Old Telugu Movies That You Must Definitely Watch

This article provides you with information about the Top 10 old Telugu movies you must definitely watch. I have prepared a list for you so that you can choose accordingly. You can either watch all of them or choose among them. Read the full article for more.

Introduction

The Tollywood industry, just like Bollywood makes a lot of movies every year. If you believe that it is only the Tollywood industry that has all the hype and is famous, we guess you are wrong.

The Tollywood industry, just like the Bollywood industry is a very popular one, and the actors and actresses of this industry are extremely popular. This is because of the fact that the Tollywood industry has a wide audience that covers the whole of India.

If you are a movie lover, you very well know what I am talking about, isn’t it? There is absolutely no doubt about the fact that the Telugu industry is as famous as the Bollywood one. And it has to be the case, after all, Telugu is a widely spoken language. And as per the reports around 84 million people in India speak the Telugu language.

So it is quite obvious why is the Telugu industry so popular. The industry has been growing with a huge list of movies being made. However, there are people who still like to watch old Telugu movies.

The reason for the same is because of the great story and amazing performances of the actors and actresses associated with the films. There are certain films that leave such a mark that no matter what, the audience loves watching them again and again.

And how can this not be, when the movies are worth watching? Therefore, in this article, we are providing you with a list of the top 10 old Telugu movies for you to watch.

Go ahead, read the full article, and choose for yourself. See if you want to want to watch one or two form the list we have given. Or you can just watch them all.

List of Top 10 Old Telugu Movies:

So now, let us discuss the Top 10 old Telugu Movies:

Vedam
Anukokunda Oka Roju
Godavari
Aa Naluguru
Aithe
Kshana Kshanam
Shiva
Geethanjali
Sagara Sangaram
Gundamma Katha

Vedam

This is a film that belongs to the genre of anthology film and was released on the 4th of June 2010. The director as well as the writer of this film is Krish, and the producers are Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni.

The story revolves around the 5 prominent characters whose paths cross after a dangerous incident of terrorist attack happened. They were in the hospital the night this incident happened. The film was widely acclaimed by critics, and the film won several awards and recognitions too. This is one of the best ones in the list of old Telugu movies.

The Cast of this Film are:

Allu Arjun as Anand Raj
Anushka Shetty as Saroja
Manoj Bjapayee as Rahimuddin Qureshi
Saranya Ponvannan as Padma’Nagaya as Ramulu
Deeksha Seth as Pooja
Lekha Washington as Lasya
Ravi Prakash as ACP Shivaram
Seiya Gautam as Zara
Satyam Rajesh as Ganapati
Brahmanandam as Brother Bairagi
Posani Krishna Mural as Police Inspector
Nagabathula Manoj Kumar as Dappu Suabani
Nikki as Karpooram
Prudhviraj as Bullebbayi
Ravi Raghavendra as Surgeon
Nagineedu as terrorist
Kallu Chidambaram
Gridihar as Koti
Rakesh Varre
Appa Rao
Krish as Sadhu

NOTE: The Source of Information for the Cast Members is – Wikipedia.

Anukokunda Oka Roju

A mystery thriller film which was released on the 30th of June 2005. The film revolves around a girl whose name is Sahasra. She is an aspiring singer. Sahasra attends a party and finds herself the other without even properly remembering what happened the last night. Watch out for the mystery thriller as she realizes that something is fishy, and is later chased by men who want to kill her.

The director of this old Telugu film is Chandra Shekhar Yeleti and the producers are Gangaraju Gunnam Venkat Dega. Gangaraju Gunnam and Chandra Sekhar Yeleti are the writers of this film.

Here is the Cast of the Movie:

Jagapati Babu as Inspector Suresh Reddy
Charmy as Sahasra
Shashank as Rajesh
Pavan Malhotra as Surya Swamy, a Tantrik
Harsha Vardhan as Harsha, a tuition teacher
Narsing Yadav as Machavarapu Abbulu
Kaushal Manda as Bojo’s friend
Ravi Prakash as Mahesh
Amit Tiwari as Bhaskar Raju “Bojo”
Vasu Inturi as Rajesh’s brother
Surya
Pooja Bharati as Swetha, Sahasra’s friend
Sivannarayana Naripeddi as Sahasra’s father
Giridhar
Viswa Mohan
Gopi Kaasi Reddy
Sravan
Srinivas
Praveen
Bhagawaan
Dhulipala Nagendra
Satish Bathula
Srikanth
Sivam
C. V. L. Narasimha Rao
Jagga Rao
Shanoor Sana as Doctor
Sandra
Jayalakshmi
Baby Rupika
Baby Annie as Child Tuition Student
Kamal Kamaraju as Kamal, Surya Swamy’s follower

NOTE: The Source of Information for the Cast members of this Film is – Wikipedia.

