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top 10 tollywood thriller movies of all time


tollywood is well known for commercial routine movies, but also there are some thriller movies which pulls audience to the edge of seat, here are top 10 thrillers of tollywood in all time!!!
lets start our count...........
10. Anukokunda Oka roju(imdb rating : 8.1)
 
is a 2005 Telugu neo-noir mystery-thriller film written & directed by Chandra sekhar yeleti and produced by Gangaraju gunnam and Venkat Dega. The film starred Jagapathi babu charmme kaur and shashank in lead roles and has music composed by M.M.keeravani This heroine-oriented suspense film was a critical success. The film was recorded as Super Hit at the box office. The film was remade as sunday in Hindi starring Ayesha takia.

story line: Sahasra (Charmi) is a chorus singer struggling to make a career in playback singing. One night she goes to a wild party on the insistence of her fast-going girl friend (Pooja Bharati). A few days later she gets chased by unidentified men who try to murder her. The rest of the story is all about unveiling the mysterious happenings that occurred on that night where she went to party.suresh reddy(jagapathi babu) a police officer who deals this case as he is about to engage with sahasra. she misses a day in her life!!!! sorry she forgets what happened that wild party night and due to heavy dosage of some new drug she slept for a day. she don't know what happened that night and that night is the reason for chase by unidentified men who try to murder, does she got rid of the chase? what happened that night? to get answers for these questions watching this movie is the only answer.





9.Aithe! (imdb rating:8.2)



is a 2003 indian Telugu-language thriller film written and directed by chandra sekhar yeleti. The film deals with underworld criminal nexus, and hijacking. The film won the national film award for best feature film for that year.The film was remade in Tamil as Naam.


story line:Irfan Khan (Pavan Malhotra) is a key mafia affiliate in Mumbai. Khan is on the wanted list of criminals in Hyderabad with a bounty of 50 lakhs. Aiming to migrate to Dubai so that he could remotely control the operations in Mumbai, Khan devised a plan of hijacking a plane from Hyderabad to Kathmandu. His plan consisted of getting four of his own men to hijack a domestic flight from Hyderabad to Kathmandu(destined for Mumbai) in which he is a passenger. The home minister is also in the flight, and the four men are to release all the passengers and concentrate on the Home minister. From Kathmandu, he planned to go to Dubai. For the hijack operation, he organised a group of four intelligent men who were in dire need for money and who do not have a criminal record. The audience is made to believe in the beginning that the four central characters are these four men, but in fact they kidnap Khan before the flight takes off, aiming to get the prize money. They hide Khan in a forest and call...., to know how they got prize money you should watch the movie definitely, flight scene is highlight of the movie.

  
8. Govinda govinda(imdb rating:6.8)
 is a 1994 telugu supernatural thriller film produced by C.ashwini dutt on vyjyanthi movies banner and directed by Ram gopal varma. Starring Akkineni nagarjuna Sri devi in lead roles and music was composed by Raj-koti. Upon release the film grabbed positive reviews and became a sleeper hit.this movie was the last tollywood movie directed by ram gopal varma and then he left to bollywood, then he returned to tollywood with the movie raktha charitra which is based on true story of faction wars in ananthapur.

story line:A Zamindar attempts to pull heist over a devastating Earth together again so everyday he prays to god to shower blessings upon him for him to be successful in his motive. God does assure him and tell him that the earth can be rid of evilness. But when he sets out into the world a precious jewel is snatched from Lord Venkateshwara murti. The jewel is stolen and falls into the devil's hand although the villagers are aware of the thief they are ask to keep a low profile and the evilness continues on earth especially in India with no one to stop it now except god.

