Nowadays technology is well developed and movies are releasing through OTT’s etc., people are enjoying sitting in front of home TVs, cell phones. Earlier people use to go theaters for entertainment. Fans used to see their favorite hero movie more than once without boredom.
At that time, each movie played for minimum fifty days, hit movies 365 days and block buster movies five hundred days to thousand days, but now we cannot expect movies to run for years in theaters due to technology and other main reason is Piracy which is killing movie collections.
Here We Are Providing Top Long Run Movies From Tollywood That Entertained Audience-Film Lovers
Lava Kusa – 1111 days : Lava Kusa an Indian Hindu mythological film released in 1963, starring NTR-Rama Rao and Anjali Devi under C Pullaiah direction. Story revolves around Lava and Kusa sons of Rama and Sita.
Magadheera – 1001 days : Magadheera is a fantasy action film released in 2009, starring Ram Charan and Kajal Aggarwal under SS Rajamouli direction. Story is about lovers reborn to succeed their love, it is all about love, divine mysteries and reincarnation. A reborn lover accidentally touches the hand of herione and connects to the past.
Legend – 1005 days : Legend is an action film released in 2014, starring Nandamuri Balakrishna-NBK, Radhika Apte and Sonal Chauhan under Boyapati Srinu direction. Story revolves around revenge, family, sentiment, relationship, love and politics.
Maro Charitra – 693 days : Maro Charitra a pure love story entertainer released in 1978, starring Kamal Haasan, Saritha, Madhavi under K Balachander direction. Story revolves around two lovers of different cultural backgrounds who struggled to prove their love.
Pokiri – 580 days : Pokiri is an action thriller film released in 2006, starring Mahesh Babu and Ileana D’Cruz under Puri Jagannadh direction. Story is about a under cover police officer who joins the mafia as criminal to wipe off the mafia. Intially the movie runs with hero as a thug and suspense will be revealed after the second half of the movie.
Mangammagari Manavadu – 567 days : Mangammagari Manavadu is a love drama film released in 1984, starring Nandamuri Balakrishna-NBK, Bhanumathi (as Grand Mother), Ramakrishna and Suhasini under Kodi Ramakrishna Rao direction. Story is about a couple fall in love even though heriones family strongly dislike their relation, but in a sudden twist he leaves village without informing anyone and joins in Military and come home marring another women.
Premabhishekam – 533 days : Premabhishekam is a romantic drama film released in 1981, starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao-ANR, Sridevi and Jayasudha under Dasari Narayana Rao direction. Story is about how a hero makes his lover with whome he is going to get married to hate him and make up her mind to marry another person once he dicovers himself suffering with cancer.
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Prema Sagaram – 465 days : Prema Sagaram is a love drama film released in 1983, starring T Rajendar, Nalini, Saritha and Ganga under his (T Rajendar) direction. Story is about how a lovers face troubles once herions brother objects, how hero overcome hurdles and get married with the help of his friend.
Vetagadu – 409 days : Vetagadu an action film released in 1979, starring NTR-Rama Rao and Sridevi under K Raghavendra Rao direction. Story is about how a hero prove his father’s innocence while herione father misunderstands that his father cheated him and disagree their love.
Adavi Ramudu – 365 days : Adavi Ramudu an action movie released in 1977, starring NTR-Rama Rao, Jaya Prada and Jayasudha under K Raghavendra Rao direction. Story is about how a undercover forest officer nab the smugglers in the mean process knows that these villains killed his father.
Maa Bhoomi – 365 days : Maa Bhoomi is a social problem film released in 1979, starring Rami Reddy under Goutam Ghose direction. Story revolves around British, Nizam, Razakars, Reddys, Patils (Known as Zamindars-Doras locally), corruption, coercion etc.
Pelli Sandadi – 365 days : Pelli Sandadi is a musical romance film released in 1996, starring Srikanth, Ravali and Deepti Bhatnagar under K Raghavendra Rao direction. Story is about hero falls in love with his dream girl not knowing that she is the sister of whome he is going to marry arranged by his family. she then sacrifies her love for her elder sister, at last her elder sister finds out and convinces family and her younger sister to marry him.
Sardar Paparayudu – 300 days : Sardar Paparayudu is a historical fiction film released in 1980, starring NTR-Rama Rao, Sridevi and Sharada under Dasari Narayana Rao direction. Story is about a honest police falls in love with corrupted politician’s daughter who had placed his father in prison on a false charges.
Nuvve Kavali – 295 days : Nuvve Kavali is a romantic love story released in 2000, starring Tarun, Richa Pallod and Sai Kiran under K Vijaya Bhaskar direction. Story is about a childhood friends who do not realize that they are in deep love due to their close bond of friendship. Once grown up find it difficult to each other to express it.
Narasimha Naidu – 275 days : Narasimha Naidu is a vigilante action drama film released in 2001, starring Nandamuri Balakrishna-NBK, Preeti Jhangiani, Simran and Asha Saini under B Gopal direction. Story is about a young women falls in love with a widower man who had a kid and wants to marry him. She joins in ashsram he runs to get closer, her parents who fixs marriage with another person comes to know about her love and try’s to kill widower and then runs the powerfull flash back.
