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{{Tollywood films}}
This is a list of [[Telugu language|Telugu]] language films released in the year [[1987 in film|1987]].

==Top Grossing films==
* ''[[Pasivadi Pranam]]''
* ''Dongamogudu''
* [[Aha Naa-Pellanta! (1987 film)|''Aha Naa Pellanta'']]
* ''[[Muvva Gopaludu]]''
* ''Majnu''
* ''Swayam Krushi''
* ''Srinivasa Kalyanam''
* ''Bhale Mogudu''
* ''Makutemleni Maharaju''
* ''Shrutilayalu''
* ''Pushpaka Vimana''

==List of released films==
=== January - March ===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0e0e6; text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" | Opening
! style="width:13%;"| Title
! Director !! Cast !! Production !! Ref
|- January!
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;"| '''J A N'''
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;"| '''1'''
| ''[[America Abbayi]]''|| [[Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]] || [[Master Shravan Shankar]],
[[Rajasekhar (actor)|Rajasekhar]], [[Kaikala Satyanarayana|Satyanarayana Kaikala]], [[Radhika Sarathkumar|Radhika]], [[Charan Raj]], [[Gummadi (actor)|Gummadi]]
| Annapurna Pictures ||
|-
| ''[[Aatma Bandhuvulu]]''||[[Dasari Narayana Rao]]||[[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]], [[Jayasudha]]|| ||
|-
| ''[[Dabbevariki Chedu]]''|| Relangi Narasimha Rao || [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]], [[Seetha (actress)|Seetha]], [[Suthi Veerabhadra Rao]] || ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''9'''
|''[[Donga Mogudu]] ''|| [[A. Kodandarami Reddy]] || [[Chiranjeevi]], [[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]], [[Radhika Sarathkumar|Radhika]] || ||
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;"| '''14'''
| ''[[Thandri Kodukula Challenge]]''||M. Mallikarjuna Rao||[[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]], [[Radha (actress)|Radha]], [[Sumalatha]]|| Vijaya Padmalaya Pictures ||
|-
| ''[[Majnu (1987 film)|Majnu]]''|| [[Dasari Narayana Rao]] || [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]], [[Rajani (actress)|Rajani]], [[Moon Moon Sen]], [[K. R. Vijaya]], [[Subhalekha Sudhakar]] || Taraka Prabhu Films ||
|-
| ''[[Bhargava Ramudu]]''|| [[A. Kodandarami Reddy]] || [[Nandamuri Balakrishna|Balakrishna]], [[Vijayashanti]], [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]] || ||
|-
|''[[Samsaram Oka Chadarangam]]''||[[S. P. Muthuraman]]||[[Gollapudi Maruti Rao]], [[Sarath Babu]], [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]], [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]]|| [[AVM Productions]] ||
|-
|- February!
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;"| '''F E B'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''26'''
|''[[Allari Krishnayya]]''
| Nandamuri Ramesh
|[[Nandamuri Balakrishna]], [[Bhanupriya]]
| Vanitha Arts
|
|- March!
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;"| '''M A R'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''6'''
| ''[[Lawyer Suhasini]]''||[[Vamsy]]||[[Bhanu Chander]], [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]], [[Maniratnam]]|| ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''13'''
|''[[Makutamleni Maharaju]]''||[[K. Bapayya]]||[[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]], [[Sridevi]], [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]], [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]]|| ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''19'''
| ''[[Chinnari Devatha]]'' || [[L. Raja]] || [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]], [[Seetha (actress)|Seetha]], [[Rajani (actress)|Sasikala]], [[Shalini (actress)|Baby Shalini]] || ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''20'''
| ''[[Sankeertana]]'' || Geetha Krishna || [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]], [[Ramya Krishna]], [[Sharath Babu]] || ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''22'''
| ''[[Sardar Dharmanna]]''||[[Barisetty Bhaskara Rao]]||[[Krishnam Raju]], [[Jayasudha]]|| ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''25'''
| ''Nakoo Pellam Kavali'' || Vijaya Bapineedu || [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]], [[Shantipriya (actress)|Shantipriya]], [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]], [[Nirmalamma]], [[Nutan Prasad]] || Vasu Rao||
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| '''27'''
| ''[[Aradhana (1987 film)|Aradhana]]''|| [[Bharathiraja]] || [[Chiranjeevi]], [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]], [[Radhika Sarathkumar|Radhika]], [[Rajasekhar (actor)|Rajasekhar]] || [[Geetha Arts]]||
|-
| ''[[Kaboye Alludu]]''||[[Relangi Narasimha Rao]]||[[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]], [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]], [[Shantipriya (actress)|Shantipriya]]|| ||
|-
|}