7.kshana  kshanam(imdb rating:8.2)

is a 1991 telugu neo-noir road movie written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film Starred Venkatesh,Sri devi and Paresh rawal in the lead roles. The sound track and background score composed by M.M.Keeravani received rave reviews. The comedy thriller film is one of the highest rated Telugu films on the internet movie database. The narrative by Ram Gopal Varma, and the cinematography by S.Gopala reddy, received positive reviews.
Produced by Durga Arts, the film went on to become a sleeper hit with its second theatrical release in andhra pradesh, telangana, and tamil nadu, along with a dubbed hindi version titled Hairaan which gathered positive reports from bollywood critics, and was screened at the international film festival of india,ann arbor film festival, and the fribourg international film festival. The path breaking film received critical acclaim which led to four state nandi awards, including the Nandi Award for Best Direction, the nandi award for best screenplay write(this is a genuine award those days), and a filmfare award south. Varma later remade the film in Hindi as Daud, and also donned films such as Thiruda thiruda, anaganaga oka roju and Road on the lines of Kshana Kshanam.[7]
paresh rawal deserved an award for his acting and villianism, but he didnt get any award, i think awards are less for his talent!!!!!!!!
Story line: Chandu is a petty thief who comes across Satya, an innocent girl who unwittingly comes across a way to a huge amount of money stolen from a bank. While the gang that robbed the bank go after her for the clue, one member dies in her apartment and she believes she's the one that killed him. Every one including the original gang that robbed the bank, the police and now Chandu and Satya go after the money.

6.Pasivadi pranam(imdb rating:7.5)
  is a 1987 telugu thriller movie. This film stars chiranjeevi, vijayashanthi, and raghuvaran. This film was produced by Chiranjeevi's brother-in-law Allu aravind. This film was directed by A.kodandarami reddy. The film is a remake of "poovinnu puthiya poonthilal", a malayalam movie starring Mammooty. The film recorded as Industry Hit at box office.

story line: Madhu (Chiranjeevi) is a painter who becomes a drunkard since his wife is killed immediately after their marriage in an accident. He leads a careless life until a kid (Baby Sujitha) who is deaf and vocally challenged (dumb), enters his life. He names him Raja and takes care of him however, he doesn't stop drinking. Raja's parents are murdered by Venu (Raghuvaran) and his assistant and Raja is the witness to murder who is tried to be getting rid of by them. Geeta (Vijayashanti) meets the kid in a shopping place and mistakes him to be Madhu's son and fights with them when the kid accidentally breaks her just bought gift and later realises her mistake and comes to apologise to Madhu's house. She befriends the kid and gradually falls for Madhu. Later she comes to know that the kid is none other than her sister's (Rajyalakshmi) son and she was murdered. Madhu is accused of murder and kidnap, and is arrested by Inspector (Prabhakar). But they realise that he is not the actual killer and is !!!!!, ohh no i hate spoilers, so watch movie to know who is the killer.

5.Anveshana(imdb rating:7.4)




  is a 1985 telugu thriller film directed by Vamsy. The film stars Karthik, Bhanu priya, Kaikala satyanarayana, and Sharath babu in important roles. This is the third film for Vamsy as a director after Sitara and Alapana.The film was also dubbed in Tamil as Paadum Paravaigal with reshot comedy track of Goundamani and Senthil.
i think this real thriller movie which defines the meaning of thriller. watch it online, i got frustrated by watching it in tv where advertisements between movie makes you hulk!!!.not thriller but also a very different story in those days.director vamsy is well known for different journals.

Story line:
Mr Rao (Sathyanarayana) has a dream of publishing a book on birds and the origin of music from their sounds. Pandu (Rallapalli) works as his driver. They stay in a forest house and prepares thesis for the same. He calls Hema (Bhanupriya) from a city and appoints her to write the book. James (Sharath babu) is a police offer investigating the case of a man-eater tiger in that area. After she comes, Rao's manager Ghokale is brutally murdered in the forest allegedly by a tiger. Rao had to appoint another manager Amar (Karthik) for assisting his work. After he comes, a bullock cart owner Suranna is also killed in the forest supposedly by a tiger .
It is revealed that Amar is actually a police officer in disguise who comes to investigate the serial killings in the forest. When Suranna dies, he follows the foot steps of the tiger, and finds out that they actually belong to a human. He suspects the murders are well planned by a criminal. He also came to know that the victims were actually following Hema when she was wandering in the forest. He seeks the help of Hema in solving the case, to which she agrees. How they find the killer forms the rest of the story.