Godavari

A romantic comedy-drama film with the director and writer being Sekhar Kammula. The producer of this movie is G.V.G. Raju. Godavari was released on the 19th of May 2006.

The story of this film is about a man named Sreera who is heartbroken and devastated as the girl whom he loves with all his heart, gets engaged to an IPS officer. While dealing with the heartbreak, he without even thinking about anything gets on a cruise on the Godavari river. He meets a woman named Seetha there, you need to watch the film to see how the story further unfolds. If you like romantic films with light-hearted comedies, you must definitely watch this film. This is the reason why we added this in the list of old Telugu movies.

The Cast of this Film are:

Sumanth as Sreeram “Ram”
Kamalinee Mukherjee as Seetha Mahalakshmi “Seetha” (Voice by Sunitha)
Neetu Chandra as Rajeswari “Raji”
C. V. L. Narasimha Rao as Seetha’s father
Lalitha Sindhuri as Madhu, Seetha’s sister
Madhumani as Seetha’s mother
Kamal Kamaraju as IPS officer Ravindra “Ravi”
Tanikella Bharani as Captain Chintamani
Shiva as Chinna
Karate Kalyani as Pullamma
Shekhar Kammula provided voice for Kotigadu, the stray dog

NOTE: The Source of Information for the Cast Members is – Wikipedia.

Aaa Nalugoru

This is one of the best old Telugu films to watch. The story is about a man named Raghuram who is a man of principles and values. However, he has to change himself and do things against his principles in order to fulfill his children’s dreams and give them a better life.

The film was released on the 9th of December 2004, and the director of this film is Chandra Siddhartha. Madan is the writer of this film and Sarita Patra and P.Prem Kumar are the producers of this film.

The Cast of this Movie is:

Rajendra Prasad as Raghu Ramaiah
Aamani as Bharathi
Kota Srinivasa Rao as Kotaiah
Subhalekha Sudhakar as Subramanyam
Raja as Shekar, Raghu Ramaiah’s elder son
Chalapathi Rao as Messenger of god
Raghu Babu as Messenger of god
Suthi Velu as Mallayya, Office Peon
Prem Kumar Patra as G. Venkat Rao, Raghu Ramaiah’s boss
Giridhar as Suri, Kotaiah’s son
Pingpong Surya as Chinna, Raghu Ramaiah’s younger son
Revathi as Indira, Raghu Ramaiah’s daughter
Junior Relangi as Astrologer
Jenny
Annapurna as Raghu Ramaiah’s mother (cameo appearance)
Rajitha as Subramanyam’s wife
Apoorva as Kotaiah’s wife

NOTE: The Source of Information for the Cast Members is – Wikipedia.

Aithe

This film which is added to the list of old Telugu films is a thriller film that was released on the 11th of April 2003. The director as well as the writer of this film is Chandra Sekhar Yeleti. Gangaraju Genam and Venkat Dega are the producers of the movie.

The film is about a gangster who plans to carry out his bad work across the world. In order to spread terror across the world, he hijacks a plane with the help of four innocent people who do not have a track record of terror or crime in the past.

The Cast of this Film are:

Pavan Malhotra as Irfan Khan
Veerendra Chowhan as Musharraf
Mohit Chadda as Ramu
Shashank as KumarJanardhan as Shankar
Abhishek as Vivek
Sindhu Tolani as Aditi
Likhita as Kavitha
Narsing Yadav as the Maharashtra home minister
Sivaji Raja as Zaheer Khan
CVL Narasimha Rao as Vivek’s father
Ashok Kumar as Madan Seth
Harsha Vardhan as Chotu
Sanjay Raichura as an ACP
Lalith Sharma as the IB chief

NOTE: The Source of Information for the Cast Members is – Wikipedia

Kshana Kshanam

The director as well as the writer of this film is Ram Gopal Verma. K.L Ramayana and Y. Lakshmana Choudhury are the producers of this movie. This movie belongs to the road thriller film. Kshana Kshanam is one of the best films added to the list of old Telugu movies.

