List of Telugu films of 1946

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This is a list of films produced by the Tollywood film industry based in Hyderabad in 1946. [1] [2]

TitleDirectorProductionComposerCastRelease Date
Bhakta Tulasidas Lanka Satyam Sri Raja Rajeswari Films B. Narasimha Rao K. Raghuramaiah, Bezawada Rajarathnam, Adhanki Srirama Murthy, Rajeswari, Vangara 10 April 1946
Griha Pravesam L. V. Prasad Saradhi FilmsNalini Kanta Rao L. V. Prasad, C. S. R. Anjaneyulu, P. Bhanumathi, Sriranjani 10 October 1946
Mangalasutram D. N. KotnisPrabhakar ProductionsP. MuniswamyK. Prabhakar Rao, C. Lakshmi Rajyam, K. V. Subba Rao, Indira Devi12 December 1946
Mugguru Maratilu Ghantasala Balaramayya Pratibha Productions Ogirala Ramachandra Rao A. Nageswara Rao, C. H. Narayana Rao, Govindarajula Subba Rao, P. Kannamba, Bezawada Rajaratnam, Kumari, T. G. Kamala Devi 31 May 1946
Narada Naradhi C. Pullaiah Jaganmani Productions Susarla Dakshinamurthi Mudigonda Lingamurthy, C. Lakshmi Rajyam, V. Umamaheswara Rao, Soudhamani, P. Suri Babu, Suryakantam 6 April 1946
Returning Soldier Victory Films
Sethu Bandhanam R. PadmanabhanJyothi Pictures Susarla Dakshinamurthi M. Ramana Rao, Rushyendramani, Balamani
Tyagayya V. Nagayya Renuka Films V. Nagayya V. Nagayya, Hemalatha, B. Jayamma, C. Lakshmi Rajyam, Mudigonda Lingamurthy 1 November 1946
Vanarani A. Surya G. Varalakshmi

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References

  1. "1946 Telugu Films". pedia.desibantu. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  2. "1940's Telugu Films". earlytollywood. Retrieved 3 December 2019.