Telugu Hit Movies 2017
Tollywood is the only film industry that produces quality films with massive budgets in India after Bollywood film industry. With Baahubali, we also proved that we are not less than Hollywood filmmakers. Compared to the last year, Tollywood has come a long way regarding film-making and story-telling. A lot of new age filmmakers entered the film industry.
1.Baahubali 2 The Conclusion: Is an Indian epic fantasy action film directed by S. S. Rajamouli and written by his father K. V. Vijayendra Prasad. It was produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni under the banner Arka Media Works. Released on 28 April 2017, the film stars Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty and Tamannaah while Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj and Nassar appear in prominent roles. Bhallaladeva conspires against his brother to become the king of Mahishmati. He soon gets him killed by Katappa and imprisons his wife. Years later, the son returns to avenge his father’s death. This film is a game changer. Years from now, filmmakers who dream big but shy away from taking that leap of faith will probably draw strength from the work of this team. With part one, this team broke the barriers of what otherwise gets boxed into a ‘regional film’ and took it to a pan-Indian audience, ending with a cliff hanger and the raging question ‘why Kattappa killed Baahubali?’
Directed by : S.S Rajamouli
Produced by : Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni
Written by : K. V. Vijayendra Prasad
Starring : Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty and Tamannaah
Music by : M.M. Keeravani
Cinematography : Senthil Kumar
Edited by : Venkateswara Rao Kotagiri, Bikkina Thammiraju
Release date : 28 April 2017
Language : Telugu
2.Arjun Reddy
Arjun Reddy is a 2017 Indian Telugu Languge drama film written and directed by Sandeep Vanga, and produced by his brother Pranay Reddy Vanga’s company Bhadrakali Pictures. It stars Vijay Devarakonda and Shalini Pandey in the lead roles, and Rahul Ramakrishna, Jia Sharma, Sanjay Swaroop, Gopinath Bhat, Kamal kamaraju and Kanchana, in supporting roles. The film tells the story of Arjun Reddy Deshmukh (Deverakonda), a hign functioning alcoholic surgeon who has anger management problems. Arjun is on a self-destructive path after the marriage of his girlfriend Preethi Shetty (Pandey); the film focuses on his downfall and subsequent resurgence.
Directed by : Sandeep Vanga
Produced by : Pranay Reddy Vanga
Written by : Sandeep Vanga
Starring : Vijay Deverakonda, Shalini Pandey
Music by : Radhan, Harshavardhan,Rameshwar
Cinematography : Raju Thota
Edited by : Shashank Mail
Release date : 25 August 2017
Country : India
Language : Telugu
3.Fidaa
Fidaa is a 2017 Indian Telugu Language romantic film written and directed by Shekhar Kammula. It features Varun teja and Sai Pallavi in the lead roles which marks the latter’s debut in Telugu. It is dubbed into Malayalam under the sametitle. Principal Photography commenced in August 2016. The film won four Filmfare Awards.Varun and Bhanu, both from different worlds, face challenges in their relationship.
Directed by : Shekhar Kammula
Produced by : Dil Raju, Shirish
Written by : Shekhar Kammula, Chaithanya Pingali
Starring : Varun Tej, Sai Pallavi
Music by : J.B, Shakthi Kanth
Cinematography : Vijaya Kumar C.
Edited by : Martand K., Venkatesh
Release date : 22 July 2017
Country : India
Language : Telugu
4.The Ghazi Attack
The Ghazi Attack is inspired by true events from the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971. The story is about an executive naval officer of the Indian Submarine and his team, who remain underwater for 18 days.The film explores the mysterious circumstances under which submarine PNS Ghazi sank off the coast of Vishakhapatnam in 1971.The film is an underwater tale of the courage and patriotism of the men aboard the Indian Submarine INS Karanj who destroyed the Pakistani PNS Ghazi when it ventured into Indian waters to destroy INS Vikrant that can be found on the shore of R. K. Beach, Visakhapatnam.Pakistan maintains that PNS Ghazi was destroyed by her own underwater mine. The epilogue indicates that the day after the Ghazi incident, Pakistani fighters bomb Indian airfields, marking the beginning of the 1971 Indo-Pak war for liberation of Bangladesh.
Directed by : Sankalp Reddy
Produced by : Karan Johar, Anvesh Reddy, Venkatramana Reddy, Prasad V Potluri, NM Pasha, Jagan Mohan Vancha
Written by : Azad Alam, Gangaraju Gunnam
Starring : Rana Daggubati,Atul Kulkarni, Taaspee Pannu, kay kay Menon Rahul Singh, Satyadev Kancharana
Music by : K. Krishna Kumar
Cinematography : R.Madhie
Edited by : A. Sreekar Prasad
Release date : 17 February 2017
Country : India
Language : Telugu,Hindi
5.PSV Garuda Vega
PSV Garuda Vega 126.18M is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language spy thriller film written and directed by Praveen Sattaru, produced by M. Koteswara Raju and stars Rajasekhar, Pooja Kumar, Kishore, and Sharadha Das. The film was released worldwide on 3 November 2017 to positive reviews. Niranjan, a hacker, has access to classified government information and tries to evade the officials. Shekar, an NIA officer, gets involved in a murder investigation and the trail leads to Niranjan.
