List of Telugu films of 2001

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "List of Telugu films of 2001" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

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 2023 2024
2025

* v
* t
* e

This is a list of films produced by the Telugu language film industry based in Hyderabad in the year 2001.

## Box office collection

[edit]

The highest-grossing Tollywood films released in 2001, by worldwide box office gross revenue, are as follows:

Highest worldwide gross of 2001  Rank  | Title  | Production company  | Worldwide gross  | Ref

|
|
|
|

1  | Kushi | Sri Surya Movies  | ₹44.36 crore crore

₹36.9 crore(initial run) ₹23.4 crore distributors' share(initial run)

| [1][2]
2  | Narasimha Naidu | Venkata Ramana Productions  | ₹25 crore distributors' share  | [3]
3  | Nuvvu Naaku Nachav | Sri Sravanthi Movies | ₹18 crore distributors' share
4  | Manasantha Nuvve | Sumanth Art Productions
5  | Nuvvu Nenu | Anandi Art Creations | ₹16 crore distributors' share
6  | Daddy | Geetha Arts
7  | Murari | Ram Prasad Arts  | ₹13 crore distributors' share
8  | Student No. 1 | Swapna Cinema | ₹12 crore distributors' share
9  | Anandam | Ushakiran Movies | ₹10 crore distributors' share
10  | Preminchu | Suresh Productions | ₹8 crore distributors' share

## January–June

[edit]

Opening  | Title  | Director | Cast | Production house | Ref

|
|
|
|
|

N | 11 | Mrugaraju | Gunasekhar | Chiranjeevi, Simran, Nagendra Babu |  |
Narasimha Naidu | B. Gopal | Nandamuri Balakrishna, Simran, K. Vishwanath |  |
15 | Devi Putrudu | Kodi Ramakrishna | Venkatesh, Soundarya, Anjala Zaveri |  |
18 | Sivudu | Gosangi Krishna Rao  | Suresh, Satyaprakash, Sudhakar, M. S. Narayana |  |

B | 3 | Navvuthu Bathakalira | Kodi Ramakrishna | J. D. Chakravarthy, Sangeeta |  |
9 | Soori | Sankara Kumar | J. D. Chakravarthy, Priyanka Upendra, Tanikella Bharani |  |
Malli Inkoka Sari | Sahadev Reddy  | Sri Madhav, Sahana, Snehita |  |
11 | Priyamaina Neeku | Balasekaran | Tarun Kumar, Sneha |  |
14 | Ammo Bomma | Relangi Narasimha Rao | Rajendra Prasad, Suman |  |
17 | Murari | Krishna Vamsi | Mahesh Babu, Sonali Bendre |  |
27 | Maa Ayana Sundarayya | Hari Babu  | Srihari, Sangeeta, Kota Srinivasa Rao |  |
28 | Sorry Aunty | Natti Kumar  | Uttej, Gundu Hanumantha Rao, Tirupathi Prakash |

R | 1 | Madhura Kshanam | Aalla Rambabu  | Chalapathi, Aarti Chhabria |  |
2 | Pillalu Techina Annala Rajyam | C. H. M. Krishna  | Prasad Babu, Ravindra, Narasimha Raju |  |
9 | Budget Padmanabham | S. V. Krishna Reddy | Jagapati Babu, Ravi Teja, Ramya Krishnan |  |
Cheppukondi Chuddam | K Ranga Rao  | Suman, M. S. Narayana, Tirupathi Prakash |  |
23 | Deevinchandi | Muthyala Subbaiah | Srikanth, Raasi, Malavika |  |
30 | Railway Coolie | Kodi Ramakrishna | Mammootty, Meena, Harish |  |
Eduruleni Manishi | Srinivasa Rao | Nagarjuna, Soundarya, Shenaz Treasurywala |  |

R | 11 | Preminchu | Boyani Subbarao  | Sai Kiran, Laya |  |
12 | Akka Bavekkada | Raja Vannem Reddy  | J. D. Chakravarthy, Raasi |  |
Orey Thammudu | Sai Balaji  | Srihari, Sanghavi |  |
15 | Raave Naa Cheliya | P Kishore Kumar  | Sai Kiran, AVS, Prudhviraj |  |
27 | Kushi | S. J. Suryah | Pawan Kalyan, Bhoomika Chawla, Mumtaj |  |

