Telugu movies of 1998

Tollywood Desk lists 37 Telugu films dated 1998; 36 have an exact release date on file and 1 are known only by year or month. October and January were the busiest months, with 5 releases each. The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Chandralekha, Premante Idera and Aavida Maa Aavide. The first dated release of the year on file is Suswagatham (1 January 1998) and the last is Deergha Sumangali Bhava (28 December 1998).

24 directors are credited on these films. S. V. Krishna Reddy and K. Raghavendra Rao have the most, with four films each, followed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana (3) and Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao (3). On music, Koti scored eight films of the year, ahead of Vandemataram Srinivas (6) and M. M. Keeravani (4). Brahmanandam appears in 15 films dated 1998, the most of any actor on file, followed by Kota Srinivasa Rao (11) and Chandra Mohan (8). The credits on file for the year name 13 music directors and 87 credited actors. Great India Entertainments produced three films of the year, more than any other banner on file.

Three of the films have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. Of the 27 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Sri Ramulayya at 180 minutes and the shortest is Mee Aayana Jagratha at 116 minutes. That is 2 more than 1997, which has 35 films on file.

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