Telugu movies of 1979

Tollywood Desk lists 35 Telugu films dated 1979; 31 have an exact release date on file and 4 are known only by year or month. November and March were the busiest months, with 4 releases each. The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Maa Bhoomi, Nimajjanam and Guppedu Manasu. The first dated release of the year on file is Sommokadidhi Sokokadidhi (5 January 1979) and the last is Shri Vinayaka Vijayamu (22 December 1979).

26 directors are credited on these films. Dasari Narayana Rao has the most, with four films, followed by K. Balachander (3) and N. T. Rama Rao (2). On music, Chellapilla Satyam scored five films of the year, ahead of K. V. Mahadevan (4) and M. S. Viswanathan (4). Allu Rama Lingaiah appears in 12 films dated 1979, the most of any actor on file, followed by Kaikala Satyanarayana (10) and N. T. Rama Rao (8). The credits on file for the year name 18 music directors and 55 credited actors.

Of the 17 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Yugandhar at 159 minutes and the shortest is Rangoon Rowdy at 103 minutes. That is 5 more than 1978, which has 30 films on file.

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