Telugu movies of 1983

Tollywood Desk lists 37 Telugu films dated 1983; 36 have an exact release date on file and 1 are known only by year or month. June and March were the busiest months, with 4 releases each. The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Saagara Sangamam, Ramarajyamlo Bheemaraju and Abhilasha. The first dated release of the year on file is Kokilamma (1 January 1983) and the last is Sangharshana (29 December 1983).

23 directors are credited on these films. A. Kodandarami Reddy has the most, with six films, followed by Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry (4) and Kodi Ramakrishna (4). On music, K. Chakravarthy scored 17 films of the year, ahead of Chellapilla Satyam (4) and Ilaiyaraaja (3). Chiranjeevi appears in 13 films dated 1983, the most of any actor on file, followed by Kaikala Satyanarayana (11) and Raadhika Sarathkumar (10). The credits on file for the year name 11 music directors and 65 credited actors.

Of the 17 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Bahudoorapu Batasari at 168 minutes and the shortest is Kokilamma at 127 minutes. That is 3 more than 1982, which has 34 films on file.

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