Telugu movies of 1972

Tollywood Desk lists 17 Telugu films dated 1972; 14 have an exact release date on file and 3 are known only by year or month. The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Koduku Kodalu, Bala Bharatam and Vichitra Bandham. The first dated release of the year on file is Bharya Biddalu (15 January 1972) and the last is Koduku Kodalu (22 December 1972).

15 directors are credited on these films. P. Chandrasekhara Reddy, Tatineni Rama Rao and Lakshmi Deepak have the most, with two films each. On music, K. V. Mahadevan scored six films of the year, ahead of S. Rajeswara Rao (3) and S. P. Kodandapani (2). Gummadi Venkateswara Rao appears in seven films dated 1972, the most of any actor on file, followed by Kaikala Satyanarayana (6) and Akkineni Nageswara Rao (5). The credits on file for the year name 9 music directors and 44 credited actors.

Of the 9 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Shri Krishnanjaneya Yuddham at 170 minutes and the shortest is Papam Pasivadu at 139 minutes. That is 7 fewer than 1971, which has 24 films on file.

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