List of Telugu films of 2020

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This is a list of Telugu-language films produced in the Tollywood in India that were released in the year 2020.[1]

Box office collection

The List of highest-grossing Tollywood films released in 2020, by worldwide box office gross revenue, are as follows:
Rank Title Production Company Worldwide Gross Ref
1 Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo
₹280 crore (equivalent to ₹330 crore or US$39 million in 2023) [2]
2 Sarileru Neekevaru
₹260 crore (equivalent to ₹306 crore or US$36 million in 2023) [3]
3 Bheeshma
₹40 crore (equivalent to ₹47 crore or US$5.5 million in 2023) [4]
4 Disco Raja
  • SRT Entertainment
 ₹23 crore (equivalent to ₹27 crore or US$3.2 million in 2023) [citation needed]
5 World Famous Lover
₹20 crore (equivalent to ₹24 crore or US$2.8 million in 2023) [citation needed]
6 Solo Brathuke So Better Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra ₹17.7 crore (equivalent to ₹21 crore or US$2.4 million in 2023) [5]
7 Aswathama
  • Ira Creations
 ₹13.65 crore (equivalent to ₹16 crore or US$1.9 million in 2023) [6]
8 Jaanu Sri Venkateshwara Creations ₹12.57 crore (equivalent to ₹15 crore or US$1.7 million in 2023)
9 Entha Manchivadavuraa Aditya Music ₹11.3 crore (equivalent to ₹13 crore or US$1.6 million in 2023) [7]
10 HIT: The First Case Wall Poster Cinema ₹8.5 crore (equivalent to ₹10 crore or US$1.2 million in 2023) [8]

January – March

Opening Title Director Cast Production House Ref.
J
A
N 		1 Beautiful Agasthya Manju
Tiger / Company Production [9]
Oollalla Oollalla Satya Prakash
  • Nataraj
  • Noorin Shereef
  • Ankeeta R Maharanaa
 M/s. Sukhibhava Movies And Cinemas [10]
3 Utthara SR Thirupathi
Live In C Creations
Gangothri Art Creations		 [11]
Wife,i GSSP Kalyan
  • Abhishek Reddy
  • Sakshi Sidiya
  • Kavya
 Lakshmi Charitha Arts [12]
11 Sarileru Neekevvaru Anil Ravipudi
AK Entertainments
Sri Venkateswara Creations
G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment Pvt. Ltd		 [13]
12 Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Trivikram Srinivas
Geetha Arts
Haarika & Hassine Creations		 [14]
15 Entha Manchivaadavuraa Satish Vegesna
Aditya Music [15]
22 Thagite Thandana Srinath Badineni
Right Turn Films [16]
24 Disco Raja Vi Anand
SRT Entertainments [17]
30 DubSmash Keshav Depur
V3 Films [18]
31 Aswathama Ramana Teja
Ira Creations [19]
Choosi Choodangaane Sesha Sindhu Rao
Dharmapatha Creations [20]
F
E
B 		7 Jaanu C. Premkumar
Sri Venkateswara Creations [21]
3 Monkeys Anil Kumar G
Orugallu Cine Creations [22]
Savaari Saahith Mothkuri
  • Nandu
  • Priyanka Sharma
  • Srikanth Reddy Ganta
  • Shiva Kumar
  • Maddy
 Kaalva Narasimha Swamy Productions [23]
Degree College Narasimha Nandi
  • Varun
  • Sri Divya
  • Duvvasi Mohan
  • Jayavani
  • Srinivas Madan
  • RK
 Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Cinema [24]
Neevalle Nenunna Saibaba. M
Encounter pictures [25]
14 World Famous Lover Kranthi Madhav
Creative Commercials [26]
Oka Chinna Viramam Sundeep cheguri
Moonwalk Entertainments [27]
Shiva 143 Sagar Sailesh
  • Sagar Sailesh
  • Yeisha Adaraha
  • Hrithika singh
  • D.S.Rao
 Bhimavaram Talkies [28]
Life Anubavinchu Raja Suresh Thirumur
  • Raviteja
  • Sravani Nikki
  • Shruti Shetty
 Raja Reddy Moviee makers [29]
21 Bheeshma Venky Kudumula
Sithara Entertainments [30]
Pressure Cooker Sujoi & Sushil
Karampuri Kreations
Mic Movies
Abhishek Pictures		 [31]
Valayam Ramesh Kadumula
STTV Films [32]
Cheema Prema Madhyalo Bhaama Srikanth 'Sri' Appalaraju
  • Amith
  • Indhu Cherukuri
 Magnum-opus Films [33]
28 Raahu Subbu Vedula
  • Kriti Garg
  • AbeRaam Varma
  • Chalaki Chanti
  • kalikeya Prabhakar
 Sri Shakthy Swaroop Movie Creations [34]
HIT: The First Case Sailesh Kolanu
Wallposter Cinema [35]
Swecha KPN Chawhan
Lachhuram Productions [36]
M
A
R 		6 College Kumar Hari Santhosh
MR Pictures [37]
Palasa 1978 Karuna Kumar
Sudhas Media [38]
O Pitta Katha Chandu Muddu
Bhavya Creations [39]
Anukunnadi Okkati Ayyandhi Okati Baalu Adusumilli
Black and White Pictures
Poorvi Pictures		 [40]
Screenplay of an Indian Love Story K L Prasad
Bujji Budugu Films [41]
13 Eureka Karteek Anand
Lakshmi Prasad Productions [42]
Madha Srividya Basawa
Third Eye Productions [43]
Arjuna Kanmani
Kwity Entertainment
Nattis Entertainment		 [44]

