# List of Telugu films of 2016

This is a list of Telugu language films produced in the Tollywood in India that were released in the year 2016.

## Box office collection

The top films released in 2016 by worldwide box office gross revenue are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 2016 :
| Rank | Title | Production Company(s) | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Janatha Garage | Mythri Movie Makers Eros International | ₹134.80 crore (US$16 million) |
| 2 | Sarrainodu | Geetha Arts | ₹127.60 crore (US$15 million) |
| 3 | Oopiri | PVP Cinema | ₹97.8 crore (US$11 million) |
| 4 | Dhruva | Geetha Arts | ₹87.6 crore (US$10 million) |
| 5 | Nannaku Prematho | Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra Reliance Entertainment | ₹87.20 crore (US$10 million) |
| 6 | Sardaar Gabbar Singh | North Star Entertainment Eros International Pawan Kalyan Creative Works | ₹85.55 crore (US$9.9 million) |
| 7 | Soggade Chinni Nayana | Annapurna Studios | ₹82.46 crore (US$9.5 million) |
| 8 | A Aa | Haarika & Hassine Creations | ₹75.4 crore (US$8.7 million) |
| 9 | Brahmotsavam | PVP Cinema G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment | ₹63.70 crore (US$7.4 million) |
| 10 | Ghazi | PVP Cinema Matinee Entertainment | ₹62 crore (US$7.2 million) |

## January–June

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Production house |
| J A N | 1 | Chitram Bhalare Vichitram | Bhanu Prakash Balusu | Chandini Tamilarasan, Sowmya, Subhasree, Jeeva, Surya, Venugopal Rao, Prabhas Sreenu, Allari Subhashini | Kartika Dream Creations |
| J A N | 1 | Abbayitho Ammayi | Ramesh Varma | Naga Shourya, Palak Lalwani, Rao Ramesh, Brahmanandam, Mohan | JG Production |
| J A N | 1 | Nenu.. Sailaja... | Kishore Tirumala | Ram Pothineni, Keerthy Suresh, Sathyaraj, Pradeep Rawat, Prince Cecil, Rohini | Sri Sravanthi Movies |
| J A N | 13 | Nannaku Prematho | Sukumar | Jr NTR, Rakul Preet, Jagapathi Babu, Rajendra Prasad | Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra Reliance Entertainment |
| J A N | 14 | Express Raja | Merlapaka Gandhi | Sharwanand, Surabhi, Harish Uthaman | UV Creations |
| J A N | 14 | Dictator | Sriwass | Nandamuri Balakrishna, Anjali, Sonal Chauhan | Eros International Vedaashwa Creations |
| J A N | 15 | Soggade Chinni Nayana | Kalyan Krishna | Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishnan, Lavanya Tripathi, Nassar, Sampath Raj, Brahmanandam | Annapurna Studios |
| J A N | 29 | Lacchimdeviki O Lekkundi | Jagadish Talasila | Lavanya Tripathi, Naveen Chandra | Mayukha Creations |
| J A N | 29 | Seethamma Andalu Ramayya Sitralu | Gavireddy Srinivas Reddy | Raj Tarun, Arthana, Aadarsh, Raja Ravindra | Sri Sailendra Productions |
| F E B | 5 | Lajja | Narasimha Nandi | Madhumitha, Varun, Shiva | P.L.K Productions |
| F E B | 5 | Speedunnodu | Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao | Bellamkonda Sreenivas, Sonarika Bhadoria | Good Will Cinema |
| F E B | 5 | Vennello Hai Hai | Vamsy | Ajmal, Nikitha Narayan | D V Cine Creations |
| F E B | 12 | Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha | Hanu Raghavapudi | Nani, Mehreen Pirzada, Sampath Raj, Murali Sharma, Harish Uthaman | 14 Reels Entertainment |
