Telugu Cinema

The Cinema of Andhra Pradesh (also known as Telugu cinema or Tollywood) industry is the second largest film industry in the country, in terms of Annual film production and revenue.

Ramoji Film City, which holds the Guinness World Record for the world's largest film production facility, is located in Hyderabad, India. Hyderabad is the only city in India which has six functional Film studios.

The Prasad's IMAX located in Hyderabad is the world's largest 3D IMAX Screen and it is the most attended screen in the world. The state of Andhra Pradesh has the most number of Cinema Theaters in India.

First Telugu Film " Bhisma Pratighna " directed by Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu , released in 1921.

Play back singer S. P. Balasubramanyam holds the Guinness World Record of having sung the most number of songs for any male playback singer in the world.

In 2002, the Guinness Book of Records named Vijaya Nirmala as the female director with most number of films; she made 47 films. In a career spanning approximately two decades, she acted in over 200 films with 25 each in Malayalam and Tamil. She also produced 15 films.

Telugu actor Brahmanandam holds the Guinness World Record for acting in the most number of films in a single language. Movie producer D.Rama Naidu holds the Guinness World Record as the most prolific producer with 130 films.