List of Telugu films of the 1930s

This is a list of films produced by the Tollywood film industry based in Madras(Chennai) in the 1930s. In those days most of the actors actresses were singers, they were also stage performers. Full movie used to be of 3 hours++, few dialogues. No censorship, no regulatory authority.

Title	Director	Production	Cast	Genre	Release
1931
Kalidas	H. M. Reddy	Imperial Movi-Tone	T. P. Rajalakshmi, P. G. Venkatesan, L. V. Prasad	Biographical	31 October 1931
1932
Bhakta Prahlada	H. M. Reddy	Sri Krishna Film Company	Venkata Subbaiah Municipalle, Surabhi Kamalabai, 'Master' Krishna, L. V. Prasad	Devotional	6 February 1932
Rama Paduka Pattabhishekam	Sarvottam Badami	Sagar Movietone	C. S. R. Anjaneyulu, Surabhi Kamalabai, Yadavalli Suryanarayana	Devotional
Shakuntala	Sarvottam Badami	Sagar Movietone	Yadavalli Suryanarayana, Surabhi Kamalabai	Mythology
1933
Chintamani or Bilvamangal	Sadasiva Rao Kallakoori		Master Baburao, Bhadracharyulu, Pulipati Venkateswarulu, P Ramatilakam, Parvatibai etc.	Devotional	29 July 1933
2 playlet's Parijathaparanam Narakasura Vadha	Potina Srinivasa Rao		Parepalli Satyannarayana, K. Raghuramaiah, Surabhi Kamalabai	Devotional	20 December 1933 Kinima Central, Chennai 1933 This is as per Andhra Patrika 1933 December edition
	Sadasiva Rao
	C. Pullaiah, Ghantasala Radhakrishnaiah		Ghantasala Balaramayya, C. S. R. Anjaneyulu, Satyanarayana Aarani, Rama Thilakam	Devotional	2 September 1933
Sati Savitri	C. Pullaiah	East India Film Company	Nidumukkala Subba Rao, Rama Thilakam, Vemuri Gaggaiah, Parupalli Satyannarayana	Devotional	5 February 1933
Sathi Savitri	H. M. Reddy	Bharat MovieTones	Kanthamani, V.V. Subba Rao, K.L. Kantham, Hem Singh	Devotional	4 February 1933
1934
	Pullaya
	K. Rangarao
	C. Pullaiah	East India Film Company	Parupalli Subba Rao, Sriranjani, 'Master' Bhimarao, 'Master' Malleshwara Rao, Parupalli Satyannarayana	Devotional	22 December 1934
Sita Kalyanam	C. Narasimha Rao	Vel Pictures	Madhavapeddi Venkatramaiah, Master Kalyani, Bezawada Rajarathnam, P. Rama Thilakam, Nageswara Rao, Lanka Krishnamurthy	Devotional	6 October 1934
1935
	K. Sadasivarao	Radha Film Company	K. Raghuramaiah, Pulipaka Venkatappaiah, D. S. Prakasarao, Kakinada Rajaratnam, Saraswati, Samrajyam, Sundaram	Devotional	20 July 1935
	T. A. Raman	Star Combines	Adhanki Srirama Murthy, P. Kannamba, 'Master' Bhimarao, Pulipati Venkateswarulu, Akulu Narasimha Rao	Devotional	9 November 1935
	Ahin Chowdhary		Dasari Kotaratnam, Tungala Chalapati	Devotional
	Charu Rai		Tungala Chalapati Rao, Dasari Kotiratnam, Suravarapu Venkateswarulu, Dasari Anjani Bai	Devotional	21 May 1935
Sri Krishna Leelalu	C. Narasimha Rao	Vel Pictures	S. Rajeswara Rao, Parepalli Subba Rao, Sriranjani, Vemuri Gaggaiah, P. Rama Thilakam, Parepalli Satyanarayana, C. Lakshmi Rajyam		30 November 1935
	C. Pullaiah	East India Film Company	Ramanatha Sastri Kapilavayi, Rushyendramani, Kanchanamala, C. Lakshmi Rajyam, Relangi	Devotional	22 April 1935

