2026 Telugu Movies List | Upcoming Telugu Movie 2026 (July, August, September, October) Releases
This article provides the latest updates on newly released Telugu movies, upcoming Telugu movies of 2026, and a complete list of Telugu actors’ upcoming projects. Although some release dates may change, we regularly update this page with verified information from movie producers and reliable film industry sources.
Upcoming Telugu Movies Releasing in 2026 (Second Half)
The first half of the year is completed, and only a few films have officially crossed the Hit and Superhit status. Now we have entered the second half of the year. Here are the upcoming Telugu movies to watch out for in 2026, starting from July 2026
- Rao Bahadur – July 3
- Nagabandham – July 3
- Lenin – July 10
- Oh..! Sukumari – July 17
- Chennai Love Story – July 24
- Srinivasa Mangapuram – July 30
- Sigma – July 31
- Vishwanath and Sons – August 14
- I’m Game – August 20
- The Paradise – August 21
- Irumudi – August 21
- Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups – August 26
- Bhogi – August 28
- Ramba Oorvasi Menaka – September 4
- Sardar 2 – September 10
- Ranbaali – September 11
- Aadarsha Kutumbam House No: 47 (AK 47) – October 2
- Jailer 2 – October 15
- Vishwambhara – October 15
- OM Chapter 1: Udhiram – October 16
- ENE Repeat – November 19
Tentative Releases (2026/2027)
- Swayambhu
- Korean Kanakaraju
- Vrushakarma
- Rowdy Janardhana
- G2 (Goodachari 2)
- Fauzi
- Hailesso
- Sambarala Yeti Gattu
- Annagaru Vostaru
- Yellamma
- Bloody Romeo
- Mahendragiri Varahi
- SlumDog – 33 Temple Road
- Bharata Varsha: Saga of Shula
All Telugu Movie Releases in 2026
| January 2026 | |
|---|---|
| Psych Siddhartha Release Date: 1 Jan 2026 | Cast: Nandu, Yamini Bhaskar Director: Karthik Reddy |
| Raja Saab Release Date: 9 Jan 2026 | Cast: Prabhas, Nidhhi Agerwal, Malavika Mohanan, Zarina Wahab, Sanjay Dutt Director: Maruthi Dasari |
| Parasakthi Release Date: 10 Jan 2026 (No Telugu release) | Cast: Sivakarthikeyan, Atharvaa, Sreeleela Director: Sudha Kongara |
| Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu Release Date: 11–12 Jan 2026 | Cast: Chiranjeevi, Nayanthara Director: Anil Ravipudi |
| Bhartha Mahasayulaku Wignyapthi Release Date: 13 Jan 2026 | Cast: Ravi Teja, Ashika Ranganath Director: Kishore Tirumala |
| Anaganaga Oka Raju Release Date: 13–14 Jan 2026 | Cast: Naveen Polishetty, Meenakshi Chaudhary Director: Kiran Kumar |
| Nari Nari Naduma Murari Release Date: 14–15 Jan 2026 | Cast: Sharwanand, Samyuktha Director: Ram Abbaraju |
| Om Shanti Shanti Shantihi Release Date: 30 Jan 2026 | Cast: Tharun Bhascker, Eesha Rebba Director: A.R. Sajeev |
| February 2026 | |
| Barabar Premistha Release Date: 6 Feb 2026 | Cast: Chandra Hass, Megna Mukharjee, Arjun Mahi Director: Sampath Rudra |
| Erra Cheera Release Date: 6 Feb 2026 | Cast: Rajendra Prasad, Sumanbabu, Karunya Choudary Director: Sri Sumathi Shatakam team |
| Funky Release Date: 13 Feb 2026 | Cast: Vishwak Sen, Kayadu Lohar Director: Anudeep KV |
| Couple Friendly Release Date: 14 Feb 2026 | Cast: Santosh Sobhan, Manasa Varanasi Director: Ashwin Chandrasekar |
| Seetha Payanam Release Date: 14 Feb 2026 | Cast: Aishwarya Arjun, Arjun Director: Arjun Sarja |
| Nawab Cafe Release Date: 20 Feb 2026 | Cast: Shiva Kandukuri, Teju Ashwini Director: Pramod Harsha |
| Hey Balwanth Release Date: 20 Feb 2026 | Cast: Suhas, Shivani Nagaram Director: Gopi Atchara |
| Vishnu Vinyasam Release Date: 27 Feb 2026 | Cast: Sree Vishnu, Nayan Sarika Director: Yadunaath Maruthi Rao |
