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- DirectorGudavalli RamabrahmamStarsBellari RaghavaG.V. SitapatiNarasimha Rao BhimavarapuA seminal reformist melodrama critiquing the zamindari system from the viewpoint of the Kisan Sabha agitations in A.P. Small-time landowner Narsi Reddy (Raghawan) borrows money from a shavukar [money-lender (Raghavan)] who represents the major zamindar (Sitapathy) of the village. When Narsi Reddy votes for a peasant candidate (Kosaraju) rather than for the political party supported by the landlord, his son is attacked and he is publicly humiliated.
- DirectorB.N. ReddiStarsChittor V. NagaiahMiss KumariMudigonda LingamurthyVenugopala Murthy after completing his studies in England, returns to India and falls in love with Lakshmi, the daughter of the servant in their house. They need to overcome all the hurdles to get united again.
- DirectorRaghupati Surya Prakash Naidu
- DirectorKadiri Venkata ReddyStarsChittor V. NagaiahMudigonda LingamurthyHemalathaIt is a biographical film based on the life of Potana, who translated Bhagavatam into Telugu language.
- DirectorB.N. ReddiStarsChittor V. NagaiahBhanumathi RamakrishnaB. JayammaMurthy and Kalyani live together happily with their children. But when Murthy notices Subbalakshmi, he falls in love with her and neglects his family. At the end, he realizes his mistake and returns to his family.
- DirectorSubba Rao B.A.StarsAnjali DeviAkkineni Nageswara RaoN.T. Rama RaoA slap from a village girl turns a loyal soldier into a rebel.
- DirectorL.V. PrasadStarsSowcar JanakiGovindrajulu Subba RaoN.T. Rama RaoA wealthy businessman, Changayya, and Ramayya are neighbors in a village and Changayya wants to marry off his son to Ramayya's daughter. But due to unprecedented circumstances, the Two families are estranged and get into frequent quarrels.
- DirectorL.V. PrasadStarsN.T. Rama RaoAkkineni Nageswara RaoLakshmirajyamA middle class government clerk Raghu (NTR), lives happily with his wife Manjula (Laxmirajyam) until his scheming mother Venkamma (Suryakantham), his sister Kamakshi (Balasaraswathi) and her cowardly husband (Venkatramiah) move into his house. Venkamma appropriates all of raghu's earnings and Kamakshi plots to have manujala blamed for all that goes wrong in the household. Raghu unable to pay his pregnant wifes's medical fees, loses his job and abandons his family. His brother venu (ANR), a flirt who lives off his girl friend kamala (puspalatha) and her rich father, eventually traces raghu and finds him a job as a porter in mill.
- DirectorGhantasala BalaramaiahStarsAkkineni Nageswara RaoAnjali DeviVaralakshmi S.Prabhu and Devakanya love each other. But when the Devakanya is held captive by a wicked wizard, he decides to fight with him to free her.
- DirectorG.R. RaoStarsNarayana Rao C.H.Ramana Reddy
- DirectorB.N. ReddiStarsDoraiswamySubba Rao K.V.Surabhi KamalabaiNagaraju and Malliswari want to get married. The mother of Malliswari, Nagamma, sends her to rani vasam at Krishnadevaraya palace. Nagaraju tries to get her back at the risk of getting beheaded if caught in the palace.
- DirectorKadiri Venkata ReddyStarsN.T. Rama RaoS.V. Ranga RaoMalathi K.A poor man, in love with a princess, is persuaded by an evil sorcerer to help him get the blessing of a Goddess.
- DirectorL.V. PrasadStarsN.T. Rama RaoVaralakshmi G.SavitriA young man's father is a old fashioned man. He wants dowry from his son's wife. The young man along with his friend teaches a lesson to his father then.
- DirectorVedantam RaghavaiahStarsAkkineni Nageswara RaoSavitriS.V. Ranga RaoAdapted from a popular Bengali novel, Devadasu narrates the story of a rich guy and poor girl separated by class system of India. Parvati is forcefully married off to a middle-aged rich man and Devadasu becomes a drunkard.
- DirectorK.S. Prakash RaoStarsVaralakshmi G.Akkineni Nageswara RaoNageswara Rao R.Kanna Thalli is a 1972 Indian Telugu film, directed by Dasari Narayana Rao and produced by K.V.Mahadevan. The film stars Shoban Babu, Savitri and Chandrakala in lead roles. The film had musical score by Saketh Sairam.