Directed by : Praveen Satharu
Produced by : M.Koteswara Raju, Sricharan Pakala
Story by : Praveen Sattaru, Niranjan Reddy
Starring : Rajasekhar, Pooja Kumar, Kishore, Adith Arun, Shraddha Das, Sanjay Reddy
Music by : Bheems Cecireleo, Sricharan Pakala
Cinematography : Anji, Suresh Ragutu, Shyam Prasad, Gika Chelidze, Bakur Chikobava
Edited by : Dharmendra Kakarala
Release date : 3 November 2017
Country : India
Language : Telugu
6.Gouthamiputhra Satakarni
Gautamiputra Satakarni (Nandamuri Balakrishna) is 2nd century AD Satavahana ruler of Amaravati who has a dream from his childhood that to unite all the 32 kingdoms in the country under one roof, to stop internal collisions between the rulers to establish peace. He takes oath on his mother Gautami Balashri (Hema Malini) and starts his mission at the age of 18 and he gives only two options to the kings on his way either peace by surrendering their sword to him or war. It takes 18 long years to achieve his goal and takes entire South India under his control. Time being Satakarni marries Vashishthi Devi (Shriya Saran) and they have a son Pulumavi (Master Snehit Chowdary).
Directed by : Krish
Produced by : Y.Rajeev Reddy, Jagarlamudi Saibabu, Bibo Srinivas
Sceenplay by : Krish
Starring : Nandamuri Balakrishna, Sriya Saran, Hema Malini
Music by : Chirantan Bhatt
Cinematography : Gnana Shekar V.S
Edited by : Suraj Jagtap, Rama Krishna Arram
Release date : 12 January 2017
Country : India
Language : Telugu
7.Shathamanam Bhavathi
Raghavaraju (Prakash Raj) 82 is a farming landlord in Atreyapuram village of Andhra Pradesh. He lives with his wife Janakamma (Jayasudha) 74, along with Ragahvaraju’s son Bangararaju (Naresh) 51 his wife 48, and his son Raju (Sharwanand)21. Raghavaraju lives in this ancestral house built by his forefathers consisting of many generations living in the same household as a Joint family. However with changing times Ragahvarju’s NRI 2 other son Ravi and Kalyan “Nani” and NRI daughter Jhansi live in the United states47, Canada 40, and Australia 43 as nuclear families. After a gap of ten long years, all his children arrive in the village during the holiday season of Makar Sankranti, under mysterious circumstances after they receive an email from Raghavaraju who expresses his wish to divorce his wife Janakamma. What happens next and the events leading to this mysterious situation, and how Raghavaraju convey’s his midlife crisis to his children forms the crux of the story.
Directed by : Sathish Vegesna
Produced by : Dil Raju
Written by : Sathish Vegesna
Starring : Sharwanand, Anupama Parameshwaran
Music by : Mickey J. Meyer
Cinematography : Sameer Reddy
Edited by : Madhu
Release date : 14 January 2017
Country : India
Language : Telugu
8.Hello
Hello! is a 2017 Indian Telugu romantic action thriller film, produced by Nagarjuna Akkineni under his Annapurna Studios banner and written & directed by Vikram K Kumar. The film stars Akhil Akkineni and Kalyani Priyadarshan in the lead roles. The music is composed by Anup Rubens. The film released on 22 December 2017 to positive reviews from critics and audiences.The film was later dubbed into Hindi under the title Taqdeer (English: Destiny).The Hindi version also got positive response from the audience.
Directed by : Vikram Kumar
Produced by : Nagarjuna Akkineni
Written by : Vikram Kumar
Starring : Akhil Akkineni, Kalyani Priyadarshan
Music by : Anup Rubens
Cinematography : P.S. Vinod
Edited by : Prawin Pudi
Release date : 22 December 2017
Country : India
Language : Telugu
9.Ninnu Kori
Ninnu Kori is essentially a love story but set against an unusual backdrop. Circumstances tear a much-in-love couple apart and they have to get used to the reality — until fate intervenes to show them life’s full of surprises.Ninnu Kori is a Telugu language romance film directed by debutant Shiva Nirvana and produced by DVV Danayya under DVV Entertainments. Nani and Nivetha Thomas play the lead roles in the movie while Aadhi Pinisetty plays a pivotal role. Gopi Sunderwas roped in to compose music for the film. Prawin Pudi and Karthik Ghattamaneni are the editor and cinematographer of this movie respectively. The movie was launched in November 2016 and shooting commenced in February 2017 in the United States.
Directed by : Shiva Nirvana
Produced by : DVV Danayya
Written by : Kona Venkat
Starring : Nani, Nivetha Thomas, Aadhi Pinishetty
Music by : Gopi Sunder
Cinematography : Karthik Ghattamaneni
Edited by : Prawin Pudi
Release date : 7 July 2017
Country : India
Language : Telugu
10.Mental Madhilo
Mental Madhilo is a 2017 Telugu romantic film written and directed by Vivek Athreya and produced by Raj Kandukuri (well known for Pelli Choopulu) for Dharmapatha Creations. The film features Sree Vishnu, and Nivetha Pethuraj in lead roles with Amrutha Srinivasan, Shivaji Raja, Madhumani, Raj Madiraju and Anita Chowadary in pivotal roles. Songs and background score for the movie are composed and arranged by Prashanth R Vihari.
Directed by : Vivek Athreya
Produced by : Raj Kandukuri
Written by : Vivek Athreya
Starring : Sree Vishnu, Nivetha Pethuraj Amrutha Srinivasan
Music by : Prashanth R Vihari
Cinematography : Vedaraman S
Edited by : Viplav Nyshadam
Release date : 24 November 2017
Country : India
Language : Telugu