Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Based in Hyderabad, Telangana, the industry produced 294 feature films in 2017 and represented over 17% of Indian box office revenue in 2013. Since 1909, filmmaker Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu was involved in producing short films and travelling to different regions in Asia to promote film work. In 1921, he produced the silent film, Bhishma Pratigna. He is cited as the father of Telugu cinema.
For the 12-month time period from Nov 2018 to Oct 2019, Telugu movies accounted for 11% of telecast duration and 16% of total viewership of all movies on Indian television, the second highest among Indian film industries behind Bollywood.

Here is the list of best movies of Tollywood.

1. Naa Bangaru Talli
It is really a bold movie about horrors of sex trade. It’s about daughter of broker who gets caught into a brothel after a woman takes revenge on him for ruining her life. The movie was crowdfunded after no producer was willing to make the movie. Really intense and gripping movie. As the movie progresses there is more of facial expressions and background music. You cannot watch the movie more than once. It’s Really frightening. The movie won three national awards.

2. Nenokkadine
Starring Chocolate boy Mahesh Babu, this movie is about hero who has memory loss and is desperate to find the people who killed his parents. He hallucinates the killers and starts to kills them in real without knowing whether they are real or not. Definitely the best ever movie in Mahesh Babu’s career.

3. Magadheera
SS Rajamouli magnum opus blockbuster movie with Ram Charan teja. The flash back scenes are just terrific and next level cinema making. Really brilliant movie by Rajamouli.

4. Vedam
Movie with multiple plot lines which is interlinked to a terrorist attack and hero who sacrifices his life to save the people.

5. Pilla Zamindar
Movie starring Eega fame Nani is about rich brat who in order to inherit wealth goes to village and learns that there are things more important than money.

Here are the top Actors of Tollywood.

1. Sr. NTR

2. Chiranjeevi

3. Allu Arjun

4. Mahesh Babu

5. Pawan Kalyan

Here is the list of top Actresses of Tollywood.

1. Anushka Shetty

2. Kaajal Aggarwal

3. Tamannaah

4. Saamantha

5. Rashmika Mandanna