Telugu movies of 2016

Tollywood Desk lists 76 Telugu films dated 2016; 73 have an exact release date on file and 3 are known only by year or month. March was the busiest month, with 9 releases, ahead of February (8). The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are A Aa - Anasuya Ramalingam Vs Anand Vihari, Sarainodu and Sardar Gabbar Singh. The first dated release of the year on file is Abbayitho Ammayi (1 January 2016) and the last is Intlo Deyyam Nakem Bhayam (30 December 2016).

72 directors are credited on these films. Ram Gopal Varma and G. Nageswara Reddy have the most, with two films each. On music, Sai Karthik scored ten films of the year, ahead of S. Thaman (6) and Devi Sri Prasad (4). Brahmanandam appears in 13 films dated 2016, the most of any actor on file, followed by Nara Rohit (6) and Prakash Raj (5). The credits on file for the year name 38 music directors and 140 credited actors.

13 of the films have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. Of the 56 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Nannaku Prematho at 168 minutes and the shortest is Golusu at 107 minutes. That is 10 more than 2015, which has 66 films on file.

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