List of Telugu films of 2003

This is a list of films produced by the Tollywood (Telugu language film industry) based in Hyderabad in the year 2003.

Box office

Highest-grossing films of 2003

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide gross	Ref
1	Tagore	Leo Projects Private Limited	₹45 crore	[1]

January–June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Production house	Ref
J A N	10	Naaga	D. K. Suresh	Jr. NTR, Sadha, Jennifer, Raghuvaran, Nassar		Produced by Surya Movies [2]
	11	Evare Athagadu	Bhanu Shankar	Vallabh, Jaya Seal, Priyamani, Brahmanandam
	14	Ee Abbai Chala Manchodu	Agathiyan	Ravi Teja, Sangeetha, Vani		[3]
	15	Okkadu	Gunasekhar	Mahesh Babu, Bhoomika Chawla, Prakash Raj
		Pellam Oorelithe	S. V. Krishna Reddy	Srikanth, Venu, Rakshita, Sangeetha, Brahmanandam, Sunil		[4]
	24	Juniors	J. Pulla Rao	Allari Naresh, Sherin, Pawan, Prakash Raj
	30	Ammayilu Abbayilu	Ravi Babu	Vijay, Mohit, Vidya, Sonu Sood, Devina, Swapna Madhuri		[5]
	31	Idi Maa Ashokgadi Love Story	Suresh Krissna	Siva Balaji, Shweta Agarwal, Kanchi Kaul
F E B	6	Fools	Dasari Narayana Rao	Dasari Narayana Rao, Srinath, Gajala, Kovai Sarala
	7	Utsaham	Allani Sridhar	Sai Kiran, Sunitha Varma, Amar
	16	Kabaddi Kabaddi	Venki	Jagapati Babu, Kalyani, Surya, Jeeva		[6]
	21	Golmaal	P N Ramachandra Rao	J. D. Chakravarthy, Neha, Ramesh Arvind, Meera Vasudevan, Giri Babu, Jayaprakash, Brahmanandam		[7]
	26	Indiramma	Ammineni Madhava Sai	Vijayashanti, Achyuth, Vijayakumar
M A R	9	Vijayam	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao	Raja, Gajala, Sunil, Murali Mohan		[8]
	28	Raghavendra	Suresh Krissna	Prabhas, Shweta Agarwal, Anshu, Brahmanandam, Murali Mohan		Produced by Sri Sai Arts
		Gangotri	K. Raghavendra Rao	Allu Arjun, Aditi Agarwal, Suman, Prakash Raj		Produced by United Producers [9]
A P R	2	Hari Villu	B. Narsing Rao	Bhanuchander, Haritha, Master Sai Subhakar, Baby Nitya		Produced by Suresh Productions
	3	Taarak	Balasekaran	N. T. Rathnaa, Sharmili, Krishna		[10]
		Karthik	Murali Raju	Mukesh, Kanishka
	4	Dil	V. V. Vinayak	Nitin, Neha, Prakash Raj
	11	Aithe	Chandrashekar Yeleti	Shashank, Sindhu Tolani, Abhishek, Mohit
	19	Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi	Puri Jagannadh	Ravi Teja, Asin, Jayasudha, Prakash Raj, Ali
	25	Johnny	Pawan Kalyan	Pawan Kalyan, Renu Desai, Raghuvaran, M. S. Narayana		Produced by Geeta Arts
	26	Dhanush	Nallamothu Srinivasa Rao	Vadde Naveen, Kiran Gill, Sivaji Raja, Brahmanandam		Produced by Prasanthi Productions
	26	Ottesi Cheputunna	E. Sathi Babu	Srikanth, Sivaji, Sravanthi, Anitha Patel, Sunil
M A Y	16	Appudappudu	Chandra Siddhartha	Raja, Sriya Reddy, Jayasudha, Kaikala Satyanarayana		Produced by GB Films [11]
	18	Maa Bapu Bommaku Pellanta	Ravi Raja Pinisetty	Ajay Raghavendra, Gayathri Raguram, Aravind Akash		Produced by Swarna Chitra
	22	Aayudham	N. Shankar	Rajasekhar, Sangita, Gurleen Chopra
	23	Nijam	Teja	Mahesh Babu, Gopichand, Rakshita, Raasi
J U N	5	Palnati Brahmanayudu	B. Gopal	Nandamuri Balakrishna, Sonali Bendre, Aarti Agarwal, Mukesh Rishi		Produced by Venkata Ramana Productions
	12	Ninne Ishtapaddanu	Konda	Tarun, Sridevi Vijayakumar, Anitha, Giri Babu
	19	Oka Raju Oka Rani	Yogi M	Ravi Teja, Namitha, Brahmanandam, Tanikella Bharani, M. S. Narayana		Produced by Ushakiran Movies
	26	Donga Ramudu & Party	Vamsi	Srikanth, Laya, Chandra Mohan, Kaikala Satyanarayana