| March 2026 | |
| Mrithyunjay Release Date: 6 Mar 2026 | Cast: Sree Vishnu, Reba Monica John Director: Hussain Sha Kiran |
| Sampradayini Suppini Suddapoosani Release Date: 6 Mar 2026 | Cast: Sivaji, Laya Director: Sudheer Sreeram |
| S Saraswathi Release Date: 6 Mar 2026 | Cast: Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Prakash Raj, Priyamani Director: Varalaxmi Sarathkumar |
| Mension House Mallesh Release Date: 6 Mar 2026 | Cast: Srinath Maganti, Gayathri Ramana Director: Mallesh Kiran |
| Sathi Leelavathi Release Date: 6 Mar 2026 | Cast: Lavanya Tripathi, Dev Mohan Director: Suresh Krishna |
| Bandmelam Release Date: 13 Mar 2026 | Cast: Harsh Roshan, Sridevi Apalla Director: Sathish Javvaji |
| Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge (Telugu Dub) Release Date: 19 Mar 2026 | Cast: Ranveer Singh, Rajpal Yadav Director: Rohit Shetty |
| Ustaad Bhagat Singh Release Date: 19 Mar 2026 | Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Sreeleela, Raashii Khanna Director: Harish Shankar |
| April 2026 | |
| Biker Release Date: 3 Apr 2026 | Cast: Sharwanand, Malavika Nair Director: Abhilash Reddy |
| Raakaasaa Release Date: 3 Apr 2026 | Cast: Sangeeth Shobhan, Nayan Sarika Director: Manasa Sharma |
| Dacoit Release Date: 10 Apr 2026 | Cast: Adivi Sesh, Mrunal Thakur, Anurag Kashyap, Prakash Raj, Sunil, Atul Kulkarni Director: Shaneil Deo |
| Love Insurance Kompany (LIK) Release Date: 10 Apr 2026 | Cast: Pradeep Ranganathan, Krithi Shetty, S. J. Suryah, Gouri Kishen, Yogi Babu, Seeman Director: Vignesh Shivan |
| Bad Boy Karthik Release Date: 17 Apr 2026 | Cast: Naga Shaurya, Vidhi Yadav, Samuthirakani Director: Ramesh Desena |
| Papam Prathap Release Date: 17 Apr 2026 | Cast: Thiruveer Reddy, Paayal Radhakrishna, Ajay Ghosh, Raasi Director: SP Durga Naresh |
| Thimmarajupalli Release Date: 17 Apr 2026 | Cast: Kiran Abbavaram, Sai Tej, Veda Jalandhar, Pradeep Kotte, Swathi Karimireddy, Amma Ramesh, Satyanarayana, Lathish Director: V. Muniraju |
| May 2026 | |
| Gaaya Padda Simham Release Date: 1 May 2026 | Cast: Tharun Bhascker, Faria Abdullah Director: Tharun Bhascker |
| Jetlee Release Date: 1 May 2026 | Cast: Sathya, Rhea Singha, Vennela Kishore, Viva Harsha, Kabir Duhan Singh Director: Ritesh Rana |
| Godari Gattupaina Release Date: 8 May 2026 | Cast: Sumanth Prabhas, Nidhi Pradeep, Jagapati Babu Director & Writer: Subash Chandra |
| Sathi Leelavathi Release Date: 8 May 2026 | Cast: Lavanya Tripathi, Dev Mohan Director: Satya Tatineni |
| Razor Release Date: 8 May 2026 | Cast: Ravi Babu Director & Writer: Ravi Babu |
| Veerabhadrudu (Karuppu) Release Date: 14 May 2026 | Cast: Suriya, Trisha Krishnan Director: Karthik Subbaraj |
| June 2026 | |
| Peddi Release Date: 4 Jun 2026 | Cast: Ram Charan, Shiva Rajkumar, Janhvi Kapoor, Jagapathi Babu, Divyenndu, Boman Irani Director: Buchi Babu Sana |
| Sing Geetham Release Date: 12 Jun 2026 | Cast: Ayaan Khan, Ahilya Bamroo, Shalini Kondepudi, Tulasi Shivamani, Banerjee Director: Singeetam Srinivasa Rao |
| Maa Inti Bangaaram Release Date: 19 Jun 2026 | Cast: Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Gulshan Devaiah, Diganth Manchale, Gautami, Sreemukhi Director: B. V. Nandini Reddy |
| Deewana Release Date: 28 Jun 2026 | Cast: Harshith Reddy, Smeha Manimegalai, Naresh, Jhansi, Jeevan Kumar Director: Sreekanth Sangishetty |
| July 2026 | |
| Rao Bahadur Release Date: 3 Jul 2026 | Cast: Satyadev Kancharana, Deepa Thomas, Vikas Muppala Director: Venkatesh Maha |
