List of Telugu films of 1940

This is a list of films produced by the Cinema of Andhra Pradesh film industry based in Hyderabad in the year 1940.[1][2]

Title	Director	Cast	Producer	Genre	Ref.
Barrister Parvateesarrn	R. Prakash	Lanka Satyam, G. Varalakshmi, K. Sivarao, L. V. Prasad	Motion Pictures Combines	Comedy	[3]
Bhoja Kalidasu	H. V. Babu	Adhanki Srirama Murthy, Parepalli Subba Rao, P. Kannamba	Jaya Films	Mythology
Bhookailas	Sundar Rao Nadkarni	M. V. Subbiah Naidu, R. Nagendra Rao, Lakshmi Bai, R. Subramanyam, Hymavathi	Saraswathi Cine Films	Devotional	[4]
Bondam Pelli	H. M. Reddy	L. V. Prasad, G. Varalakshmi	Madras United Artistes Corporation	Comedy
Chaduvukunna Bharya	H. M. Reddy	Lanka Satyam, G. Varalakshmi	Madras United Artistes Corporation	Comedy
Chandika	R. S. Prakash	P. Kannamba, Bellary Raghava, Vemuri Gaggaiah, Aarani Satyanarayana	Bhavani Pictures	Adventure
Illalu	Gudavalli Ramabrahmam	V. Umamaheswara Rao, Kanchanamala, Lakshmi Rajyam	Indira Devi Films	Family	[5]
Jeevana Jyothi	China Kameswara Rao Dronamraju	Ch. Narayana Rao, C. Krishnaveni, Kamala Kotnis	M. R. A. Productions	Drama
Kalachakram	Amancharla Gopala Rao	Banda Kanakalingeshwara Rao, Lakshmi Rajyam, M. Krishna Rao, N. Nagaraja Rao, Uma Devi	Naveena Bharath	Drama
Mahiravana	Ch. Narayana Murthy	Vemuri Gaggaiah, Kanchanamala, R. Subramanyam, Yandamuri Raju, T. Ramakrishna Sastry	Kubera Pictures	Mythology
Malathi Madhavam	C. Pullaiah	Pushpavalli, C. Srinivasa Rao, P. Bhanumathi, Relangi	Metropolitan Pictures	Folklore
Meerabai	B. Narasimha Rao	Govindarajula Subba Rao, M. V. Lakshmi, Bogaraju Perraju	Navyakala Films	Devotional
Sumangali	B. N. Reddy	A. S. Giri, Chittor V. Nagaiah, Kumari, Malathi	Vauhini Studios	Social
Viswa Mohini	Y. V. Rao	Chittor V. Nagaiah, Bezawada Rajarathnam, Y. V. Rao, Lalitha Devi	Sri Jagadesh Films	Drama

Telugu cinema (Tollywood)

1930s
1940s
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s
2020 2021 2022

References

"1940 Telugu Films". pedia.desibantu. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
"1940 Telugu Films". earlytollywood. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
"తొలి హాస్య కథానాయకుడు లంక సత్యం" [The first comedy protagonist was Lanka Satyam]. Sitara (in Telugu). Retrieved 7 September 2020.
M.L, Narasimham (10 July 2011). "Bhookailas(1940)". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
M.L, Narasimham (26 June 2011). "Illalu(1940)". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

Indian films by year and decade
Highest-grossing Indian films Bhojpuri Hindi Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Marathi Punjabi Tamil Telugu
Bengali	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Bollywood (Hindi)	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Gujarati	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Kannada	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Malayalam	1928–1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Marathi	1910s 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Odia	1936 1949 1950 1951 1953 1954 1956 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Tamil	1930s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Telugu	1930s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Other	Assamese Punjabi
Related	Silent films of South India

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