- DirectorKadiri Venkata ReddyStarsJandhyala Gaurinatha SastriRamachandra KasyapaMudigonda LingamurthyConsidered one of the greatest Telugu movies of all time, Peddamanushulu ("Respectable people") is a corruption themed social drama in a village setting.
- DirectorVedantam RaghavaiahStarsAnjali DeviAkkineni Nageswara RaoS.V. Ranga RaoSalim, the son of the emperor Akbar loves Anarkali. But Akbar refuses to accept their relationship. So misunderstandings arises between Akbar and Salim.
- DirectorP. PullaiahStarsSavitriN.T. Rama RaoSeeta Rama Anjaneyulu ChilakalapudiKanyasulkam is an adaptation of the popular Telugu play of same title. The film deals with prejudices of contemporary Indian society such as child marriages.
- DirectorL.V. PrasadStarsN.T. Rama RaoSavitriAkkineni Nageswara RaoA rom-com involving Rao and Mary, two unemployed new graduates, who decide to act as a married couple so that they qualify for two teaching jobs at a High School and eventually fall in love.
- DirectorVedantam RaghavaiahStarsSeeta Rama Anjaneyulu ChilakalapudiGemini GanesanAkkineni Nageswara RaoRamu changes his identity to help Roopa as she gets disabled because of him.
- DirectorVedantam RaghavaiahStarsN.T. Rama RaoJamunaGummadiMohan and Sarada love each other. But Rathnam, spoils their marriage and creates misunderstandings between them. Will they reunite again ?
- DirectorRanga B.S.StarsAkkineni Nageswara RaoN.T. Rama RaoChittor V. NagaiahThis film is based on a famous Telugu poet " Tenali Ramakrishna "
- DirectorVedantam RaghavaiahStarsN.T. Rama RaoSavitriSeeta Rama Anjaneyulu ChilakalapudiRao cheats Girija. So her sister Saroja decides to teach him a lesson. In this process, she falls in love with Anand.
- DirectorRanga B.S.StarsSaroja E.V.Gemini GanesanKannamba
- DirectorKadiri Venkata ReddyStarsN.T. Rama RaoS.V. Ranga RaoSavitriBalarama promises Subhadra to get his daughter married to her son. But when the Pandavas loses their kingdom to the Kaurava's, Balarama breaks his promise.
- DirectorVedantam RaghavaiahStarsAkkineni Nageswara RaoSaroja Devi B.ShyamaA Gandharva Kanya and a prince fall in love with each other. Lord Indra curses them and the prince forgets her. They reunite after facing many obstacles.
- DirectorK. ShankarStarsN.T. Rama RaoAkkineni Nageswara RaoJamunaRavana, the king of Lanka gets tricked by various people in the process of attaining ' Athmalinga ' from Shiva.
- DirectorSubba Rao B.A.StarsAkkineni Nageswara RaoAnjali DeviS.V. Ranga RaoVishnu's wife Mahalakshmi's parents are reborn as tribal people in a tribe called Chenchu as they are cursed by a sage. There they give birth to a beautiful girl named Chenchitha. Vishu after killing Hiranyakasipu wanders in that forest and sees Chenchitha and changes himself as a handsome young man Narahari. Then both Narahari and Chenchitha loves each other and Narada plays a vital role in their reunion.
- DirectorVedantam RaghavaiahStarsGummadiVenkayya MahankaliRajasulochanaSeshachalam and his wife nancharamma secretly swap their new born baby with their rich brother-in law's baby. Unaware of this Dewan Bahadur and his wife try to raise the new born as their own child. Fate has other plans.
- DirectorKadiri Venkata ReddyStarsAkkineni Nageswara RaoJamunaS.V. Ranga RaoKrishna Rao and Rukmini loves each other and gets married. But after some years, Krishna Rao becomes fed - up with Rukmini's behavior and starts avoiding her. So Pratap, Rukmini's brother decides to make Krishna Rao realize his mistake.
- DirectorL.V. PrasadStarsN.T. Rama RaoKongara JaggaiahSavitriRamadasu wants his son to marry Manjari to acquire her father's properties. But Manjari and Raja love each other. So they both decide to teach a lesson to Ramadasu and his son.