4. abhilasha(imdb rating:7.3)
 
is a 1983 Telugu film, directed by A.Kodandaraami reddy and was produced by K.S.rama rao. It is the film adaptation of Yandamuri veerendranath's novel of the same name. Chiranjeevi, Raadhika, Rao gopala rao, and Gollapudi maruthi rao played vital roles. The super hit music for the movie was scored by Ilayaraja.
The storyline of the movie is thematically similar to the 1946 movie the man who dared and the 1973 Kannada movie Bidugade.
The film was remade in Tamil as Sattathai Thiruthungal with mohan.

Story line: A young lawyer strives to remove the death sentence from the judicial system. With support from his mentor, he devises an ingenious plan. When the plan goes terribly wrong halfway through, he has to race against time to save his own life.he plans a fake murder attempted by himself by creating some proofs and he accepts the murder, so he gets jailed and also death sentence, before he going to be hanged his mentor makes bail by proving it is a fake murder in attempt to remove death sentence from judicial system. but the time getting closer he loses belief in his mentor and.....
what happens??????? no spoilers.

 3.kshanam(imdb rating:8.3)
  is a 2016 Indian telugu language mystery thriller film released worldwide on 26 February 2016. It was directed by Ravikanth Perepu, with Adivi sesh and Adah sharma in lead roles and Anasuya bharadwaj, vennela kishore, satyam rajesh, satya dev kancharana appearing in supporting roles. Music is by Sricharan Pakala and cinematography by Shaneil Deo. The film opened to critical acclaim & commercial success.The film is being remade in Tamil as sathya (2017) with Sibiraj.
I think without this movie the list incomplete!!! adivi sesh written story is very well narrated with some mean dialouges.

Story line:Rishi, an NRI, comes to India in search of his ex-lover Swetha's daughter, who was kidnapped by a gang of Nigerians. The police are uncooperative and there is no evidence to collaborate Swetha's version of events. How will Rishi unravel the mystery? I would like to say less about this movie, i dont wanna spoil your thrill in watching this movie.

2. One-Nenokkadine(imdb rating:8.4)
 
  is a 2014 Indian telugu language psychological thriller film written and directed by sukumar. Produced by Ram Achanta, Gopichand Achanta, and Anil Sunkara as 14 reel entertainments and distributed by Eros international, the film features Mahesh babu and Kriti sanon in the lead roles (Sanon's Telugu cinema debut). nassar, pradeep rawat, kelly dorjli, and Anu hasan appear in supporting roles. Mahesh's son, Gautham Krishna, made his debut in the film as a younger version of the protagonist.
this is most underrated movie in tollywood according to me, people demand different journal but when it comes, they make it fail but however this movie managed to bag some good amount of awards.

Story line:1: Nenokkadine revolves around the search by Gautham (a schezophrenic Indian rock musician missing 25 percent of his brain's grey matter) for his parents, whom he believes were murdered by three men. Sameera, a journalist, convinces him that he is an orphan and is hallucinating. When Gautham kills one of the "imaginary" men for his psychological satisfaction, he realises that the dead man is real and leaves for London to find his roots and the other two men behind his parents' death.

1.Ave kallu(imdb rating:7.7)
 Ave Kallu is a Murder Mystery telugu film starring krishna released in year 1967. The film was a remake of Tamil film Adhey Kangal. yet this is an old movie but till date there is no movie defeating this movie.super star krishna is well known for new technology introducing or new journals introducing. this movie may be a remake of tamil movie but in telugu this is a top thriller movie in tollywood history, watching this movie today makes you to fall in love with this movie, background score is damn thrilling which improves thrill to the scene.

story line:Rich and pretty, Susila returns from college to find that her family is being bumped off one by one. The only clues are a half smoked cigar left at the scene of each murder and a mysterious woman in white running through the courtyard.




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  1. thank you for your support pawan, hope my work entertained you and do watch those films.

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