Telugu movies of 1962

Tollywood Desk lists 19 Telugu films dated 1962; 17 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 Aatma Bandhuvu, Gundamma Katha and Tiger Ramudu. The first dated release of the year on file is Gulebakavali Katha (5 January 1962) and the last is Aatma Bandhuvu (14 December 1962).

15 directors are credited on these films. V. Madhusudhan Rao and Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao have the most, with three films each. On music, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao and S. Rajeswara Rao scored three films each of the year, ahead of K. V. Mahadevan (2) and Pendyala Nageswara Rao (2). N. T. Rama Rao appears in ten films dated 1962, the most of any actor on file, followed by Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (9) and Akkineni Nageswara Rao (6). The credits on file for the year name 14 music directors and 29 credited actors.

Of the 14 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Gulebakavali Katha at 170 minutes and the shortest is Tiger Ramudu at 133 minutes. That is 4 more than 1961, which has 15 films on file.

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