Ask most people, and they’ll tell you "Namo Venkatesa" (a 1920 silent film about Lord Balaji) was the first. But here’s the plot twist: Namo Venkatesa was made in Madras by a cameraman from Kolkata , with title cards in Tamil and English . Scholars argue it was more of a "South Indian" film than a purely Telugu one.
In 1921, he put his money where his mouth was. He borrowed a camera from a friend, gathered a group of theatre actors who had never seen a camera, and decided to film a segment from the Mahabharata: the moment Bhishma takes a terrible, lifelong oath of celibacy to allow his father to marry a fisherwoman. first telugu movie
Before 1931, Indian cinema was mostly silent. When sound technology arrived, the first Indian talkie was Alam Ara (Hindi), released in March 1931. Just six months later, H.M. Reddy directed Bhakta Prahlada , marking the birth of the Telugu film industry. Ask most people, and they’ll tell you "Namo
We’re talking about , released in 1921. In 1921, he put his money where his mouth was