- DirectorVedantam RaghavaiahStarsN.T. Rama RaoAnjali DeviS.V. Ranga RaoWhen Karyavardhi and Bala Nagamma's son, Balavardhi comes to know that his parents are held captive by a wicked wizard, he sets off on an adventurous journey to kill the wicked wizard and free his parents.
- DirectorAdurthi Subba RaoStarsAkkineni Nageswara RaoSavitriS.V. Ranga RaoSaroja and Chandrasekhar loves each other. But when she comes to know that they were already married during their childhood, keeps a distance from him. So Chandrasekhar tries to clear all the problems to live happily with Saroja.
- DirectorT. Prakash RaoStarsAkkineni Nageswara RaoJamunaGummadiVenu faces a lot of problems after marrying the daughter of a zamindar.
- DirectorKamalakara Kameshwara RaoStarsSeeta Rama Anjaneyulu ChilakalapudiN.T. Rama RaoS.V. Ranga RaoVijay Kumar after knowing about the injustice done to his father by Vikrama Simha, decides to teach him a lesson along with his father and to save the kingdom too.
- DirectorRao C.S.R.StarsN.T. Rama RaoDevikaGirijaRamu, after loosing his property in a devastating flood comes to live in the city along with his family. There he faces problems from a criminal gang head Bhupathi. So he informs the police about Bhupathi and gets him arrested.
- DirectorN.T. Rama RaoStarsN.T. Rama RaoJamunaChhayadeviThe adventurous journey of a prince to achieve a magical flower to bring back his father's vision.
- DirectorKamalakara Kameshwara RaoStarsSuryakanthamN.T. Rama RaoAkkineni Nageswara RaoGundamma, a rich widow, has one goal - to get her spoilt daughter married to a rich boy. She, however, treats her step daughter like a maid. Gundamma does not care about the step daughter's life or marriage. How two brothers, who are sons of a rich friend of Gundamma's husband, get married to the half-sisters and teach Gundamma a lesson forms the rest of the story.
- DirectorKamalakara Kameshwara RaoStarsSavitriN.T. Rama RaoRajagopal DandamudiThis film deals with the Virata Parvam (Book of Virata) of the epic Mahabharatam dictated by Vyasa Maharshi.
- DirectorAdurthi Subba RaoStarsRam MohanKrishnaSandhya RaniBhanumathi falls in love with Basavaraju, with whom her marriage was fixed earlier.
- DirectorKamalakara Kameshwara RaoStarsN.T. Rama RaoS.V. Ranga RaoKanta RaoThe Kauravas defeat the Pandavas in a game of dice and send them into an exile of twelve years.
- DirectorMallikharjuna Rao M.StarsKrishnaRajanalaMukkamalaA secret agent gets killed by an international criminal gang when he gathers photographic evidence against them, so Gopi (Agent 116) now investigates this case to get the criminal gang arrested.
- DirectorA.C. TrilogchanderStarsKrishnaKanchanaGummadiRich and pretty, Susila returns from college to find that her family is being bumped off one by one. The only clues are a half smoked cigar left at the scene of each murder and a mysterious woman in white running through the courtyard.
- DirectorV. Madhusudan RaoStarsSobhan BabuHaranathNagabhushanam
- DirectorAdurthi Subba RaoStarsAkkineni Nageswara RaoRajasulochanaGummadiAjay takes over his father's business after his death. But his manager tries to swindle all his wealth. So Ajay along with his doppelganger, decides to teach him a lesson.
- DirectorRamannaStarsSaroja Devi B.Kongara JaggaiahKannambaIntiki Deepam Illalu is a 1961 Indian Telugu film, directed by TR Ramanna and produced by TR Ramanna. The film stars NTR, Jaggaiah, B.Saroja Devi and Girija in lead roles. The music of the film was composed by Viswanathan and Ramamurthy.
- DirectorKadiri Venkata ReddyStarsN.T. Rama RaoSaroja Devi B.RajanalaThe story of a young prince named Prathap who dreams of marrying a Devakanya.
- DirectorTapi ChanakyaStarsN.T. Rama RaoSavitriS.V. Ranga RaoIn a joint family , the elder's wife is childless and a devilish character. The younger has two sons. The first son is affectionate disabled . The second son is an educated fool. A relative of the elder sister in law is a crook who splits the family. Character of the disabled man is ably portrayed by NT Rama Rao.