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List of Telugu films of 2001

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

Box office collection

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

Highest worldwide gross of 2000
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

Opening Title Director Cast Production house Ref
J
A
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
F
E
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
M
A
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
A
P
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
M
A
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
J
U
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

Opening Title Director Cast Production house Ref
J
U
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
A
U
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]
S
E
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
O
C
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
N
O
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
D
E
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

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

  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.