This industry gets its name from Telugu and bollywood. This is an industry which is growing at a rapid pace. This industry is based in Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. This industry is another industry where brand new talent is discovered. All the movies which are made have original scripts and the fan following of each star is unbelievable.

The God of Telugu cinema or the equivalent of Rajnikant or Amitabh Bachchan is Chiranjeevi. NT Rama Rao was the star of the yester years who not only won his fans for his movies but for his politics too. Now the new generation of actors has come in and is very famous too. Actors like Junior NTR, Arjun, Prabhas and Tarun need no introduction.

Chiranjeevi is the winner of the Padma Bhushan too. His last release was such a big hit that fans waited and waited in queues to book their tickets in advance to see their big hero. He is a hero who hasn't aged at all and still carries of the movie on his shoulders alone. The year 2010 has been very exciting as many good films released and the top ten are:-

Top Rated Tollywood Movies 2009

• Indumathi starring Sivaji, Shweta Bharadwaj, Vennela Kishore, Harsha Vardhan, Vijay Sai.
• Jai Sambasiva starring Arjun, Sai Kumar, Poooja Gandhi and others.
• Kavyas Diary starring Manjula, Charmee and others.
• Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kastam starring Siddharth, Tamanna, Prakash Raj, Ramya Krishna, Nazar, Brahmanandam, Venumadhav, .
• Maavadu starring Simbu, Sana Khan, Sneha and others.
• Manorama starring Charmee and others.
• Masth starring Sivaji, Siva Balaji, Aanchal, , Sunil, Uttej, Mukhul Dev, Dr. Brahmanandam.
• Naa Girl Friend Baaga Rich starring Sivaji, Kaveri Jha, Brahmanandam, Ahuti Prasad, Aiswarya, Vijayasai,.
• Nachav Alludu starring Ali, Suprena, Jhansi, Raghubabu, Ravi Babu, Krishna Bhagavan.
• Prayanam starring Manoj Kumar, Harika, Brahmanandam, Kalpika, Janardhan.
• Raju Maharaju starring Mohan Babu, Sharwanand, Ramyakrishna, Survin Chawla, Brahmanandam, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam.
• Satyameva Jayathe starring Dr Rajasekhar, Sanjana, Neetu Chandra, Sheril Pinto, Sivaji, Sai Kiran, Siva Reddy, Minister M Satyanarayana Rao.

It's common for stars in the south Indian industry to act in different languages. Movies are often remade if it’s a hit in one language. Stars too are seen in a rotation. Sidharth was last seen in Rang De Basanti and then in Bommarillu in Telugu.

If you are in Hyderabad and want to see how doest the Telugu film industry works then it is a must for you to visit the Ramuji Film city. It's a treat but ensure you set aside the entire day to go around and look around.

A lot of Telugu producers are very active in the Hindi film industry as well as other industries. A lot of Tamil and Telugu movies have been remade into big hits by these producers. A lot of Hit Telugu movies are being made in Tamil too like chandramukhi, Something Something and now pokiri.

Stars like Vishal and Shriya Reddy are basically Telugu stars that have made it big in the Tamil Industry. Shriya who has just done few movies is an epitome of talent and looks very pretty in the shabbiest of outfits. Her performance in Timiru and Vayyil has both been admired by the fans and the critics. This is an actor who is going places.

Mahesh Babu turned out the biggest block buster of tollywood this year with pokiri. The name of the movie is so apt and all the characters have done complete justice to their roles. It's a must watch for every Telugu movie fan. The dialogues were piercing and the music too good to beat.