Telugu movies of 1957

Tollywood Desk lists 14 Telugu films dated 1957. November 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 Mayabazar, Allauddin Adhbhuta Deepam and Sati Savitri. The first dated release of the year on file is Sati Savitri (12 January 1957) and the last is Panduranga Mahatyam (28 November 1957).

12 directors are credited on these films. Vedantam Raghavaiah and Kadaru Nagabhushanam have the most, with two films each. On music, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao scored four films of the year, ahead of Pendyala Nageswara Rao (2) and S. Rajeswara Rao (2). N. T. Rama Rao appears in nine films dated 1957, the most of any actor on file, followed by Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (7) and Akkineni Nageswara Rao (5). The credits on file for the year name 10 music directors and 29 credited actors.

Of the 11 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Suvarna Sundari at 208 minutes and the shortest is Sati Anasuya at 142 minutes. That is 1 more than 1956, which has 13 films on file.

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