Telugu movies of 1980

Tollywood Desk lists 34 Telugu films dated 1980; 28 have an exact release date on file and 6 are known only by year or month. March was the busiest month, with 5 releases, ahead of October (3). The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Sankarabharanam, Sardar Papa Rayudu and Love In Singapore. The first dated release of the year on file is Yedanthasthula Meda (11 January 1980) and the last is Rakta Sambandham (13 December 1980).

23 directors are credited on these films. Dasari Narayana Rao has the most, with five films, followed by Kasinathuni Viswanath (3) and V. Madhusudhan Rao (3). On music, K. Chakravarthy scored 13 films of the year, ahead of K. V. Mahadevan (5) and Chellapilla Satyam (4). Chiranjeevi appears in 12 films dated 1980, the most of any actor on file, followed by Kaikala Satyanarayana (10) and Jaya Prada (8). The credits on file for the year name 11 music directors and 50 credited actors.

Of the 17 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Vamsa Vruksham at 166 minutes and the shortest is Aatagadu at 131 minutes. That is 1 fewer than 1979, which has 35 films on file.

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