Telugu movies of 1999

Tollywood Desk lists 27 Telugu films dated 1999; 26 have an exact release date on file and 1 are known only by year or month. April was the busiest month, with 4 releases, ahead of September (3). The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Rajakumarudu, Ravoyi Chandamama and Samudram. The first dated release of the year on file is Sneham Kosam (1 January 1999) and the last is Nee Kosam (3 December 1999).

24 directors are credited on these films. S. V. Krishna Reddy, Muppalaneni Shiva and K. Raghavendra Rao have the most, with two films each. On music, Mani Sharma scored six films of the year, ahead of Koti (3) and Vandemataram Srinivas (3). Brahmanandam appears in 12 films dated 1999, the most of any actor on file, followed by Chandra Mohan (8) and Kota Srinivasa Rao (7). The credits on file for the year name 15 music directors and 80 credited actors.

Two of the films have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. Of the 19 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Ravoyi Chandamama at 174 minutes and the shortest is Prema Katha at 123 minutes. That is 10 fewer than 1998, which has 37 films on file.

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