Telugu movies of 1989

Tollywood Desk lists 36 Telugu films dated 1989; 33 have an exact release date on file and 3 are known only by year or month. May and January were the busiest months, with 5 releases each. The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Geetanjali, Siva and Indrudu Chandrudu. The first dated release of the year on file is Prema (12 January 1989) and the last is Two Town Rowdy (29 December 1989).

24 directors are credited on these films. Kodi Ramakrishna has the most, with four films, followed by A. Kodandarami Reddy (3) and K. Raghavendra Rao (3). On music, K. Chakravarthy scored nine films of the year, ahead of Ilaiyaraaja (8) and Raj-Koti (8). Brahmanandam and Kaikala Satyanarayana each appear in 12 films dated 1989, the most of any actor on file, followed by Kota Srinivasa Rao (8) and Rajendra Prasad (8). The credits on file for the year name 11 music directors and 81 credited actors.

Of the 29 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Indrudu Chandrudu at 158 minutes and the shortest is Adavilo Abhimanyudu at 112 minutes. That is 7 fewer than 1988, which has 43 films on file.

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