| Nagabandham Release Date: 3 Jul 2026 | Cast: Virat Karrna, Nabha Natesh, Iswarya Menon, Jagapathi Babu, Mahesh Manjrekar, Murli Sharma Director: Abhishek Nama (Co-director: Shravan Kumar Tadka) |
| Lenin Release Date: 10 Jul 2026 | Cast: Akhil Akkineni, Bhagyashri Borse, Sreeleela, Sudharshan, Brahmaji Director: Murali Kishore Abburu |
| Oh..! Sukumari Release Date: 17 Jul 2026 | Cast: Thiruveer, Aishwarya Rajesh, Srinivas Gavireddy, Jhansi, Muralidhar Goud, Aamani Director: Bharat Dharshan |
| Chennai Love Story Release Date: 24 Jul 2026 | Cast: Kiran Abbavaram, Sri Gouri Priya Directors: Lucky Bezawada, Ravi Namburii |
| Srinivasa Mangapuram Release Date: 30 Jul 2026 | Cast: Jaya Krishna Ghattamaneni, Rasha Thadani, Mohan Babu, V.K. Naresh Director: Ajay Bhupathi |
| Sigma Release Date: 31 Jul 2026 | Cast: Sundeep Kishan, Faria Abdullah, Raju Sundaram, Sampath Raj, Yog Japee, Rockstar Kamalesh Director: Jason Sanjay |
| August 2026 | |
| Vishwanath and Sons Release Date: 14 Aug 2026 | Cast: Suriya, Mamitha Baiju, Radhika Sarathkumar, Raveena Tandon, Bhavani Sre Director: Venky Atluri |
| The Paradise Release Date: 21 Aug 2026 | Cast: Nani, Sonali Kulkarni, Mohan Babu, Raghav Juyal, Tanikella Bharani, Easwari Rao Director: Srikanth Odela |
| Irumudi Release Date: 21 Aug 2026 | Cast: Ravi Teja, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Sai Kumar, Baby Nakshathra, Ajay Ghosh Director: Shiva Nirvana |
| Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups Release Date: 26 Aug 2026 | Cast: Yash, Nayanthara, Kiara Advani, Huma Qureshi, Tara Sutaria, Rukmini Vasanth Director: Geetu Mohandas |
| Bhogi Release Date: 28 Aug 2026 | Cast: Sharwanand, Anupama Parameswaran, Dimple Hayathi Director: Sampath Nandi |
| September 2026 | |
| Ranabaali Release Date: 11 Sep 2026 | Cast: Vijay Deverakonda, Rashmika Mandanna, Arnold Vosloo Director: Rahul Sankrityan |
| Ramba Oorvasi Menaka Release Date: 04 Sep 2026 | Cast: Allari Naresh, Vennela Kishore, V.K. Naresh, Srinivasa Reddy, Muralidhar Goud Director: Chandra Mohan Chintada |
| Sardar 2 Release Date: 10 Sep 2026 | Cast: Karthi, S.J. Suryah, Malavika Mohanan, Ashika Ranganath, Rajisha Vijayan, Yogi Babu Director: P.S. Mithran |
| October 2026 | |
| Aadarsha Kutumbam House No: 47 (AK 47) Release Date: 2 Oct 2026 | Cast: Venkatesh Daggubati, Srinidhi Shetty, Nara Rohith, Pujita Ponnada, Rao Ramesh Director: Trivikram Srinivas |
| Jailer 2 Release Date: 15 Oct 2026 | Cast: Rajinikanth, S.J. Suryah, Ramya Krishnan, Vidya Balan, Yogi Babu, Mirnaa, Anna Rajan Director: Nelson Dilipkumar |
| Vishwambhara Release Date: 15 Oct 2026 | Cast: Chiranjeevi, Trisha Krishnan, Isha Chawla, Mouni Roy, Ashika Ranganath, Meenakshi Chaudhary, Rana Daggubati Director: Mallidi Vasishta |
| OM Chapter 1: Udhiram – The Blood Wood Release Date: 16 Oct 2026 | Cast: Dhanush, Mammootty, Sai Pallavi, Sreeleela, Chaitu Jonnalagadda, Indrans Director: Rajkumar Periasamy |
| November 2026 | |
| ENE Repeat (Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi 2) Release Date: 19 Nov 2026 | Cast: Vishwak Sen, Abhinav Gomatam, Venkatesh Kakumanu, Srinath Maganti, Shivathmika Rajashekar Director: Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam |
About Telugu Cinema (Tollywood)
Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is one of the largest film industries in India. It produces over 250 films per year, including both theatrical releases and OTT digital releases. Today, Telugu movies are very popular and are watched by audiences all over the world.
