List of Telugu films of the 1940s

This is a list of films produced by the Tollywood film industry based in Hyderabad in the 1940s:

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Release Date	Notes[]
1940

Barrister Parvateesam	R. Prakash	L. V. Prasad, G. Varalakshmi, Lanka Satyam	Comedy	7 August 1940	Movie 01 set of 3 movies


	D. L. Ramachandran	Sitaramaiah, Lakshmaiah, Vijayamma, Rusheyndramani	Comedy	7 August 1940	Movie 02
	R. Prakash		Comedy	7 August 1940	Movie 03
Chandika	R. S. Prakash	Kannamba, Vemuri Gaggaiah, Lalita Devi, Ballari Raghava, Munukuntla, Chandramouli, Aarani		12 April 1940	link review link
Illalu



Mahiravana
Malathi Madhavam	C. Pullaiah	Pushpavalli, Srinivasa Rao, Relangi, Sivarao, kameswara Rao,		12 April 1940	Poster

Sumangali	B.N. Reddi	Chittor V. Nagaiah, Giri A.S, Kumari, Malathi
Usha Parinayam	Kadaru Nagabhushanam
Vishwamohini	Y. V. Rao	Chittor V. Nagaiah, Bezawada Rajarathnam, Y.V. Rao, Pushpavalli
1941

	Haribhai Raghunathji Desai	B. Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu, Bhanumati, Adhanki Sriramurthy, G. V. Seethapathi Rao, Miss P. Venkatagiri, Kakinada Rajaratnam, Kondalarao, M. Lingamurthy, Kutumbasastry, etc.,		3 September 1941

	P. K. Raja Sandow	Pushpavalli, C. S. R. Anjaneyulu

Devatha	B.N. Reddi	Chittor V. Nagaiah, Kumari, Mudigonda Lingamurthy, Bezawada Rajarathnam
Dharma Patni	P. Pullaiah	, Bhanumati, P .Santha Kumari



	Jyotish Sinha	C. S. R. Anjaneyulu, Kannamba, Hemalatha
Tara Sasankam	R. S. Prakash	P. Suri Babu
1942
Babruvahana
Bala Nagamma	Chittajalu Pullayya	Kanchanamala, Govindrajulu Subba Rao, Relangi
Bhakta Potana	K. V. Reddy	Chittor V. Nagaiah, Mudigonda Lingamurthy, Hemalatha



Jeevana Mukthi


	Y.V. Rao	Y.V. Rao, Pushpavalli, Narasimha Rao Sthanam, Srirama Murthy Addanki
Sthanabalam	Chittajallu Pullayya


1943


Garuda Garvabhangam	Ghantasala Balaramaiah	Vemuri Gaggaiah, Ramakrishna Sastry, Bhanumati, Vedantam Raghavaiah

	Hanumappa Vishwanath Babu	Venkateswara Rao Gali, Santha Kumari P, Hemavathi, Bhanumati
(1943)	Chittajallu Pullayya
Pathi Bhakti
1944
	Chitrapu Narayana Rao	Jandhyala Gaurinatha Sastri, C. Krishnaveni, Sriranjani



Seeta Rama Jananam	Ghantasala Balaramaiah
	Y.V. Rao	Narayana Rao C. H., B. Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu, Bhanumati
1945
Mayalokam	Gudavalli Ramabrahmam	Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, P. Santha Kumari, C. S. R. Anjaneyulu

	C. S. R. Rao
1946

	L. V. Prasad	L. V. Prasad, C. S. R. Anjaneyulu, Bhanumati, Sriranjani


Mugguru Maratilu


Swargaseema	B. N. Reddi	Chittor V. Nagaiah, Bhanumati, B. Jayamma
Tyagayya	Chittor V. Nagaiah	Chittor V. Nagaiah

1947
	Chitrapu Narayana Rao	Addanki Srirama Murthy, C. Krishnaveni, B. Jayamma

Palnati Yudham	L. V. Prasad, Gudavalli Ramabrahmam	, Sreevatsava, Kannamba, Akkineni Nageshwara Rao

Sethubandhanam

Yogi Vemana	K. V. Reddy	Chittor V. Nagaiah, Mudigonda Lingamurthy, M. V. Rajamma
1948
Balaraju	Ghantasala Balaramaiah	Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, Anjali Devi, S. Varalakshmi

Drohi	L. V. Prasad


Ratnamala	P. S. Ramakrishna Rao	Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, Bhanumati, C. S. R. Anjaneyulu

Vindhyarani	C. Pullayya	Akkineni Nageswara Rao, G. Varalakshmi
1949

Gunasundari Katha	K. V. Reddy	Sriranjani, Siva Rao Kasturi, Sivaram Vallabhajosyula
Keelu Gurram	Raja of Mirzapur	Anjali Devi, Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Laila Majnu	P.S.Rama Krisna	Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Bhanumathi
Mana Desam	L. V. Prasad	N T RAMARAO 1st Film, Chittor V. Nagaiah, Narayana Rao C. H., Krishnaveni, Relangi Venkata Ramaiah
Raksha Rekha

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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
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Other	Assamese Punjabi
Related	Silent films of South India

List of Telugu films of the 1940s

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