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Mayalodu – 260 days : Mayalodu is a comedy film released in 1993, starring Rajendra Prasad and Soundarya under SV Krishna Reddy direction. Story is about a magician who performs magic at roadside to earn his living. One day he founds a girl and comes to know that her parents are killed by his uncle for property and also trying to kill her and rest is how he saved the child with his magic.
Dasara Bullodu – 254 days : Dasara Bullodu is a romance film released in 1971, starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao-ANR, Vanisri and Chandrakala under VB Rajendra Prasad direction. Story is about two women loves one man, in the process one women knows that he is love with other women tries to unite them but her greedy father wants him to marry her for property.
Balaraju – 252 days : Balaraju is a fantasy film released in 1948, starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao-ANR and S Varalakshmi under Ghantasala Balaramaiah direction. Story is about lovers with a curse born as humans. As girl born in family brings lots of wealth and fearing of losing wealth if she gets married her father hides her. remaining story is how she meets him and recognizes and how indra trys to seperate again, with gods blessings they meet etc
Daana Veera Soora Karna – 250 days : Daana Veera Soora Karna is a mythological film released in 1977, starring NTR-Rama Rao under his (NTR) direction. Story is based on the life of Karna from Mahabharata, how karna faced hardships and how duryodhana befriend him and to honor his friendship he battles against the Pandavas.
Indra – 247 days : Indra is a action drama film released in 2002, starring Chiranjeevi, Aarthi Agarwal and Sonali Bendre under B Gopal direction. Story is based on a man who wants peace between two families who are fighting over the water problem in their district. remaining story is why he left the village, where he stayed and why he has to come back to his village and how he succeeded in solving water problem.
Premalayam – 238 days : Premalayam is a family drama film released in 1995, starring Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit under Sooraj Barjatya direction. Story is based on blockbuster hindi film hum aapke hai koun that is dubbed in telugu as Premalayam, hero loves his brother’s sister in law, but when his brother looses his wife all his family members urges him to marry her, so both decides to sacrifice their love. remaining story is how his brother come to know their love and brings a happy ending.
Samarasimha Reddy – 227 days : Samarasimha Reddy is an action drama film released in 1999, starring Nandamuri Balakrishna-NBK Simran, Anjala Zaveri and Sanghavi under B Gopal direction. Story is about a hero in a revenge with rayalaseema don who killed his parents and fiancee, accidentally kills his assistant. Hero then takes all his assistant duties and joins in the hotel as a worker to take care of three sisters. remaining story is how sisters know he killed his brother and knows the actual truth of him etc.
Tholi Prema – 224 days : Tholi Prema is a romance film released in 1998, starring Pawan Kalyan and Keerthi Reddy under A Karunakaran direction. Story is about a careless hero who hang around with friends falls in love with herione at first sight, as she is unaware of his love, to win her heart what difficulties he faced is the rest story.
Samsaram – 224 days : Samsaram is a drama film released in 1950, starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao-ANR, NTR-Rama Rao, Pushpalata and Lakshmirajyam under LV Prasad direction. Story is about a honest and straight forward gentleman under suspect of theft gets jailed, rest story is how he proved innocence and get united with his family.
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Kalisundam Raa – 220 days : Kalisundam Raa is a drama film released in 2000, starring Venkatesh and Simran under Udayasankar direction. Story is about son of a run away parents were invited for the first time by their grandparents on the eve of his Shastipoorti ceremony, hero faces embarrassment from the members of grandparents family. He comes to know why his grand parents family and family of women whome his father has to marry but ran away to marry his love are bitter quarrel. and the rest is how he succeeded to bring two troubled families together and get married to whome he loves.
Student No. 1 – 217 days : Student No. 1 is an action film released in 2001, starring Jr NTR and Gajala under SS Rajamouli direction. Story is about a student who joins in law college which is well known for indiscipline students. He makes students mend their ways and comes his flash back and rest of the film is how he changes students and get degree and win his fathers heart.
Sankarabharanam – 216 days : Sankarabharanam is a musical drama film released in 1980, starring JV Somayajulu, Manju Bhargavi, Chandramohan and Rajyalakshmi under K Viswanath direction.
Sri Madvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra – 213 days : Brahmam Gari Charitra is a biographical film released in 1984, starring NTR-Rama Rao under his (NTR) direction.
Anandam – 210 days : Anandam is a romance film released in 2001, starring Jai Akash and Rekha Vedavyas under Srinu Vaitla direction.
Bobbili Raja – 210 days : Bobbili Raja is a romantic action film released in 1990, starring Venkatesh and Divya Bharati under B Gopal direction.
Devadasu – 205 days : Devadasu is a romantic comedy drama film released in 2006, starring Ram and Ileana under YVS Chowdary direction.
Allari Priyudu – 204 days : Allari Priyudu is a musical romantic comedy film released in 1993, starring Rajasekhar, Ramya Krishna and Madhu Bala under K Raghavendra Rao direction.
Prathighatana – 204 days : Prathighatana is an action drama film released in 1985, starring Vijayshanti and Chandra Mohan under T Krishna direction.
Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari – 200 days : Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari is a supernatural fantasy film released in 1990, starring Chiranjeevi and Sridevi under K Raghavendra Rao direction.