| F E B | 12 | Garam | Madan | Aadi, Adah Sharma, Brahmanandam | RK Studio |
| F E B | 19 | Krishnashtami | Vasu Varma | Sunil, Nikki Galrani, Dimple Chopade | Sri Venkateswara Creations |
| F E B | 19 | Malupu | Sathya Prabhas Pinisetty | Aadhi, Nikki Galrani, Mithun Chakraborty, Richa Pallod, Pasupathy | Aadarsha Chitralaya Pvt. Ltd. |
| F E B | 26 | Kshanam | Ravikanth | Adivi Sesh, Adah Sharma, Anasuya | PVP cinema |
| F E B | 26 | Eluka Majaka | Relangi Narasimha Rao | Vennela Kishore, Brahmanandam, Pavani | Naa Friends Art Movies |
| F E B | 26 | Padesave | Chuniya | Karthik Raju, Nithya Shetty, Sam | Ayan Creations |
| F E B | 26 | Terror | Sathish Kasetty | Srikanth, Nikhita Thukral, Prudhvi, Nassar | Akhanda Bharath Creations |
| F E B | 26 | Veeri Veeri Gu | M V Sagar | Rudra, Venne, Raghu Babu | Shivakruthi Creations |
| M A R | 4 | Guntur Talkies | Praveen Sattaru | Siddu Jonnalagadda, Rashmi Gautham, Shraddha Das | RK Studios |
| M A R | 4 | Kalyana Vaibhogame | Nandini Reddy | Naga Shourya, Malavika Nair, Raasi | Sri Ranjith Movies |
| M A R | 4 | Shourya | K. Dasaradh | Manoj Manchu, Regina Cassandra, Prakash Raj | Suraksha Entertainments |
| M A R | 11 | Tuntari | Kumar Nagendra | Nara Rohit, Latha Hegde, Kabir Duhan Singh | Sri Keerthi Films |
| M A R | 11 | Tulasi Dalam | R. P. Patnaik | Nischal, Vandana Gupta, R. P. Patnaik | Colours Entertainments |
| M A R | 11 | O Sthree Repu Raa | T. Ashok Kumar Reddy | Ashish Gandhi, Diksha Panth, Shruthi Mol | Rending Lamp creations |
| M A R | 11 | Nenu Maa College | S. S. Dhakar | Manoj Nandan, Sisha, Srihari | Golden Fish Attractions |
| M A R | 18 | Drishya Kavyam | Bella Ramakrishna Reddy | Ram Karthik, Kashmira Kulkarni | Pushyami Film Makers |
| M A R | 18 | Seesa | Mohamad Issack | Sivaji, Chaswa, Namratha | Laxmi Venkateswara Films |
| M A R | 18 | Dandakaranyam | R. Narayana Murthy | R. Narayana Murthy, Gaddar | Sneha Chitra Pictures |
| M A R | 18 | Romance With Finance | Rajju Kumpatla | Merina Abraham, Satish Babu | Rishi Entertainments |
| M A R | 23 | Run | Anil Kanneganti | Sundeep Kishan, Anisha Ambrose, Bobby Simha | AK Entertainments |
| M A R | 25 | Oopiri | Vamsi Paidipally | Nagarjuna, Karthi, Tamannaah | PVP cinema |
| M A R | 25 | Mohabbat Mein | Mahesh Surya | Karthik, Hamida | Aashisth Movies |
| M A R | 25 | Ammayi Aaruguru | G. Muraliprasad | Ramachandra, Aashalatha, Ravi | Akshay Prathyusha Entertainments |
| M A R | 25 | Meera | Santhosh Eubulus | Aditya Anand, Ishika Singh | 150 M Entertainenrs |
| A P R | 1 | 7 To 4 | Vijay Sekhar Sankranth | Anand Bachu, Raj Bala, Radhika, Loukya | Milk Movies |
| A P R | 1 | Attack | Ram Gopal Varma | Manchu Manoj, Surabhi, Jagapati Babu, Prakash Raj, Abhimanyu Singh, Poonam Kaur | CK Entertainments |
| A P R | 1 | Savitri | Pavan Sadineni | Nara Rohit, Nanditha Raj | Vision film Makers |
| A P R | 8 | Sardaar Gabbar Singh | K. S. Ravindra | Pawan Kalyan, Kajal Aggarwal, Sharad Kelkar | Pawan Kalyan Creative Works North Star Entertainment Eros International |
| A P R | 14 | Eedo Rakam Aado Rakam | G. Nageswara Reddy | Manchu Vishnu, Raj Tarun, Hebah Patel, Sonarika Bhadoria | A.K. Entertainments |