===April—June===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Opening
! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Studio !! Ref
|- April!
| rowspan="6" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFDEAD;" | '''A P R'''
| rowspan="1" align="center" | '''8'''
| ''[[Collector Gari Abbai]]'' || B. Gopal || [[Akkineni Nageshwara Rao]], [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]], [[Rajani (actress)|Rajani]], [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]], [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] || ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" | '''11'''
| ''[[Padamati Sandhya Ragam]]'' || [[Jandhyala]]
| [[Vijayashanti]], [[Thomas Jane]] || ||
|-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" | '''13'''
|''[[Sahasa Samrat]]''||[[K. Raghavendra Rao]]||[[Nandamuri Balakrishna|Balakrishna]], [[Vijayashanti]]|| ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" | '''24'''
| ''[[Thene Manasulu (1987 film)|Thene Manasulu]]''||[[Rajendra Singh Babu]]||[[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]], [[Jaya Prada]], [[Suhasini Maniratnam]]|| ||
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | '''30'''
| ''[[Sruthilayalu]]'' || [[K. Vishwanath]] || [[Rajasekhar (actor)|Rajasekhar]], [[Sumalatha]], [[Satyanarayana Kaikala]], [[Naresh (actor)|Naresh]] || ||
|-
| ''Lawyer Bharathi Devi''
|K. Rama Mohan Rao
|[[Sharada (actress)|Sarada]], Kalyan Chakravarty, [[Monisha Unni]]
|
|
|-
|- May!
| rowspan="5" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#edafaf;" | '''M A Y'''
| rowspan="1" align="center" | '''1'''
|''[[Dharmapatni (1987 film)|Dharmapatni]]''||[[T. L. V. Prasad]]||[[Suman (actor)|Suman]], [[Bhanupriya]], [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]]|| ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" | '''8'''
|''[[Ajeyudu]]''||G. Ram Mohan Rao||[[Daggubati Venkatesh]], [[Shobana]]|| ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" | '''12'''
| ''[[President Gari Abbai]]'' || [[Kodi Ramakrishna]] || [[Nandamuri Balakrishna|Balakrishna]], [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]], [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]] || ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" | '''19'''
|''[[Muvva Gopaludu]]''||[[Kodi Ramakrishna]]||[[Nandamuri Balakrishna]], [[Vijayashanti]]|| ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" | '''29'''
|''[[Bharatamlo Arjunudu]]''|| [[K. Raghavendra Rao]]|| [[Daggubati Venkatesh]], [[Khushbu Sundar|Khushbu]], [[Sudhakar (actor)|Sudhakar]]|| [[Chakravarthy (music composer)|Chakravarthy]] ||
|-
|- June!
| rowspan="5" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#d9c1b0;" | '''J U N'''
| rowspan="1" align="center"|'''4'''
| ''[[Chakravarthy (1987 film)|Chakravarthy]]''|| Raviraja Pinisetty || [[Chiranjeevi]], [[Mohan Babu]], [[Bhanupriya]], [[J. V. Somayajulu|Somayajulu]] || [[Chakravarthy (music composer)|Chakravarthy]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|'''5'''
|''[[Brahma Nayudu (1987 film)|Brahma Nayudu]]''||[[Dasari Narayana Rao]]||[[Krishnam Raju]], [[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]], [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]]|| ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| '''11'''
|''[[Sardar Krishnama Naidu]]''||A. Kodandarami Reddy||[[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]], [[Vijayashanti]], [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]]|| ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" | '''23'''
| ''[[Prema Samrat]]'' || Mohan Gandhi || [[Suman (actor)|Suman]], [[Bhanupriya]] || [[Satyam (music director)|Satyam]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" | '''24'''
|''[[Trimurtulu]]''||[[K. Murali Mohan Rao]]||[[Daggubati Venkatesh]], [[Arjun Sarja]], [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]], [[Shobana]]|| ||
|-
|}