In recent years, Telugu cinema has seen a major rise in popularity with blockbuster films like Baahubali 1 and 2, RRR, Pushpa: The Rise, Major, Karthikeya 2, The Ghazi Attack, Sita Ramam, and Dasara breaking box office records and gaining pan-India recognition.
There are several reasons for the rise of Tollywood. One reason is the increasing quality of Telugu films. Filmmakers are now using state-of-the-art technology and techniques to produce high-quality movies that can compete with films from other industries.
Another reason is the growing popularity of Telugu actors. Stars such as Mahesh Babu, Pawan Kalyan, Prabhas, Jr NTR, Ram Charan, Allu Arjun, Nani, Vijay Deverakonda, Adivi Sesh, Rana Daggubati, Nikhil Siddhartha, Naga Chaitanya, and Ram Pothineni are well-known across India and have a strong fan base worldwide.
Their work and talent are widely recognized, and online Telugu movie trailer reactions have further showcased their popularity. Telugu movie trends on OTT platforms have also helped boost their reach and visibility.
Fans eagerly anticipate their films in both theatres and on OTT releases, and this has helped improve the box office performance of Telugu cinema in the last 8–9 years. Today, Tollywood is bringing even bigger pan-India movies to audiences worldwide.
2027 Telugu Movie Releases:
As of now, four major Telugu films have locked release dates for 2027: Spirit (March 5), Varanasi (April 7), Dragon (June 11), and Raaka (December 2027). These projects feature Prabhas, Mahesh Babu, Jr. NTR, and Allu Arjun in lead roles, making 2027 one of the most star-studded years in Tollywood.
Spirit (5th March 2027) – Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s highly anticipated Telugu movie starring Prabhas and Tripti Dimri. This film is expected to deliver intense action and powerful storytelling, making it one of the most awaited Tollywood releases of 2027.
Varanasi (7th April 2027) – The mighty mammoth world film directed by S. S. Rajamouli, featuring Superstar Mahesh Babu in the lead role, Priyanka Chopra Jonas as the female lead, and Prithviraj Sukumaran as the antagonist. With music composed by M. M. Keeravani, this epic promises to be a global cinematic spectacle and a landmark in Telugu cinema.
Dragon (11th June 2027) – Prashanth Neel's ambitious Telugu action-crime saga starring Jr. NTR in the lead role, alongside Anil Kapoor, Rukmini Vasanth, and Tovino Thomas. Set against the backdrop of the 1969 Golden Triangle, the film promises a gripping narrative filled with high-octane sequences, intense drama, and Neel' trademark larger-than-life storytelling.
Raaka (December 2027) – Directed by Atlee, this sci-fi fantasy epic features Allu Arjun in the lead role, supported by Deepika Padukone, Mrunal Thakur, Rashmika Mandanna, Janhvi Kapoor, Ramya Krishnan, and Jim Sarbh. Produced by Sun Pictures, Raaka blends futuristic themes with emotional depth, aiming to push the boundaries of Telugu cinema into new creative territories.
Most Anticipated Telugu Films of 2026
Here are the upcoming most anticipated Telugu films of 2026.
Adivi Sesh and Mrunal Thakur star in Decoit, a stylish thriller directed by Shaneil Deo. Now Playing in theatres. Released on 10 April 2026.
Ram Charan’s Peddi is one of the most awaited films, directed by Buchi Babu Sana with music by A.R. Rahman. Janhvi Kapoor plays the female lead. New release date moved to June 2026.
Nani’s The Paradise, directed by Srikanth Odela, will release on 21 August 2026.
Ranabaali, starring Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna under Rahul Sankrityan’s direction, is already creating excitement as a large-scale action drama. Its release date is scheduled for 11 September 2026, though it may change.
