Telugu movies of 1987

Tollywood Desk lists 49 Telugu films dated 1987; 47 have an exact release date on file and 2 are known only by year or month. January was the busiest month, with 7 releases, ahead of March (6). The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Aha Naa Pellanta, Pasivadi Pranam and Collector Gari Abbai. The first dated release of the year on file is Aatma Bandhuvulu (1 January 1987) and the last is Maharshi (31 December 1987).

30 directors are credited on these films. A. Kodandarami Reddy has the most, with six films, followed by Relangi Narasimha Rao (5) and Dasari Narayana Rao (4). On music, K. Chakravarthy scored 20 films of the year, ahead of Ilaiyaraaja (4) and K. V. Mahadevan (4). Rajendra Prasad appears in 14 films dated 1987, the most of any actor on file, followed by Kaikala Satyanarayana (13) and Chandra Mohan (10). The credits on file for the year name 16 music directors and 64 credited actors.

Of the 36 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Kirai Dada at 175 minutes and the shortest is Gundamma Gari Krishnulu at 120 minutes. That is 6 more than 1986, which has 43 films on file.

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