April – June

Films were not released theatrically from 17 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[45]

Opening Title Director Cast Production House Ref.
A
P
R 		29 Amrutharamam Surender Kontadi
  • Amitha Ranganath
  • Ram Mittakanti
[46]
M
A
Y 		29 Run Lakshmikanth Chenna
[47]
J
U
N 		25 Krishna and His Leela Ravikanth Perepu
[48]
30 47 Days Pradeep Maddali
  • Title Card Entertainment
  • ZEE5
 [49]

July – December

Opening Title Director Cast Production House Ref.
J
U
L 		3 Bhanumathi & Ramakrishna Srikanth Nagothi
  • North Star Entertainment
  • Aha
 [50]
30 Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya Venkatesh Maha
[51]
31 Meka Suri Trinadh Velisala
  • Abhinay Reddy
  • Syed Sumaya Farahath
 Simba Entertainment [52]
A
U
G 		14 Johaar Teja Marni
Dharma Surya Pictures
Aha 		[53]
21 Buchinaidu Khandriga Poluru Krishna
Aha [54]
S
E
P 		5 V Mohan Krishna Indraganti
Sri Venkateswara Creations [55]
Maguva Sriram Yedhoti
  • Madhupriya
  • Prasanna Pushpamala
  • Suresh babu
  • Harishchandhra
  • Naviketh Patil
  • Devalaraju Ravi
 Universal Dreams [56]
18 Amaram Akhilam Prema Edwards Jonathan
Aha [57]
O
C
T 		2 Nishabdham Hemant Madhukar
People Media Factory

Kona Film Corporation

[58]
Orey Bujjiga Vijay Kumar Konda
Sri Sathya Arts [59]
23 Colour Photo Sandeep Raj

Amrutha Productions
Loukya Entertainment

[59]
N
O
V 		4 Miss India Narendra Nath
East Coast Productions [60]
6 Gatham Kiran Reddy
  • Bhargava Poludasu
  • Rakesh Galebhe
  • Poojitha Kuraparthi
 S Originals [61]
14 Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma Aditya Mandala
Silly Monks Studio
Aryath Cine Creations
Melodrama Studios 		[62]
20 Anaganaga O Athdhi Dayal Padmanabhan
Trend Loud [63]
Middle Class Melodies Vinod Ananthoju
Bhavya Creations [64]
27 Meka Suri 2 Trinadh Velisala
  • Abhinay Reddy
  • Syed Sumaya Farahath
 Simba Entertainment [65]
D
E
C 		3 Bombhaat Raghavendra Varma
Suchetha DreamWorks Productions [66][67]
10 IIT Krishnamurthy Sree Vardhan
Crystolyte Media Creations
Akki Arts		 [68]
17 Guvva Gorinka Bammidi Mohan
Mango Mass Media
Akar Works 		[69]
18 Dirty Hari M. S. Raju
SPJ Creations [70]
24 Murder Anand Chandra
  • Avancha Sahiti
  • Krishnaswamy Srikanth
 Nattis Entertainments
Kwity Entertainments

[71]

25 Solo Brathuke So Better Subbu
Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra [citation needed]
Oka Yodhudu Haari Daryakish Sampreeth Cinema productions [72][73]

Events

Award ceremonies

Date Event Host Location Ref.
11 January 3rd Zee Cine Awards Telugu Zee Entertainment Enterprises G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana, India [74]
14 March Critics Choice Film Awards Film Critics Guild and Motion Content Group Mumbai, Maharashtra, India [75]

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