===July—September===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Opening
! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Studio !! Ref
|-
| rowspan="6" |'''J U L'''
|'''3'''
|''[[Muddayi]]''||[[K. S. R. Das]]||[[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]], [[Vijayashanti]], [[Radha (actress)|Radha]]|| ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|'''8'''
|''[[Maa Ooru]]''|| [[B. Narsing Rao]]|| || ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center"|'''16'''
| ''[[Sankharavam (1987 film)|Sankharavam]]''||[[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]]||Krishna, [[Bhanupriya]], [[Rajani (actress)|Rajani]], [[Mahesh Babu]]|| ||
|-
| ''[[Gandhinagar Rendava Veedhi]]''||[[P. N. Ramachandra Rao]]||[[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]], [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]], [[Gautami]]|| ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|'''23'''
| ''[[Pasivadi Pranam]]'' || [[A. Kodandarami Reddy]] || [[Chiranjeevi]], [[Vijayashanti]], [[Sumalatha]], [[Tiger Prabhakar]] || ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|'''31'''
| ''[[Ramu (1987 film)|Ramu]]'' || Y. Nageshwara Rao || [[Nandamuri Balakrishna|Balakrishna]], [[Rajani (actress)|Rajani]], [[Jaggayya]], [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]] || ||
|-
|- August!
| rowspan="6" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#C2B280;" | '''A U G'''
| rowspan="1" align="center"| '''6'''
| ''[[Gundamma Gari Krishnulu]]'' || Relangi Narasimha Rao || [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]], [[Rajani (actress)|Rajani]], [[Subhalekha Sudhakar]] || [[K. V. Mahadevan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"| '''14'''
|''[[Agni Putrudu]]''|| [[K. Raghavendra Rao]] || [[Akkineni Nageshwara Rao]], [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]], [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]], [[Rajani (actress)|Rajani]] || [[Chakravarthy (music composer)|Chakravarthy]] ||
|-
| ''[[Brahma Nayudu (1987 film)|Brahma Nayudu]]''||[[Dasari Narayana Rao]]||[[Krishnam Raju]], [[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]], [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]]|| ||
|-
| ''[[Vijetha Vikram]]''||[[S. S. Ravichandra]]||[[Daggubati Venkatesh]], [[Farah (actress)|Farah]]|| ||
|-
| ''[[Viswanatha Nayakudu]]'' || [[Dasari Narayana Rao]] || [[Mohan Babu]], [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]], [[Krishnam Raju]], [[Jaya Pradha]], [[K. R. Vijaya]] || ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| '''21'''
| ''[[Manmadha Leela Kamaraju Gola]]''||[[Relangi Narasimha Rao]]||[[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]], [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]], [[Kalpana (Tamil actress)|Kalpana]]|| ||
|-
|- September!
| rowspan="5" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#F5DEB3; textcolor:#000;" | '''S E P'''
| rowspan="1" align="center"| '''3'''
| ''[[Swayamkrushi]]'' || [[K. Vishwanath]] || [[Chiranjeevi]], [[Sumalatha]], [[Vijayashanti]] || ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| '''11'''
|''[[Dammit Katha Addam Thirigindi]]''||[[K. Vasu]]||[[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]], [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]], [[Naresh (actor)|Naresh]], [[Jeevitha]]|| ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" | '''16'''
|''[[Madana Gopaludu]]''||P. S. Krishna Mohan Reddy||[[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]], [[Ramya Krishna]]|| ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| '''24'''
| ''[[Bhale Mogudu]]''||[[Relangi Narasimha Rao]]||[[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]], [[Rajani (actress)|Rajani]], [[Ramya Krishna]]|| ||
|-
| rowspan="1" | '''25''' || ''[[Srinivasa Kalyanam (1987 film)|Srinivasa Kalyanam]]''|| [[Kodi Ramakrishna]]|| [[Daggubati Venkatesh]], [[Gautami]], [[Bhanupriya]]||
|-
|}

