Telugu movies of 2000

Tollywood Desk lists 40 Telugu films dated 2000; 39 have an exact release date on file and 1 are known only by year or month. November and October were the busiest months, with 5 releases each. The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are 9 Nelalu, Badri and Kalisundam Raa. The first dated release of the year on file is Kodanda Ramudu (1 January 2000) and the last is Soori (28 December 2000).

30 directors are credited on these films. S. V. Krishna Reddy has the most, with four films, followed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana (3) and B. Gopal (2). On music, Mani Sharma and S. A. Rajkumar scored seven films each of the year, ahead of Koti (5) and Vandemataram Srinivas (5). Brahmanandam appears in 16 films dated 2000, the most of any actor on file, followed by Kota Srinivasa Rao (13) and Chandra Mohan (10). The credits on file for the year name 15 music directors and 98 credited actors.

Three of the films have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. Of the 26 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Kshemanga Velli Labhamga Randi at 172 minutes and the shortest is Dollar Dreams at 100 minutes. That is 13 more than 1999, which has 27 films on file.

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