1936
	C. Pullaiah	East India Film Company	C. Narayanaswamy, T. Venkateswarulu, M. Hemalata, Sitaram, M. Rangachari, A. Narasimha Rao, Lalitha	Mythology
	N. Jaganatha Swamy	Lakshmi Films	Bellary Raghava, Surabhi Kamalabai, Parepalli Subba Rao, Banda Kanakalingeswararao, V. V. Subba Rao, B. Chalapathi Rao, K. Sivarama Krishnayya	Mythology	24 March 1936
Draupadi Vastrapaharanam	H. Vishwanath Babu	Saraswati Talkies	Yadavalli Suryanarayana, P. Kannamba, C. S. R. Anjaneyulu, N. Nagaraja Rao, Lanka Krishna Murthy, Vemuri Gaggaiah, Dommeti Suryanarayana	Mythology	29 February 1936
	S. Rangaswamy	Oriental Classical Films			5 February 1936
	K. Sadasivarao		K. Raghuramaiah	Mythology
Mayabazar (Also Known as Sasirekha Parinayam)	P. V. Das	Vel Pictures	Yadavalli Nageswara Rao, Santha Kumari, S. P. Lakshmanaswamy, Sriranjani, Turlapati Anjaneyulu, Rami Reddy	Mythology
	Krithiventi Nageshwara Rao		Ranga Rao, P. S. Sharma, B. Rajalakshma, P. Rama Rao, C. Lakshmi Rajyam, K. Ranga Rao

	I. Nagabhushana Rao, N. B. Narayana	Durga Cinetone	B. Narayana Murthy, M. Narayana Rao, Pushpavalli, M. Suryanarayana	Devotional
Sati Tulasi	C. Narasimha Rao		Ghantasala Balaramayya, Vemuri Gaggaiah, Sriranjani	Mythology

	V. D. Ameen	Select Pctures Circuit	Kanchanamala, Pulipati Venkateswarlu, Mantravadi Venkatajogarao	Mythology
1937
Balayogini	K. Subrahmanyam	Mahalakshmi Studio	Baby Saroja, Aarani Satyanarayana, Vangara, Kamala Kumari, P. Rama Thilakam, Baby S. Varalakshmi	Drama
	K. V. Bhave	Saraswathi Cinetone	Parepalli Subba Rao, Mandha Subbarao, Dronamraju Narasimharao, Tigela Venkateswarlu, Koderu Rajasodarulu, Dommiti Satyanarayana	Mythology	27 September 1937
	H. Vishwanath Babu	Saraswati Talkies	Dommeti Suryanarayana, P. Kannamba, P. Suribabu	Romance
	C. Narasimha Rao	National Movietone	Vemuri Gaggaiah, Yadavalli Suryanarayana, C. Krishnaveni, P. Rama Thilakam, Pulipati Venkateswarlu, T. Ramakrishna Sastry	Mythology
	C. Narasimha Rao		Adhanki Srirama Murthy, P. Rama Thilakam, Pulipati Venkateswarlu	Devotional
	R. Nataraja Mudaliar	Sri Bharatha Lakshmi Pictures	K. Raghuramaiah, Santha Kumari	Devotional
Sarangadhara	P. Pullaiah	Star Combines	Banda Kanakalingeshwara Rao, Santha Kumari, Adhanki Srirama Murthy, P. Kannamba, Pulipati Venkateswarlu, Sriranjani	Devotional

