Telugu movies of 1996

Tollywood Desk lists 32 Telugu films dated 1996; 28 have an exact release date on file and 4 are known only by year or month. January was the busiest month, with 6 releases, ahead of October (4). The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Ninne Pelladata, Bombay Priyudu and Pavithra Bandham. The first dated release of the year on file is Vajram (5 January 1996) and the last is Merupu (22 November 1996).

24 directors are credited on these films. S. V. Krishna Reddy has the most, with four films, followed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana (3) and K. Raghavendra Rao (3). On music, M. M. Keeravani scored seven films of the year, ahead of Koti (5) and S. V. Krishna Reddy (4). Brahmanandam appears in 19 films dated 1996, the most of any actor on file, followed by Kota Srinivasa Rao (11) and Kaikala Satyanarayana (6). The credits on file for the year name 16 music directors and 63 credited actors.

Of the 22 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Shri Krishnarjuna Vijayam at 157 minutes and the shortest is Deyyam at 96 minutes. That is 2 more than 1995, which has 30 films on file.

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