Telugu cinema industry has completed seventy five years this year. It is one of the leading film industres of India. Telugu cinema is ranked next to Bollywood in terms of the number of films released each year.
The first Telugu silent movie was screened in 1922 by R.S.Prakash.At the preliminary stage, mythological themes were the basis of Telugu movies. But later, social issues were included in Telugu films to give the films a more realistic approach.
Krittiventi Nageswara Rao was the first director who made use of social themes in his movies. Till 1970, the main subjects of Telugu cinemas comprised of mythological stories, folklores and social issues.
But in the present times, Telugu movies have been imitating Bollywood movies. The popularity of Telugu Cinema have crossed the boarders of India.
Telugu cinemas win a number of National awards every year since 1983. Some of the popular and award winning films of the Telugu film industry are Meghasandesam released in 1983, Swathy Muthyam in 1986, Toli Prema released in 1998 and Swarabhishekam released in 2005.
Every year, Tollywood releases over 150 Telugu movies with two releases per week approximately.. The Telugu film makers have a budget of seven to fifteen crores for a single commercial film. Venkatesh, Mahesh Babu, Chiranjivi, Pawan Kalyan are some of the highly paid mega stars of the Telugu movies.
