Telugu movies of 2012

Tollywood Desk lists 60 Telugu films dated 2012; 57 have an exact release date on file and 3 are known only by year or month. December was the busiest month, with 8 releases, ahead of November (6). The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Eega, Businessman and Gabbar Singh. The first dated release of the year on file is Businessman (13 January 2012) and the last is Ko Antey Koti (28 December 2012).

56 directors are credited on these films. Puri Jagannadh has the most, with three films, followed by Maruthi Dasari (2). On music, Devi Sri Prasad, Mani Sharma and S. Thaman scored four films each of the year, ahead of Anoop Rubens (3) and Chakri (3). Brahmanandam appears in 19 films dated 2012, the most of any actor on file, followed by Kota Srinivasa Rao (11) and Chandra Mohan (7). The credits on file for the year name 36 music directors and 122 credited actors. R. R. Movie Makers produced three films of the year, more than any other banner on file.

12 of the films have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. Of the 42 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Rebel at 176 minutes and the shortest is Avunu at 115 minutes. That is 5 more than 2011, which has 55 films on file.

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