===October—December===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Opening
! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Studio !! Ref
|- October!
| rowspan="2" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFB7C5;" | '''O C T'''
| rowspan="1" align="center" | '''23'''
| ''[[Srimathi Oka Bahumathi]]'' || [[Visu]] || [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]], [[Naresh (actor)|Naresh]], [[Jayasudha]] || [[Shankar–Ganesh]] || <ref>[https://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/1988/Feb/19-feb-1988.pdf]</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" | '''30'''
| ''[[Maa Voori Magadu]] ''|| K. Bapaiah || [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]], [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]], [[Sridevi]] || ||
|-
|- November!
| rowspan="4" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#ACE1AF;" | '''N O V'''
| rowspan="1" align="center" | '''12'''
|''[[Kirai Dada]]''|| [[A. Kodandarami Reddy]] || [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]], [[Amala Akkineni|Amala]], [[Vanisri]], [[Nutan Prasad]], [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] || ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" | '''18'''
|''[[Bhanumati Gari Mogudu]]''|| [[A. Kodandarami Reddy]] ||[[Nandamuri Balakrishna|Balakrishna]], [[Vijayashanti]], Ashwini, [[Giribabu]] || ||
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | '''27'''
| ''[[Pushpaka Vimana (1987 film)|Pushpaka Vimanam]]''|| [[Singeetham Srinivasa Rao]] || [[Kamal Haasan]], [[Amala Akkineni|Amala]], [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]], [[Tinnu Anand]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Aha Naa-Pellanta! (1987 film)|Aha Naa-Pellanta!]]''|| [[Jandhyala]] || [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]], [[Rajani (actress)|Rajani]], [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]], [[Nutan Prasad]], [[Brahmanandam]] || || <ref>[http://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/1987/Dec/4-dec-1987.pdf]</ref>
|- December!
| rowspan="9" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#B8860B;" | '''D E C'''
| rowspan="1" align="center" | '''3'''
| ''[[Aahuthi]]'' || || || ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" | '''4'''
| ''[[Muddu Bidda (1987 film)|Muddu Bidda]]''||P. Chandrasekhara Reddy||[[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]], Rajani|| ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" | '''25'''
| ''[[Jebu Donga (1987 film)|Jebu Donga]]'' || [[A. Kodandarami Reddy]] || [[Chiranjeevi]], [[Bhanupriya]], [[Radha (actress)|Radha]] || ||
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | '''31'''
|''[[Donga Garu Swagatham]]''||G. Ram Mohana Rao||[[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]], [[Vijayashanti]], [[Jaggayya]]|| ||
|-
| ''[[Maharshi (1987 film)|Maharshi]]''||[[Vamsy]]||[[Shantipriya]], [[Krishna Bhagavan]]|| ||
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Telugu cinema|horiz}}
{{1987 films}}
{{Indian film list}}

[[Category:Lists of Telugu films by year|1987]]
[[Category:Lists of 1987 films by language|Telugu]]
[[Category:1987 in Indian cinema|Telugu films]]

List of Telugu films of 1987 - Revision history

SolomonL12 at 09:12, 18 January 2026