Telugu movies of 1985

Tollywood Desk lists 33 Telugu films dated 1985; 30 have an exact release date on file and 3 are known only by year or month. June was the busiest month, with 5 releases, ahead of May (4). The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Donga, Agni Parvatam and Vijetha. The first dated release of the year on file is Aatmabalam (11 January 1985) and the last is Pattabhishekam (19 December 1985).

26 directors are credited on these films. A. Kodandarami Reddy has the most, with four films, followed by Vamsy (3) and K. Raghavendra Rao (3). On music, K. Chakravarthy scored 19 films of the year, ahead of Ilaiyaraaja (5) and K. V. Mahadevan (4). Kaikala Satyanarayana appears in 11 films dated 1985, the most of any actor on file, followed by Chiranjeevi (8) and Vijayashanti (8). The credits on file for the year name 7 music directors and 56 credited actors. Ushakiran Movies produced two films of the year, more than any other banner on file.

Of the 17 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Vande Mataram at 173 minutes and the shortest is Vijetha at 107 minutes. That is 2 fewer than 1984, which has 35 films on file.

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