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1. Tollywood is one of the part in Indian cinema which produces Telugu films to entertain the people in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Hyderabad is the homeland for Tollywood film nagar. Get all Cinema news, Latest Telugu film news, Latest Tollywood news, Gossips etc in onlineap.com History of Telugu films Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu called as father of Telugu cinema. Since 1909, he was involved in Indian cinema's history by producing short films and promoting the Film work. Bhishma Pratigna was the first telugu silent film produced by Raghupathi venkaiah naidu in 1921 and on other hand, the religious films like Nandanar, Matsyavatar and Gajendra Moksham was produced by Yaragudipati Varada rao and R.S.Prakash Rao. Bhakta prahlada was the first Telugu movie with full length audible dialogue produced by H.M.Reddy on september 15 1931 which is also called as Telugu film day. He also directed the first Talkie movie Kalidas in 1931. Savitri was the first Indian Telugu film produced by East India Company in 1933 with a budget of 75 thousand. The story was based on Mylavaram Bala Bharathi Samajam, which is a popular stage play. Savitri film was directed by Chittajallu Pullaiah, the father of Telugu theatre movement. The film received Honourary diploma at Venice film festival. The first Major Commercial success film was Lavakusa directed by Parupalli Subbarao in the year 1934. Seetarama Jananam, a mythological movie directed by Ghantasala Balaramayya under his home production and the film introduced Akkineni Nageshwara rao to the film industry in 1944. Patala Bhairavi movie was the first South Indain film released in 1951. The films like Malliswari, Patala Bhairavi, Mayabazar, Devadasu, Narthanasala, Maa bhoomi, Maro charithra, Sagara sangamam, Shakarabharanam, Siva movies are listed among the 100 greatest Indian films of all time. In south india, the first film studio Durga Cinetone was built in Rajahmundry by Nidamarthi Surayya in 1936. Film Industry in Hyderabad

2. Earlier, the Telugu film industry was in Chennai. At the time of N.T.Rama Rao's political reign, The Telugu film industry was completely shifted from Chennai to Hyderabad. After that Akkineni Nageshwara Rao relocated to Hyderabad and established Annapurna Studios. The film Producers D.Ramanaidu and Ramoji rao developed Film studios for film production and employment. Annapurna International School of Film and Media and Ramanaidu film school are some of the largest film schools in India. Ramoji film city is the worlds largest Integrated film city established by Ramoji Rao in the year 1996. The film city is developed in 1500 acres of land and is located in Outer ring road phase 2 of Hyderabad, Telanagana which is one of the most popular tourist place contains both Natural and Artificial attractions including park in Telangana. Nandi awards is the most pretigious award ceremony for excellence of acting in Telugu film, Telivision and Theatre which was presented annually at Lalitha Kala Thoranam in Hyderabad. Commercial success films Chiranjeevi's Gharana mogudu movie is the first telugu movie that gross over 10 crore at Box office which was directed by K.Raghavendra Rao. Bommarillu was released world wide in 2006 with 72 prints and after getting success, the number of reels increased to 100. The movie collected 5 crore collections in the first week in India. The film Pokiri was released in 2006 got 2 years of commercial success and has been remade in Tamil, Hindi and Kannada. The socio fantasy film Magadheera was release in the year 2009 and got worldwide share of 78.1 crore. The films like Dookudu, Eaga have each earn collections more than 100 crore at World wide Box office. Recently the Film Bahubali- The beginning became the third Highest Grossing Indian film of all time within India and also globally. The Telugu film industry has produced the largest number of films that beats even Bollywood in the years of 2005, 2006, 2008, 2014 and holds Guinness world record for largest film production in the world. About 245 Telugu films, the highest in India were produced in the year 2006. Get all updates about Latest film news, Gossips, Filmy updates, Tollywood actors and actress Images, Cinema news, Movie releases, Collections, Reviews etc in Onlineap.com