Telugu Cinema refers to the Telugu film industry. The industry is the largest in India in terms of number of movies made in a year and also in terms of infrastructure. It has the highest number of cinema halls in India. The IMAX theater in Hyderabad has a few world records to its credit. The industry has a few Guinness records for the most films directed by male and female directors, the most number of films produced by a person and also for having the largest film studio in the world
Industry
(1 crore = 10,000,000 rupees, approximately US$ 225,124 on Dec 06, 2006.)
The Telugu movie industry, the largest film Industry in India, is based in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
Currently, about 250 Telugu movies are released every year with approximately 3 releases every week. Just like any other film industry, the Telugu movie industry produces all genres of movies. In 2005, the annual turnover reached Rs. 2.3 Billion ($52 Million), with Rs. 700 million coming from the ticket sales itself. Popular movies tend to open during the three festive/holiday seasons of the region: Sankranti, Summer, and Dusshera. In 2004, the industry made around Rs. 1.5 Billion (150 Crores) during the Sankranthi season. There are at least three TV channels that are dedicated exclusively to feature programs related to Telugu movies.
Below is a chart of box office collections of Telugu Film Industry with figures in millions of Indian Rupees.
Year——Telucu Cinema Box Office
1980———-819
1985———-1,526
1990———-3,333
1995———-7,985
2000———-14,011
2005———-23,044
The Telugu film industry accounts for 1% of the gross domestic product of Andhra Pradesh
Budgets
(1 crore = 10,000,000 rupee, approximately US$230,000 or €190,000 on May 11, 2005.)
The budgets for Telugu movies typically range between 7-15 crores per film. Pre-lease revenues for popular films can range between 12-20 crores per film and post-release business for these movies can be around 25-40 crores depending on the success of the movie. Popular actors like Megastar Chiranjeevi,Nandamuri Balakrishna,Akkineni Nagarjuna, Venkatesh, Mahesh Babu, Pawan Kalyan, and Jr.NTR are some of the highest paid actors in Telucu Cinema. Singers: Telugu film industry has the repute of producing many singers like Ghantasala and S.P.Bala Subramanyam. S.P.B holds the record singing maximum number of songs (39000 songs approximately)
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