Telugu movies of 1956

Tollywood Desk lists 13 Telugu films dated 1956; 11 have an exact release date on file and 2 are known only by year or month. The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Tenali Ramakrishna, Bhale Ramudu and Charana Daasi. The first dated release of the year on file is Tenali Ramakrishna (12 January 1956) and the last is Charana Daasi (20 December 1956).

10 directors are credited on these films. Tatineni Prakash Rao, Dasari Yoganand and Vedantam Raghavaiah have the most, with two films each. On music, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao scored three films of the year, ahead of S. Rajeswara Rao (2). N. T. Rama Rao appears in nine films dated 1956, the most of any actor on file, followed by Jamuna (5) and Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (5). The credits on file for the year name 10 music directors and 27 credited actors.

Of the 9 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Charana Daasi at 196 minutes and the shortest is Chintamani at 148 minutes. That is 1 more than 1955, which has 12 films on file.

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