Telugu movies of 1982

Tollywood Desk lists 34 Telugu films dated 1982; 28 have an exact release date on file and 6 are known only by year or month. October was the busiest month, with 4 releases, ahead of November (3). The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Vayyari Bhamalu Vagalamari Bhartalu, Kalavari Samsaram and Devata. The first dated release of the year on file is Anuraga Devatha (9 January 1982) and the last is Yuvaraju (29 December 1982).

23 directors are credited on these films. Dasari Narayana Rao has the most, with six films, followed by K. Raghavendra Rao (4) and Bapu (2). On music, K. Chakravarthy scored ten films of the year, ahead of K. V. Mahadevan (7) and Chellapilla Satyam (6). Chiranjeevi appears in 11 films dated 1982, the most of any actor on file, followed by Jayasudha (10) and Sridevi (8). The credits on file for the year name 10 music directors and 51 credited actors.

Of the 18 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Bobbili Puli at 176 minutes and the shortest is Kaliyuga Ramudu at 126 minutes. That is 3 fewer than 1981, which has 37 films on file.

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