The story of this film revolves around a young woman and a thief who is hounded by robbers after a major robbery takes place in one of the banks of the city. You will find the story of the movie extremely interesting and we are sure you will enjoy watching this film. This is why we added this to the list of old Telugu movies.

The Cast of this Film are:

Venkatesh as Chandu
Sridevi as Satya
Paresh Rawal as Nayar
Rami Reddy as Inspector Yadav
Brahmanandam as Store Manager
Narsing Yadav as Narsing
Hema as Sarala
Horse Babu as Narayana
Jack Gaud as Ungan

NOTE: The Source of Information for the Cast Members is – Wikipedia.

Shiva

The story of this film revolves around a young man named Shiva who was a fresher at VAC College. He goes against the gangsters and the union President of the college as they have created a bad environment in the college.

Ram Gopal Verma is the director as well as the writer of this film. Akkineni Venkat and Yarlagadda Surendraa are the producers of this film. The film was released on the 5th of October 1989.

The Cast of this Movie is:

Nagarjuna as Siva
Amala as Asha
Raghuvaran as Bhavani
Murali Mohan as Sarath
Kota Srinivasa Rao as Machiraju
Gollapudi Maruti Rao as Viswanadham
Sai Chand as Venkat
Tanikella Bharani as Nanaji
Subhalekha Sudhakar as “Malli” Mallick
Chakravarthy as J. Durga Rao (J. D.)
Jithendra as Chinna
Ramjagan as Naresh
Viswanath as Ganesh
Sushma as Keerthi
Nirmalamma as Malli’s mother
Brahmaji as Bhavani’s henchman
Uttej as Yadagiri
Bhanu Prakash as the college principal
Puri Jagannadh

NOTE: The Source of Information for the Cast Members is – Wikipedia.

Geethanjali

This film was released on the 19th of May 1989, and it is a movie based on the genre of romantic drama. Mani Ratnam is the director as well as the writer of this film. C.L. Narasa Reddy is the producer of this film.

This movie is about a guy named Prakash who is diagnosed with terminal cancer. The girl he falls in love with is equally ill, and her name is Geethanjali. But after she gets to know about the illness of Prakash, she takes the decision of moving out of his life.

The Cast of this film is:

Nagarjuna as Prakash
Girija as Geethanjali
Vijayakumar as Geethanjali’s father
Vijayachander as Prakash’s father
Radhabai as Geethanjali’s grandmother
Sumithra as Prakash’s mother
Mucherla Aruna as Prakash’s doctor
Dubbing Janaki as Lakshmi
Baby Neena
Sowcar Janaki as Chancellor
Suthi Velu as the Ooty house caretake

NOTE: The Source of Information for the Cast Members is – Wikipedia.

Sagara Sangram

This movie has a great story and the movie is worth watching. This is why we added this one to the list of top 1o old Telugu movies. The movie is about a young dancer who is extremely talented. However, he is a man who follows his principles and has his own moral values. It is because of this reason that he is unable to get many opportunities in life. A rich woman gets to know this man and she offers a great opportunity to him so that he can show his talent.

This film was released on the 3rd of June 1983, and belongs to the genre of dance film. K. Vishwanath is the writer as well as the director of this film. Edida Nageswara Rao is the producer of this film.

The Cast of this Film is :

Kamal Haasan as Balakrishna “Balu”
Jaya Prada as Madhavi
Sarath Babu as Ragupathy
S. P. Sailaja as Sailaja, Madhavi’s daughter
Sakshi Ranga Rao as Balu’s uncle
Dubbing Janaki as Balu’s mother
Chakri Toleti as Teen photographer
Potti Prasad as Madhavi’s servant
S. K. Misro as Film choreographer
Manju Bhargavi as Classical dancer
Geetha as Dance assistant
Mohan Sharma as Venugopalarathnam Madhavi’s husband

NOTE: The source of the cast for this film is – Wikipedia.

Gundamma Katha

A comedy-drama film, released on the 7th of June 1962. The director of this film is Kamalakara Kameswara Rao. B. Nagi Reddy and Aluri Chakrapani are the producers of this film.

Gundamma Katha’s story is about a woman named Gundamma who has three children – two sons and one stepdaughter. She does not love her stepdaughter and mistreats her. She wishes to get a resident son-in-law so that he can look after the family. Two brothers decide to teach this woman a lesson.

This is a great film and a must-watch, the reason why we added this one to the list of top 10 Telugu old movies.