In the Telugu film industry, the film-making originated in the 1930s, and since then, Telugu Films have come along a long way. From all the Telugu movie fraternity, classic films have always been more heart touching, and they have also been loved by all kinds of generations. Here, we provide you the list of Top 10 Telugu Classic Movies. Surprisingly, most of the Top 10 Telugu Classic Movies are old movies, which were made between 1940 to 1960.Telugu films have had a wild craze and most of them have been remade in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi. Telugu film industry has been blessed with several successful directors who have a huge background.
Some of the Best Telugu Movies of all time are:
Patala Bhairavi (1951)
Patala Bhairavi is a Telugu old movie which was made in the year 1951 and was directed by Venkata Reddy. The film features N. T. Rama Rao, S. V. Ranga Rao and Girija in lead roles and the remarkable action of N. T. Rama Raoand S. V. Ranga Rao has propelled this movie into the list of Top 10 Telugu Classic Movies. The movie got released on 15 March, 1951 and still it is an evergreen classic movie. It has a different innovative story in which N. T. Rplayed the role of Thota Ramudu, in love with a princess. When the princess was in danger, Thota Ramudu saved her from Mantrikudu.
Missamma (1955)
Missamma is a Telugu classic movie and this successful movie was also remade into Hindi and Tamil languages asMiss Mary and Missiyamma respectively. The film features N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jamunaand Savitri in lead roles and this film was directed by L. V. Prasad. The soundtrack for this film was also a grand success in which each and every song was a milestone in Telugu film industry specially ‘Aduvari Matalaku Ardhale Verule’. It has an interesting story which demostrates our culture and ethics and hence it is still an evergreen and one of the Top 10 Telugu Classic Movies.
Sankarabharanam (1979)
Sankarabaranam is a Telugu film directed in the year 1979 by K. Vishwanath. This film was entirely based on music and music for this film was given by K. V. Mahadevan. This was the first film in Telugu film industry to receiveNational film Awards and nominated for international Awards. The film stars J. V. Somayajulu and Chandra Mohan in lead roles. The entire story is about a popular singer Sankara Sastri. Besides the story, the music of this film made this a blockbuster hit and made this one of the best Telugu Classic Movies.
Siva (1989)
Siva is the first film in Akkineni Nagarjuna’s career which made him completely an action hero. This film was produced by Akkineni Venkat and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. Not only the hero, but everyone, who took part in this film got famous with this film including the director. Amala Akkineni played in the female lead role. The movie is completely an action movie and music for this film was composed by Ilaiyaraja. It was a big success and this film stood first in terms of Box Office collections during 1989 and received many National Awards.
Alluri Seetarama Raju (1974)
Alluri Seetarama Raju is a Telugu film directed by V. Ramachandra Rao. This film stars Krishna and Vijaya Laxmiin main lead roles. The character Alluri Seetarama Raju was best suited for the actor Krishna and this film a was remarkable movie in actor’s life. It was made on the life story of Alluri Seetarama Raju who was a freedom fighter.
Thodi Kodallu (1957)
Thodi Kodallu is an old Classic Movie in Telugu which was released in the year 1957. The film stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Savitri in lead roles. This film was directed by Subba Rao and Produced by D. Madhusudhana Rao. The story of this film made this 6th best Classic Telugu Movie. Telugu cultures and customs are the main highlights of this film. The entire story revolves around the story of a joint family who initially breaks, but then finally gets back together in the end.
Devdas (1989)
Devdas is one of the most loved movie of all time. It is a romantic Love tragedy movie and the story of Devdas is a world famous love story. In think there would be no youngster who doesn’t know about the Love story of Devdas. Devdas movie in telugu was directed by Vedantam Raghavaiah and it was produced by D. L. Narayana. This movie stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Lalitha and savitri in the lead roles. This story is based on a great Novel written by Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay named Devdas.
Pavithra Bandham (1971)
Pavithra Bandham (1971) is a dramatic youth entertainer movie and it has some awesome Music by M.M. Keeravani in this film. This movie was directed by Muthyala Subhaiah and it was produced by G. Sivaraju and C. Venkata raju in the Geetha Chitra International Banner. This movie stars Venkatesh and Soundarya in lead roles. This movie was a super hit at box office and it was remade in more than 5 different languages including Hindi named Hum aapke Dil Mein rehte hai.
Mayabazar (1957)
Mayabazar is a Epic Mythological fantasy movie and this movie is appreciated by whole country and the characters roles played in the film are un compared to any of the movies till date. This epic movie was directed by Kadiri Venkata reddy in the year 1957 and it was produced by B. Nagi Reddy and Alluri Chakrapani. This film stars some legendary actors, which includes, N. T. Rama Rao, Savitri, S. V. Ranga Rao, stars Akkineni Nageswara Raoand many other actors in the movie.
Bhairava Dweepam (1994)
Bhairava Dweepam is the best folklore fantasy movie of all time, it is one of the best Screen play movies of all time. This movie was directed by legendary director Singeetham Srinivas Rao and was produced by B. Venktarami Reddy. This movies stars Nandamuri BalaKrishna, Roja Selvamani and Rambha in the lead roles. This movie was awarded the prestigious Nandi Award in the best Movie category.
Conclusion :
Here ends our article on Top 10 best Classical movies of all time. The list is prepared out from many stats, some of them are, reviews from critics, popular among people and awards and rewards and many other stats. These movies are the must watch movies by every Telugu born.