Telugu movies of 1986

Tollywood Desk lists 43 Telugu films dated 1986; 41 have an exact release date on file and 2 are known only by year or month. December and October were the busiest months, with 5 releases each. The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Swati Mutyam, Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnulu and Vikram. The first dated release of the year on file is Kirathakudu (1 January 1986) and the last is Aranyakanda (29 December 1986).

30 directors are credited on these films. A. Kodandarami Reddy has the most, with five films, followed by K. Raghavendra Rao (4) and Dasari Narayana Rao (3). On music, K. Chakravarthy scored 20 films of the year, ahead of Ilaiyaraaja (7) and K. V. Mahadevan (4). Rajendra Prasad and Kaikala Satyanarayana each appear in ten films dated 1986, the most of any actor on file, followed by Vijayashanti (9) and Chiranjeevi (8). The credits on file for the year name 12 music directors and 68 credited actors.

Of the 30 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Sirivennela at 181 minutes and the shortest is Kaliyuga Krishnudu at 125 minutes. That is 10 more than 1985, which has 33 films on file.

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