Telugu movies of 1974

Tollywood Desk lists 23 Telugu films dated 1974; 17 have an exact release date on file and 6 are known only by year or month. October was the busiest month, with 3 releases, ahead of December (2). The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Devadasu, Alluri Seetharama Raju and Ram Raheem. The first dated release of the year on file is Palleturi Chinnodu (9 January 1974) and the last is Ram Raheem (12 December 1974).

18 directors are credited on these films. V. Madhusudhan Rao has the most, with four films, followed by Dasari Narayana Rao (2) and V. B. Rajendra Prasad (2). On music, K. V. Mahadevan scored six films of the year, ahead of Chellapilla Satyam (3) and Pasupuleti Ramesh Naidu (3). The credits on file for the year name 10 music directors and 41 credited actors.

Of the 14 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Alluri Seetharama Raju at 187 minutes and the shortest is Ram Raheem at 110 minutes. That is 4 more than 1973, which has 19 films on file.

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