| A P R | 22 | Sarrainodu | Boyapati Srinu | Allu Arjun, Srikanth, Aadhi Pinisetty, Rakul Preet Singh, Catherine Tresa, Pradeep Rawat, Sai Kumar, Jayaprakash, Brahmanandam | Geetha Arts |
| A P R | 29 | Raja Cheyyi Vesthe | Pradeep | Nara Rohit, Isha Talwar, Taraka Ratna | Varahi Chalana Chitram |
| M A Y | 5 | Supreme | Anil Ravipudi | Sai Dharam Tej, Raashi Khanna, Master Mikhail Gandhi, Rajendra Prasad, Kabir Duhan Singh, Ravi Kishan, Sai Kumar | Sri Venkateswara Creations |
| M A Y | 20 | Brahmotsavam | Srikanth Addala | Mahesh Babu, Kajal Aggarwal, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Pranitha Subhash | PVP cinema G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment Pvt. Ltd |
| J U N | 2 | A Aa | Trivikram Srinivas | Nithiin, Samantha, Naresh, Srinivas Avasarala | Haarika & Hassine Creations |
| J U N | 3 | Sri Sri | Muppalaneni Siva | Krishna, Vijay Nirmala | |
| J U N | 10 | Okka Ammayi Thappa | Rajasimha Tadinada | Sundeep Kishan, Nithya Menen, Ravi Kishan, Ali, Prudhviraj | Anji Reddy Productions |
| J U N | 10 | Parvathipuram | M.A. Chowdary | Madan, Srushti Dange, Tapashree, Kushi Sharma, Leena David | |
| J U N | 10 | Right Right | J. B. Murali krishna | Sumanth Ashwin, Pooja Jhaveri, Pavani Gangireddy, Nassar | Sri Satya Entertainments |
| J U N | 17 | Gentleman | Mohan Krishna Indraganti | Nani, Niveda Thomas, Surabhi, Srinivas Avasarala, Tanikella Bharani, Vennela Kishore | Sridevi Movies |
| J U N | 17 | Premikudu | Kala Sundeep | Maanas N, Sanam Shetty, Shakalaka Shankar, Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao, Bhanu Chander | SS Cinemas Digipost |
| J U N | 17 | Meeku Meere Maaku Meme | Hussain Sha Kiran | Tarun Shetty, Avantika Mishra, Jenny Honey, Kireeti Damaraju | Nakama Planet Green Studios |
| J U N | 17 | Guppedantha Prema | Vinod Lingala | Sai Ronak, Aditi Singh | |
| J U N | 24 | Oka Manasu | Rama Raju Gottimukkala | Naga Shourya, Niharika Konidela, Rao Ramesh, Srinivas Avasarala | Madhura Entertainment |
| J U N | 24 | Kundanapu Bomma | Mullapudi Vara | Chandini Chowdary, Sudhakar Komakula, Sudheer Varma, Aalapati Lakshmi | Sri Satya Entertainments |
| J U N | 24 | Rajadhi Raja | Cheran | Sharwanand, Nithya Menen, Prakash Raj, Santhanam | Brundavan Pictures |

## July–December

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Production house |
| J U L | 1 | Arddhanaari | Bhanushanker Chowdary | Arjun Yajath, Mouryaani | Patthikonda Cinemas |
| J U L | 1 | Rojulu Marayi | Murali Krishna Mudidani | Chethan, Parwatheesham, Kruthika Jayakumar, Tejaswi Madivada | Good Cinema Group |
| J U L | 7 | Antham | GSSP Kalyan | Rashmi Gautam, Charandeep | Charan Creations |
| J U L | 8 | Iddaram | Sudhakar Vinukonda | Sanjeev, Sai Krupa | Javan and Caspian International |
| J U L | 15 | Selfie Raja | G. Eshwar Reddy | Allari Naresh, Sakshi Chaudhary, Kamna Jethmalani, Saptagiri | AK Entertainments |
| J U L | 15 | Nayaki | Goverdhan Reddy | Trisha, Ganesh Venkatraman | Giridhar production House |
| J U L | 29 | Pelli Choopulu | Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam | Vijay Deverakonda, Ritu Varma | Dharmapada Creations |
