N. T. Rama Rao appears in eight films dated 1954, the most of any actor on file, followed by Akkineni Nageswara Rao (4) and Jamuna (4). The credits on file for the year name 14 music directors and 26 credited actors.
Of the 9 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Peddamanushulu at 191 minutes and the shortest is Vaddante Dabbu at 140 minutes. That is 5 more than 1953, which has 9 films on file.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.
Best-known 1954 films
Month by month
January 1954 · 1
February 1954 · 1
March 1954 · 3
April 1954 · 1
June 1954 · 1
July 1954 · 1
August 1954 · 1
September 1954 · 2
October 1954 · 1
November 1954 · 1
December 1954 · 1
Busiest directors in 1954
- Tatineni Prakash Rao 2 films
- Vedantam Raghavaiah 1 film
- H. L. N. Simha 1 film
- F. Nagur 1 film
- B. S. Ranga 1 film
- S. M. Sriramulu Naidu 1 film
- M.V. Raman 1 film
- B. A. Subba Rao 1 film
Busiest music directors in 1954
- Thotakura Venkata Raju 2 films
- P. Adinarayana Rao 1 film
- R. Sudarshanam 1 film
- R. Goverdhanam as Associate 1 film
- Thiruthuraipoondi Radhakrishnan Pappa 1 film
- Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy 1 film
- T. Chalapathi Rao 1 film
- S. M. Subbaiah Naidu 1 film