July–December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Production house	Ref
J U L	9	Simhadri	S. S. Rajamouli	Jr. NTR, Bhoomika Chawla, Ankitha, Nassar		Produced by Vijaya Maruthi Creations
	11	Vasantam	Vikraman	Daggubati Venkatesh, Aarti Agarwal, Kalyani, Tanikella Bharani, Sunil		Produced by Sri Sai Deva Productions [12]
	18	Kalyana Ramudu	G. Ramprasad	Venu Thottempudi, Prabhu Deva, Nikita Thukral, Suman, Sunil		Produced by SP Entertainments [13]
	25	Praanam	Malli	Allari Naresh, Sadha, Seetha, M. S. Narayana, Kovai Sarala		Produced by GMRC [14]
		Shambhu	R. Suresh Verma	Aryan Rajesh, Sarika, Chandra Mohan, Venu Madhav, Prakash Raj, Sanghavi		Produced by Sabari Girisha [15]
		Dhum	Raju Voopati	Jagapati Babu, Chaitanya Krishna, Neha Mehta, Sonia Agarwal		Produced by Radaan Mediaworks Pvt Limited [16]
		City	Ambati Subhash	Mukesh Udeshi, Swapna Reddy, Vaibhavi		Produced by Tanya Films Corporation
	31	Sambaram	K. Dasaradh	Nitin, Nikita Thukral, Giri Babu, Seetha		Produced by Chitram Movies [17]
A U G	7	Dongodu	Bheemineni Srinivas	Ravi Teja, Kalyani, Rekha Vedavyas, Tanikella Bharani		Produced by Goodwill Cinema [18]
	8	Simhachalam	Indra Kumar	Srihari, Meena, Prakash Raj, Suresh, Sunil		Produced by Chandrahasa Cinema [19]
	15	Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu	Raja Shekar	Uday Kiran, Shriya Saran, Krishnam Raju, Suman		Produced by Suresh Productions
		Anaganaga O Kurraadu	L P Ramarao	Rohit, Rekha Vedavyas, Rajeev Kanakala		Produced by Sri Sai Ooha Creations [20]
		Charminar	Sagar	Venkat, Abhirami, Prakash Raj		Produced by Sri Kali productions [21]
	22	Seetayya	YVS Chowdhary	Nandamuri Harikrishna, Simran, Soundarya, Mukesh Rishi
	30	Aadanthe Ado Type	E. V. V. Satyanarayana	Sivaji, Aryan Rajesh, Bhoomika Chawla, Anitha Hassandhani
S E P	5	Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnula Pelli	G. Nageswara Reddy	Srikanth, Prabhu Deva, Namitha, Tanikella Bharani, Chandra Mohan
	12	Janaki Weds Sriram	Anji	Rohit, Gajala, Rekha Vedavyas
		Pellamtho Panenti	S. V. Krishna Reddy	Venu Thottempudi, Laya, Kalyani		[22]
	18	Okato Number Kurraadu	A. Kodandarami Reddy	Taraka Ratna, Rekha Vedavyas, Brahmanandam
	24	Tagore	V. V. Vinayak	Chiranjeevi, Jyothika, Shriya Saran
	28	Vishnu	Shaji Kailas	Vishnu Manchu, Vedhika, Neetu Chandra
O C T	2	Ela Cheppanu	Ramana	Tarun, Shriya Saran, Sunil
	9	Toli Choopulone	Kasi Viswanath	Kalyan Ram, Akanksha, Charanraj, Sudeepa		Produced by Ushakiran Movies [23]
	10	Okariki Okaru	Rasool	Srikanth, Aarti Chabria, Balayya, Tanikella Bharani		Produced by Anandi Arts [24]
	16	Ori Nee Prema Bangaram Kaanu	AVS	Rajesh Krishnan, Sangeetha, Giri Babu, Bramhanandam		Produced by Maitree Talkies [25]
	23	Sivamani	Puri Jagannadh	Nagarjuna, Asin Thottumkal, Rakshita, Prakash Raj		Produced by Vaishno Devi films
	31	Veede	Ravi Raja Pinisetty	Ravi Teja, Reema Sen, Aarti Agarwal, Shayaji Shinde
N O V	7	Srirama Chandrulu	Srikanth	Rajendra Prasad, Sivaji, Raasi, Rambha, Sindhu Menon, Brahmanandam, Kovai Sarala, Venu Madhav
	8	Nenu Seetamahalakshmi	G. Nageswara Reddy	Rohit, Shravya, Chalapathi Rao		[26]
	12	Abhimanyu	A Mallikarjun	Kalyan Ram, Divya Spandana, Suhasini, Sowcar Janaki, Ali		Produced by Rock Line Productions [27]
	14	Goa	P. Kishore Kumar	Sumit Roy, Subhash Chandra, Krishna Teja
		Nenu Pelliki Ready	Venky	Srikanth, Laya, Sangeetha, Anitha Hassandani
		Back Pocket		Vijay Sai, Sony Raj, Suman, Lavanya, Preeti Nigam, Anant, Sudarshan, Jenny, Seema, Vinod Bala
	21	Villain	K. S. Ravikumar	Rajasekhar, Neha Dhupia, Tulip Joshi, Naresh
	26	Chantigadu	Jaya	Baladitya, Suhasini, Saranya, Ahuti Prasad		Produced by Superhit Friends [28]
	28	Missamma	Neelakanta	Bhoomika Chawla, Sivaji, Laya, Tanikella Bharani		Produced by Satyam Entertainment [29]
D E C	6	Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu	Jyoti Krishna	Tarun, Trisha Krishnan, Shriya Saran, Sunil, Reema Sen, Archana Puran Singh		Produced by Sri Surya Movies [30]
		Maa Alludu Very Good	E V V Satyanarayana	Rajendra Prasad, Allari Naresh, Ramya Krishna, Mounika, Kovai Sarala		Produced by Roja Movies [31]
	12	Neeke Manasichaanu	Surya Teja	Srikanth, Charmee Kaur, Anvithaa, Brahmanandam		Produced by GSK Arts [32]
		Avuna	C. Uma Maheshwara Rao	Adarsh, Santhi Rao, Surya
	18	Tiger Harischandra Prasad	V. Samudra	Nandamuri Harikrishna, Ramya Krishna, Dasari Arun Kumar, Sangeetha		[33]
	19	Satyam	Surya Kiran	Sumanth, Genelia D'Souza, Brahmanandam, Kota Srinivasa Rao		Produced by Annapoorna Studios

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