Y | 5 | Love | Ravi Chavali  | Sivaji, Manya, Ali, Tanikella Bharani |  |
9 | Ammayi Kosam | Muppalaneni Siva | Vineeth, Meena, Ravi Teja, Venu |  |
Prematho Raa | Udayasankar | Venkatesh, Simran |  |
Pandanti Samsaram | Krishna | Krishna, Babu Mohan, Kota Srinivasa Rao |  |
23 | Ninnu Choodalani | V. R. Pratap  | Jr. NTR, Raveena Rajput |  |
25 | Chinna | Dasari Narayana Rao | Dasari Narayana Rao, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Sudhakar |  |
Maa Aavida Meeda Ottu Mee Aavida Chala Manchidi | E. V. V. Satyanarayana | Srikanth, Laya, Raasi, Vadde Naveen |  |
Andhala O Chilaka | B. Gopal | Dhanush, Siri |  |
Sarpam | Pramod Kumar |  |  |

N |  1 | Family Circus | Teja | Jagapati Babu, Rajendra Prasad, Roja |  |
Repallelo Radha | Sarath  | Dileep, Deeksha, Gummadi, Satyanarayana |  |
Vayasu | Sai Sagar  | Ramesh Mitra, Yada Krishna |  |
7 | Bava Nachadu | KS Ravikumar | Nagarjuna, Simran, Reema Sen |  |
8 | 6 Teens | G. Nageswara Reddy | Rohit, Ruthika, Santosh |  |
15 | Bhalevadivi Basu | P. A. Arun Prasad | Balakrishna Nandamuri, Shilpa Shetty, Anjala Zaveri |  |
22 | Vechi Vunta | Sriram Murthy  | Raja, Uttej, Krishna Bhagavaan |  |
29 | Kalisi Naduddam | Kodi Ramakrishna | Srikanth, Soundarya, Rama Prabha, Brahmanandam |  |
Khaki Chokka | Vikky | Sai Kumar, Neelambari, Thriller Manju |  |

## July–December

[edit]

Opening  | Title  | Director | Cast | Production house | Ref

|
|
|
|
|

L | 1 | Simharasi | V. Samudra | Rajasekhar, Sakshi Shivanand |  |
9 | Atu America Itu India | Gummaluri Shastry  | Sunny, Vanessa, Vijay Nainan |  |
13 | Ramma Chilakamma | Tammareddy Bharadwaja | Sumanth, Laya |  |
Sampangi | Sanayadi Reddy  | Deepak, Kanchi Kaul |  |
18 | Naa Manasistha Raa | R.R.Shinde  | Srikanth, Richa, Soundarya |  |
27 | Jackpot | G. Kasinath  | Kashinath, Naveena, L. B. Sriram, Jaya Prakash Reddy |  |

G | 3 | Tholi Valapu | Muthyala Subbaiah | Gopichand, Sneha |  |
4 | Subhakaryam | Ravi Raja Pinisetty | Rajasekhar, Naveen, Asha Saini |  |
9 | Wife | Ravipalli Rambabu  | Sivaji, Preetha Vijayakumar |  |
10 | Nuvvu Nenu | Teja | Uday Kiran, Anitha |  |
Evadra Rowdy | Sarath | Srihari, Sanghavi, Sujatha |  |
17 | Tara | Maniraj  | Akash, Ruthika, Gundu Hanumantha Rao |  |
Subhasissulu | M Nagarjuna Reddy  | Anil Raj, Varsha, Giri Babu |  |
23 | Akasa Veedhilo | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | Nagarjuna, Raveena Tandon |  |
Cheppalani Vundi | Chandra Mahesh | Naveen, Raasi, Kanchi Kaul |  |
31 | Chandu | Veeru K  | Pavan Kumar, Archana, Preethi |  | [4]

P | 1 | Naalo Unna Prema | Pratap  | Jagapathi Babu, Gajala, Laya |  |
6 | Nuvvu Naaku Nachav | Vijaya Bhaskar | Venkatesh, Arthi Agarwal |  |
14 | Itlu Sravani Subramanyam | Puri Jagannadh | Ravi Teja, Tanu Roy |  |
19 | Adhipathi | Ravi Raja Pinisetty | Mohan Babu, Nagarjuna, Preeti Jhangiani, Soundarya |  |
Idhe Naa Modhati Premalekha | G. Nageswara Reddy | Jayaram, Rimmi Sen |  |
21 | Chiranjeevulu | Radha Krishna  | Ravi Teja, Sanghavi, Sivaji |  |
Chirujallu | Sriram Balaji | Tarun, Richa Pallod |  |
27 | Student No.1 | S. S. Rajamouli | Jr. NTR, Gajala |  |
28 | Anandam | Srinu Vaitla | Jai Akash, Rekha Vedavyas |  |
Time Pass | Sanfireddy Dasaradh  | Ajay, Asha Saini, Janardhan Maharshi |  |