	Ahindra Chaudhari	Arora Pictures	Kasturi Narasimha Rao, Kanchanamala, Suryakumari	Devotional
1938
	Hiren Bose	Andhra Cinetone	Surabhi Kamalabai, Rentachintala Satyanarayana, Santha Kumari, Pulipati Venkateswarlu	Devotional
Bhakta Markandeya	C. Narayana Murthy	Kubera Films	Vemuri Gaggaiah, Sriranjani, G. S. Swamy	Devotional	17 June 1938
	C. Pullaiah	Andhra Talkies	Valli Subba Rao, Pushpavalli	Drama	12 January 1938 [Other 2 Documentary Films released]
	D. Rami Reddy	Kubera Films	Banda Kanakalingeshwara Rao, Sriranjani, Madhavappedi Venkataramayya	Mythology
Gruhalakshmi	H. M. Reddy	Rohini Pictures	Chittor V. Nagaiah, Kanchanamala, P. Kannamba, Ramanujachari, Govindarajula Subba Rao	Drama	12 March 1938
	Kallakoori Sadasiva Rao	Paramount Film Company	B. Jayamma	Fantasy
	C. Dronamraju	Radha Film Company	S. P. Lakshmana Swamy, C. Krishnaveni, C. Suryanarayana Bhagavathar, R. Rami Reddy, K. Raghuramayya	Mythology	^[1]
	C. Pullaiah	Andhra Talkies	K. Hanumantha Rao, Sundaramma, Srihari, Tulasamma	Drama	12 January 1938 [Other 2 Documentary Films released]
	C. Narasimha Rao	Jaya Films	T. Ramakrishna Sastry, M. V. Rajamma, Vemuri Gaggaiah, K. Satyanarayana	Mythology
Mala Pilla	Gudavalli Ramabrahmam	Jagadeesh Filims	Govindarajula Subba Rao, Kanchanamala, P. Suribabu, Vangara	Social	25 September 1938
	C. Pullaiah	Andhra Talkies	Pushpavalli, A. V. Subba Rao, Dasari Kotiratnam, D. Rama Murthy	Devotional

	C. Pullaiah	Andhra Talkies	Kamaraju, Devarakonda Ramoorthi, Hymavathi, Laxminarasamma	Drama	12 January 1938 [Other 2 Documentary Films released]
	B. Narayana Rao	Star Combines	C. S. R. Anjaneyulu, Surabhi Kamalabai, Surabhi Balasaraswathi	Drama
1939
	Niranjan Pal
Jayaprada	Ch. Narasimha Rao	Sharada-Rayalseema Films	C. S. R. Anjaneyulu, K. Pichhaiah, Suryakumari, Lalita	Devotional
	China Kameswara Rao Dronamraju	Jaya Films	Adhanki Srirama Murthy, Parepalli Subba Rao, C. Krishnaveni, P. Kannamba	Devotional
Malli Pelli	Y. V. Rao	Sri Jagadish Films	Y. V. Rao, K. Sathyanarayana, Kanchanamala, Bezawada Rajarathnam	Social
	B. V. Ramanandam	Radha Film Company	Panchangam Ramanujachary, T. Chalapathi Rao, Dasari Kotiratnam, D. Satyanarayana, Kanthamani	Devotional
	K. Ranga Rao		K. Raghuramaiah	Devotional
Mathru Bhoomi	H. M. Reddy	Vel Pictures	P. U. Chinnappa, T. S. Santhanam, T. V. Kumudhini, A. K. Rajalakshmi	Drama

Raithu Bidda	Gudavalli Ramabrahmam	Sri Saradhi Films	Bellary Raghava, P. Suri Babu, Suryakumari, G. V. Sitapathy Rao, S. Varalakshmi	Social	27 August 1939
	P. Pullaiah	Famous Pictures	C. S. R. Anjaneyulu, Santha Kumari, Rajeshwari Devi	Devotional
	B. N. Reddy	Vauhini Studios	Chittor V. Nagaiah, Kanchanamala, Lingamoorthy	Social
Vara Vikrayam	C. Pullaiah	East India Film Company	Pushpavalli, Lakshmikantam Kavi, P. Bhanumathi, Daita Gopalam, Sriranjani	Social

References[]

^ "Kacha Devayani (1938)". hindu. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2019.

External links[]

Earliest Telugu language films at IMDb.com (1 to 50)

[1] "Kacha Devayani (1938)". hindu. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2019.

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