Telugu movies of 1966

Tollywood Desk lists 21 Telugu films dated 1966; 17 have an exact release date on file and 4 are known only by year or month. October and September were the busiest months, with 3 releases each. The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Zamindar, Aggi Barata and Dr. Anand. The first dated release of the year on file is Zamindar (7 January 1966) and the last is Aastiparulu (18 November 1966).

18 directors are credited on these films. V. Madhusudhan Rao has the most, with three films, followed by Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao (2) and B. Vittalacharya (2). On music, S. Rajeswara Rao scored four films of the year, ahead of K. V. Mahadevan (3) and T. Chalapathi Rao (3). N. T. Rama Rao appears in nine films dated 1966, the most of any actor on file, followed by Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (8) and Akkineni Nageswara Rao (5). The credits on file for the year name 11 music directors and 35 credited actors.

Of the 17 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Shri Krishna Pandaviyam at 187 minutes and the shortest is Aggi Barata at 124 minutes. That is 1 more than 1965, which has 20 films on file.

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