T | 4 | Daddy | Suresh Krishna | Chiranjeevi, Simran, Ashima Bhalla |  |
12 | Thank You Subba Rao | E. V. V. Satyanarayana | Srihari, Prakash Raj, Abhirami |  |
19 | Manasantha Nuvve | V. N. Aditya | Uday Kiran, Reema Sen |  |
Prema Sandadi | P. A. Arun Prasad | Srikanth, Anjala Zaveri |  |
Snehithuda | K S Nageswara Rao  | Sivaji, Rakesh, Reena |  |
26 | Snehamante Idera | Balasekaran | Nagarjuna, Sumanth, Bhoomika Chawla |  |
Muthyam | Vasan  | Rohit, Anu |  |

V | 1 | Raa | K. S. Nageswara Rao  | Upendra, Priyanka Upendra |  |
9 | Hyderabad | Ayyappa P Sharma  | Ayyappa P Sharma, Venu Madhav, P. J. Sarma |  |
Ammaye Navvithe | Jyothi Kumar | Rajendra Prasad, Bhavana, Brahmanandam |  |
15 | Veedekkadi Mogudandi? | E. V. V. Satyanarayana | Venu, Shruthi Raj, Geethu Mohandas |  |
29 | Jabili | S. V. Krishna Reddy | Dileep, Rekha Vedavyas |  |
14 | Paravasam | K.Balachander | R. Madhavan, Simran Bagga, Sneha, Lawrence Raghavendra |  |
30 | Athanu | Satyam Babu  | Sai Kumar, Rachana, Ravi Varma |  |
Little Hearts | Srikanth | R. Venkateswar, Gayathri Priya, Murali Mohan, M. S. Narayana |  |

C | 6 | Bhadrachalam | N.Shankar | Srihari, Sindhu Menon |  |
21 | Hanuman Junction | Mohan Raja | Jagapati Babu, Arjun |  |
Subbu | Rudraraju Suresh Varma | Jr. NTR, Sonali Joshi |  |
30 | Darling Darling | V. Samudra | Srikanth, Shaheen Khan, Sai Kiran |  |
Ishtam | Vikram Kumar | Charan, Shriya Saran |  |

### Other releases

[edit]

The following films were also released in 2001, though the release date remains unknown.  Title | Director | Cast | Studio | Ref

|
|
|
|

Apparao ki Oka Nela Thappindi | Relangi Narasimha Rao | Rajendra Prasad, Madhusmita | Vishaka Talkies,
Chaplin Comedy Creations |

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "This 2001 Pawan Kalyan Film Collected Rs 36.9 Crore At The Box Office". News18. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
2. ^ "Top Re Release Movies Collections RECORDS". T2BLive. 7 April 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
3. ^ "Tollywood Top 10 Box Office Collection Movies In 2001". T2BLive. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
4. ^ "Did you know Jeet made his debut in a Telugu film?". The Times of India. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

* v
* t
* e

Indian films by year and decade

* Most expensive Indian films
* Assamese
* Bengali
* Bhojpuri
* Gujarati
* Hindi
* Kannada
* Malayalam
* Marathi
* Meitei (Manipuri)
* Odia
* Punjabi
* Tamil
* Telugu

* Highest-grossing Indian films
* Assamese
* Bengali
* Bhojpuri
* Gujarati
* Hindi
* Kannada
* Malayalam
* Marathi
* Odia
* Punjabi
* Tamil
* Telugu

Assamese|

* 1930s
* 1940s
* 1950s
* 1960s
* 1970s
* 2000s
* 2010s
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2023

Bengali|

* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 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
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Bhojpuri|

* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

Gujarati|

* Before 2014
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

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
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026

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
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

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
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

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
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Meitei (Manipuri)|

* Brief list
* 2013
* 2018
* 2019

Odia|

* 1936
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1953
* 1954
* 1956
* 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
* 2022
* 2023

Punjabi|

* 1970
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1981
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

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
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

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
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Tulu|

* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Other|

* Konkani
* Tripuri
* Sanskrit

Related|

* Silent films of South India

* v
* t
* e

2001 films

* American
* Argentine
* Australian
* Bangladeshi
* Brazilian
* British
* Cambodian
* Canadian
* Chinese
* Hong Kong
* French
* Indian
* Bengali
* Hindi
* Kannada
* Malayalam
* Marathi
* Ollywood
* Punjabi
* Tamil
* Telugu
* Israeli
* Italian
* Japanese
* Malaysian
* Maldivian
* Mexican
* Nepalese
* Nigerian
* Pakistani
* Portuguese
* Russian
* South Korean
* Spanish

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template