Telugu Cinema, also known by his stage name Tollywood, is a part of Indian films in the production of the film in Telugu language and focuses on the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, especially in the field of Film Nagar Hyderabad. Since 1909 Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu filmmaker has been involved in many aspects of the history of Indian cinema such as the production of short films, traveling to different parts of Asia to promote the work of the film. In 1921 he was the first silent film Pratigna Bhishma. It is cited as the father of Telugu cinema.

In 1933, East India Film Company produced its first Indian film, Savitri, Telugu. Calcutta to shoot with a budget of 75 000 INR, and is based on a popular game Mylavaram Bala Bharathi Samajam, the film was directed by the father of Telugu Theatre Movement Chittajallu Pullaiah and CAST theater actors Vemuri Gaggaiah and Dasari as Ramathilakam "Yama" and "Savithri" respectively. The hit film received an honorary diploma at the Venice Film Festival. 

Moola Narayana Swamy and BN Reddy Vijaya Vauhini Studios founded in 1948 in the city of Chennai. Dean of Indian cinema LV Prasad, who began his film career with Bhakta Prahlada, Prasad Studios founded in 1956 with headquarters in Chennai..However, through the efforts of DVS Raju, the Telugu movie industry has completely changed its base from Chennai to Hyderabad, India in the 1990s during the political reign of NT Rama Rao.

Veteran actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao moved to Hyderabad and developed Annapurna Studios. The Telugu film industry is one of the three largest producers of Indian cinema. About 245 Telugu films were produced in 2006, the highest in India for the year. Film studios in Hyderabad, developed by D. Ramanaidu and Ramoji Rao are involved in the prolific film production and employment. There is a good amount of dispersion between the film industries of India. Many successful Telugu films have been remade in large part by Bengali cinema while fewer were redone by industries in Hindi and Tamil films.The industry has also remade a few movies in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam. Some Tamil films, Malayalam and Kannada are dubbed in Telugu released.

 
UFO Moviez digital cinema network marketed by the company Screenz On Digital (SDS) has digitized several cinemas in the area.The Institute of Telangana, Film and Television Institute of Andhra Pradesh and Annapurna Ramanaidu Film School Film and Television School International Film and Media, are some of the largest film school in India.The Telangana and Andhra Pradesh States is about 2,800 theaters, the largest number of cinemas in any state in India.

 
Prices Nandi is the most prestigious award for excellence in the production of Telugu Cinema, Theatre and Television. It is awarded annually to Lalitha Kala Thoranam in Hyderabad, India, for film, television and Development Corporation State Theatre Telugu  "Nandi" means "bull", the awards are named after the great granite bull Lepakshi - a cultural and historical symbol of Telugu culture.