Release year
Telugu movies of 1984
35 Telugu films on file with a 1984 release, listed month by month. Each film links to its cast, director and music.
Tollywood Desk lists 35 Telugu films dated 1984; 31 have an exact release date on file and 4 are known only by year or month. September and June were the busiest months, with 4 releases each. The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Bobbili Brahmanna, S. P. Bhayankar and Shrimad Virat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra. The first dated release of the year on file is Koteeswarudu (6 January 1984) and the last is Kathanayakudu (14 December 1984).
25 directors are credited on these films. A. Kodandarami Reddy has the most, with four films, followed by Dasari Narayana Rao (3) and T. L. V. Prasad (3). On music, K. Chakravarthy scored 18 films of the year, ahead of K. V. Mahadevan (4) and Ilaiyaraaja (3). Kaikala Satyanarayana appears in 13 films dated 1984, the most of any actor on file, followed by Chiranjeevi (10) and Allu Rama Lingaiah (9). The credits on file for the year name 10 music directors and 64 credited actors. Ushakiran Movies produced two films of the year, more than any other banner on file.
Of the 22 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Shrimad Virat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra at 173 minutes and the shortest is Palnati Puli at 115 minutes. That is 2 fewer than 1983, which has 37 films on file.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.
Best-known 1984 films
Month by month
January 1984 · 2
February 1984 · 3
March 1984 · 3
April 1984 · 3
May 1984 · 1
June 1984 · 4
July 1984 · 3
August 1984 · 2
September 1984 · 4
October 1984 · 2
November 1984 · 1
December 1984 · 3
1984, exact date not on file · 4
Busiest directors in 1984
- A. Kodandarami Reddy 4 films
- T. L. V. Prasad 3 films
- Dasari Narayana Rao 3 films
- Kranthi Kumar 2 films
- Kodi Ramakrishna 2 films
- Vijaya Bapineedu 2 films
- K. Murali Mohana Rao 1 film
- K. S. R. Das 1 film
Busiest music directors in 1984
- K. Chakravarthy 18 films
- K. V. Mahadevan 4 films
- Ilaiyaraaja 3 films
- Chellapilla Satyam 2 films
- Pasupuleti Ramesh Naidu 2 films
- J. V. Raghavulu 2 films
- Susarla Dakshinamurthi 1 film
- S. Rajeswara Rao 1 film