| J U L | 29 | Jakkanna | Vamshi Krishna Akella | Sunil, Mannara Chopra, Kabir Duhan Singh, Posani Krishna Murali | RPA Creations |
| A U G | 5 | Manamantha | Chandra Sekhar Yeleti | Mohanlal, Gautami, Viswant Duddumpudi, Anisha Ambrose, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | Varahi Chalana Chitram |
| A U G | 5 | Srirastu Subhamastu | Parasuram | Allu Sirish, Lavanya Tripathi, Prakash Raj, Sumalatha, Rao Ramesh, Sumithra, Subbaraju | Geetha Arts |
| A U G | 12 | Babu Bangaram | Maruthi | Venkatesh, Nayanthara | Sithara Entertainments |
| A U G | 12 | Bommala Ramaram | Nishanth Pudhari | Soori, Roopa Reddy, Priyadarshi Pullikonda, Thiruveer | Medieval Storytellers |
| A U G | 13 | Thikka | Sunil Reddy | Sai Dharam Tej, Mannara Chopra, Rajendra Prasad | Sri Venkateshwara Movie Makers |
| A U G | 19 | Aatadukundam Raa | G. Nageswara Reddy | Sushanth, Sonam Bajwa | Sri Nag Corporation |
| A U G | 19 | Chuttalabbai | Veerabhadram Chowdary | Aadi, Namitha Pramod | Sri Iswarya Lakshmi Movies |
| A U G | 26 | Banthi Poola Janaki | Nellutla Praveen Chander | Dhanraj, Diksha Panth, Sudheer, Chandra | Ujwala Creations |
| A U G | 26 | Avasaraniko Abaddam | Suresh KV | Lokesh, Rajesh, Shashank, Geethanjali | Chakram Creations |
| S E P | 1 | Janatha Garage | Koratala Siva | Mohanlal, Jr. NTR, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Nithya Menon | Mythri Movie Makers |
| S E P | 9 | Jyo Achyutananda | Srinivas Avasarala | Nara Rohit, Naga Shourya, Regina Cassandra | Varahi Chalana Chitram |
| S E P | 11 | Hora Hori | Teja | Dileep Reddy, Daksha Nagarkar | |
| S E P | 16 | Nirmala Convent | G. Naga Koteshwar Rao | Roshan Meka, Shriya Sharma, Nagarjuna | Matrix Team Works Annapurna Studios |
| S E P | 16 | Siddhartha | K V Dayanand Reddy | Sagar, Sakshi Chaudhary, Kota Srinivasa Rao | Rama Dhuta Creations |
| S E P | 23 | Majnu | Virinchi Varma | Nani, Anu Emmanuel | Anandi Art Creations Keva Movies |
| S E P | 30 | Hyper | Santosh Srinivas | Ram Pothineni, Raashi Khanna, Sathyaraj, Rao Ramesh | 14 Reels Entertainment |
| O C T | 1 | Nee Jathaleka | Lawerence Dasari | Naga Shourya, Parul Gulati, Sarayu | Sri Satya Vidhura Movies |
| O C T | 6 | Jaguar | Mahadev | Nikhil Gowda, Deepti Sati, Jagapati Babu, Rao Ramesh, Ramya Krishna, Sampath Raj, Adithya Menon | Chennambika Films |
| O C T | 7 | Abhinetri | A. L. Vijay | Prabhu Deva, Tamannaah, Sonu Sood | Prabhu Deva Studios MVV Cinema |
| O C T | 7 | Eedu Gold Ehe | Veeru Potla | Sunil, Richa Panai, Sushma Raj, Naresh, Puneet Issar | AK Entertainment |
| O C T | 7 | Mana Oori Ramayanam | Prakash Raj | Prakash Raj, Priyamani, Prudhviraj, Satyadev | Prakash Raj Factory |
| O C T | 7 | Premam | Chandoo Mondeti | Naga Chaitanya, Shruti Hassan, Anupama Parameswaran | Sithara Entertainments |
| O C T | 21 | Ism | Puri Jagannadh | Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, Aditi Arya, Jagapati Babu | N. T. R. Arts |
| O C T | 21 | L7 | Mukund Pande | Adith Arun, Pooja Jhaveri, Vennela Kishore | Rahul Movie Makers |
| O C T | 21 | Nandini Nursing Home | P. V. Giri | Nawin Vijay Krishna, Shravya, Nithya Naresh, Shakalaka Shankar, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Vennela Kishore | SVC Entertainments PVT Ltd banner |
