Telugu movies of 1977

Tollywood Desk lists 19 Telugu films dated 1977; 16 have an exact release date on file and 3 are known only by year or month. November and September were the busiest months, with 3 releases each. The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Oka Oori Katha, Chanakya Chandragupta and Devathalara Deevinchandi. The first dated release of the year on file is Daana Veera Soora Karna (14 January 1977) and the last is Aame Katha (18 November 1977).

13 directors are credited on these films. V. Madhusudhan Rao and K. Raghavendra Rao have the most, with three films each, followed by N. T. Rama Rao (2) and Tatineni Rama Rao (2). On music, K. Chakravarthy scored five films of the year, ahead of Chellapilla Satyam (3) and G. K. Venkatesh (2). Kaikala Satyanarayana appears in 11 films dated 1977, the most of any actor on file, followed by Allu Rama Lingaiah (6) and N. T. Rama Rao (5). The credits on file for the year name 10 music directors and 39 credited actors. Ramakrishna Studios produced two films of the year, more than any other banner on file.

Of the 12 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Daana Veera Soora Karna at 227 minutes and the shortest is Oka Oori Katha at 116 minutes. That is the same number as 1976, which has 19 films on file.

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