List of Telugu films of 1956

This is a list of films produced by the Tollywood film industry based in Hyderabad in the year 1956. Movies released 27

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Music Director
Alibaba 40 Dongalu (Tamil Dub)	T. R. Sundaram	M. G. Ramachandran, P. Bhanumathi	Folklore	S. Dakshinamurthi
Amara Deepam	T. Prakash Rao	Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini, Savitri	Romance	T. Chalapathi Rao, G. Ramanathan
Amarajeevi (Tamil Dub)	T. Prakash Rao	Sivaji Ganesan, K. Savithri, Padmini, M. N. Nambiar, Chittor V. Nagaiah
	E. S. N. Murthy	N. T. Rama Rao, Savithri,	Drama	Ghantasala
		Jaggayya, G. Varalakshmi	Drama	S. Rajeswara Rao
Bhakta Markandeya (Bilingual; Telugu, Kannada)	B. S. Ranga	C. S. R. Anjaneyulu, R. Nagendra Rao	Historical	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
Bhale Ramudu	Vedantam Raghavaiah	Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri, C. S. R. Anjaneyulu	Drama	S. Rajeswara Rao
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Charana Daasi	T. Prakash Rao	N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri, Anjali Devi	Drama	S. Rajeswara Rao
Chintamani	P. S. Ramakrishna Rao	P. Bhanumathi, N. T. Rama Rao, Jamuna, Relangi	Drama	, T. V. Raju
Chiranjeevulu	Vedantam Raghavaiah	N. T. Rama Rao, Jamuna, Gummadi	Drama, Musical	Ghantasala
Edi Nijam	S. Balachander	Nagabhushanam, Sowkar Janaki, Gummadi	Drama	Master Venu
	Chandrasekhar Rao	S. V. Ranga Rao, Sowkar Janaki, Rajasulochana	Historical	S. Dakshinamurthi
Ilavelpu	D. Yoganand	Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi, Jamuna	Romance	S. Dakshinamurthi
Jayam Manade	T. Prakash Rao	N. T. Rama Rao, Anjali Devi, Sowkar Janaki, C. S. R. Anjaneyulu	Folklore	Ghantasala
	Rajanikanth	S. V. Ranga Rao, S. Varalakshmi	Drama	Ghantasala
	K. S. Prakash Rao	Jamuna, C. S. R. Anjaneyulu, G. Varalakshmi, Sriram	Drama	Pendyala Nageswara Rao
Muddu Bidda	K. B. Tilak	Jaggayya, Jamuna	Drama	Pendyala Nageswara Rao
AVM Productions	K. Shankar	R. Nagendra Rao, Jamuna, Sowcar Janaki	Fantasy	R. Sudarsanam
	K. Nagabhushanam	Anjali Devi, S. Varalakshmi, Chittor V. Nagaiah	Fantasy
	Chitrapu Narayana Rao	Sowkar Janaki, Jamuna, Nagabhushanam	Fantasy, Musical	R. Sudarsanam, R. Govardhanam
Penki Pellam	Kamalakara Kameswara Rao	N. T. Rama Rao, Rajasulochana	Drama, Comedy	Prasad Rao
Rakta Kanneru (Tamil Dub)	Krishnan - Panju	M. R. Radha, S. S. Rajendran, Sriranjaini, M. N. Rajam, J. P. Chandrababu, Appa K. Duraiswamy, S. R. Janaki, K. S. Angamuthu, dance by T. D. Kusalakumari, Sayee-Subbulakshmi		Dialogues: Palagummi Padmaraju Lyrics:- Devulapalli
Sadarama	K. R. Seetarama Sastri	Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Sowkar Janaki	Folklore	R. Sudarsanam, R. Govardhanam
Sahasa Veerudu (Tamil Dub)	D. Yoganand	M. G. Ramachandran, P. Bhanumathi, Padmini, N. S. Krishnan,
Sonta Ooru	E. S. N. Murthy	N. T. Rama Rao, Rajasulochana, Sowkar Janaki	Drama	Ghantasala
Sri Gauri Mahatyam	D. Yoganand	N. T. Rama Rao, Sriranjani, Jr.	Folklore	Ogirala Ramachandra Rao, T. V. Raju
Tenali Ramakrishna	B. S. Ranga	Akkineni Nageswara Rao, N. T. Rama Rao, P. Bhanumathi, Jamuna	Historical, Comedy	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
Uma Sundari	P. Pullaiah	N. T. Rama Rao, P. Kannamba, Sriranjani	Drama	Ashwathama
Vidhi Vilasamu (Tamil Dub)	Ch. Narayana Murthy	Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini, Chittor V. Nagaiah, S. Varalakshmi,

v t Indian films by year and decade
Highest-grossing Indian films Bengali Bhojpuri Hindi Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Marathi Punjabi Tamil Telugu
Bengali	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Bollywood (Hindi)	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Gujarati	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Kannada	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Malayalam	1928–1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Marathi	1910s 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Odia	1936 1949 1950 1951 1953 1954 1956 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Tamil	1930s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Telugu	1930s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Other	Assamese Punjabi
Related	Silent films of South India

List of Telugu films of 1956

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