Telugu movies of 1963

Tollywood Desk lists 18 Telugu films dated 1963; 17 have an exact release date on file and 1 are known only by year or month. May was the busiest month, with 4 releases, ahead of February (3). The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Lava Kusha, Irugu Porugu and Manchi Chedu. The first dated release of the year on file is Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham (9 January 1963) and the last is Manchi Chedu (7 November 1963).

18 directors are credited on these films. B. Vittalacharya has the most, with two films. On music, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao scored four films of the year, ahead of Pendyala Nageswara Rao (2) and T. Chalapathi Rao (2). N. T. Rama Rao appears in 13 films dated 1963, the most of any actor on file, followed by Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (10) and Krishna Kumari (9). The credits on file for the year name 13 music directors and 33 credited actors.

Of the 13 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Lava Kusha at 208 minutes and the shortest is Punarjanma at 127 minutes. That is 1 fewer than 1962, which has 19 films on file.

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