| O C T | 21 | Shankara | Thathineni Satya Prakash | Nara Rohith, Regina Cassandra, M. S. Narayana, John Vijay, Rajeev Kanakala | Sai Leela Movies |
| O C T | 21 | Thanu Vachenanta | Venkat Kancherla | Rashmi Gautam, Teja Kakumanu, Dhanya Balakrishna, Chalaki Chanti | Sri Atchuyutha Arts |
| N O V | 4 | Aavu Puli Madhyalo Prabhas Pelli | Ravi Pachipala | Kalakeya Prabhakar, Ravi Teja, Ashwini Chandrasekhar | Red Carpet Reels |
| N O V | 4 | Manalo Okkadu | R. P. Patnaik | R. P. Patnaik, Anita Hassanandani Reddy | Uni Craft Movies |
| N O V | 4 | Naruda Donoruda | Mallik Ram | Sumanth, Pallavi Subhash, Tanikella Bharani | Rama Reels SS Creations Annapoorna Studios |
| N O V | 11 | Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo | Gautham Vasudev Menon | Naga Chaitanya, Manjima Mohan, Baba Sehgal | Dwaraka Creations |
| N O V | 18 | Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada | Vi Anand | Nikhil Siddharth, Hebah Patel, Nandita Swetha, Avika Gor | Meghana Arts |
| N O V | 25 | Jayammu Nischayammu Raa | Shiva Raj Kanumuri | Srinivasa Reddy, Shamna Kasim, Posani Krishna Murali, Sree Vishnu, Ravi Varma, Krishnudu | Shiva Raj Kanumuri productions |
| N O V | 25 | Aata | Raaj Kumar Reddy | Shradda Das, Gayathri Iyer | |
| D E C | 2 | Araku Road Lo | Wassudev | Sairam Shankar, Nikesha Patel | Seshadri Creations & Sri Venkateswara Entertainments |
| D E C | 9 | Dhruva | Surender Reddy | Ram Charan, Rakul Preet Singh, Aravind Swamy | Geetha Arts |
| D E C | 16 | Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu | E. Satthibabu | Naveen Chandra, Shruti Sodhi, Saloni Aswani, Dhanraj, Raghu Babu, Prabhas Sreenu, Pruthviraj Balireddy | Sri Sathya Sai Arts |
| D E C | 16 | Janaki Ramudu | T. Satish Babu | Mouryaani, Naveen Sanjay, Arjun Yajath | Kaveri Media Kaveri Travels |
| D E C | 16 | Naanna Nenu Naa Boyfriends | Bhaskar Bandi | Hebah Patel, Tejaswi Madivada, Noel Sean, Parvateesam, Rao Ramesh, Sana | Lucky Media |
| D E C | 23 | Saptagiri Express | Arun Pawar | Saptagiri, Roshini Prakash, Ali, Posani Krishna Murali, Shayaji Shinde, Shakalaka Shankar | Sai Celluloid Cinematic Creations |
| D E C | 23 | Vangaveeti | Ram Gopal Varma | Sandeep Kumar, Vamsi Nakkanti, Vamsi Changanti, Naina Ganguly, Kautilya | Bad-Cow films |
| D E C | 23 | Sarabha | Narsimha Rao | Aakash Kumar Sehdev, Mishti Chakravarty, Jayaprada, Nassar | AKS Entertainments |
| D E C | 24 | Pittagoda | Anudeep K. V. | Vishwadev, Punarnavi Bhupalam | Sunshine Cinemas |
| D E C | 30 | Appatlo Okadundevadu | Saagar K Chandra | Nara Rohith, Sree Vishnu, Tanya Hope, Rajeev Kanakala, Posani Krishna Murali | Aran Media Works |
| D E C | 30 | Karam Dosa | Trivikram Gajulapalli | Shivakumar Ramachandravarapu, Surya Srinivas, Y. Kasi Viswanath | Veenaa Vedika Productions |
| D E C | 30 | Intlo Deyyam Nakem Bhayam | G. Nageswara Reddy | Allari Naresh, Kruthika Jayakumar, Rajendra Prasad | Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra |
| D E C | 30 | Nenosta | Parand Kalyan | Gnan Prakash, Surya Srinivas, Priyanka Pallavi | Raising Dreams |