Tollywood Chamber Elections 2025: Intense Battle Between Two Major Panels

The elections for the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce are scheduled to take place on December 28, with a strong rivalry emerging between two major panels. The polling will be conducted at the Film Nagar office in Hyderabad.

Members representing studios, producers, distributors, and exhibitors will participate in the voting process to choose representatives for the four sector councils along with the executive committee. This year’s election has drawn significant attention, as the contest is largely shaped by the influence of leading film industry figures such as Allu Aravind, Suresh Babu, and Dil Raju.

The primary face-off is expected to be between one panel backed by Kalyan and Prasanna Kumar and the rival Progressive Panel. Several well-known personalities from the Telugu film industry are contesting in the elections, including Bharat Chowdary, Chiranjeevi (Cherry), Krishna Prasad Shivalenka, Leela Damodara Prasad (Damu), Rajesh Dandu, Ramakrishna Garagaparthi (Ranki), Ramakrishna Kasula, Ramakrishna V (RK), Ramesh Manyam, Sravanthi Ravi Kishore, Samba Siva Rao J, Satish Kumar Varma Vegesna, Madhura Sridhar Reddy, Srinivasa Rao D, Subba Rao Janjanam, Vivek Kuchibhotla, Sudarshan Reddy R, Sudhakar Babu CH, Venkatesh Manchi, and Venugopal Bekkem.

In addition, prominent industry members such as Ammiraju, Babji, YVS Chowdary, Gururaj, C Kalyan, Palli Kesava Rao, Koti Babu, PLK Lakshmi Karana Natti, Mohan Vadlapatla, Padmini N, Prasanna Kumar Tummala, Ramakrishna Goud, Rama Satyanarayana, Ramesh Babu Valluripally, Ravichand Yalamanchi, Chadalavada Srinivasa Rao, Srinivasa Rao Vajja, Surender Reddy, M V Reddy, and others were present during the election-related activities.

Kishore is contesting for a key position, while another group of candidates includes Abhishek Agarwal, Ashok Kumar, Bapineedu, Krishna Prasad Shivalenka, Leela Damodara Prasad, Nagavamsi Suryadevara, K S Rama Rao, Sravanthi Ravi Kishore, Ravi Shankar Yalamanchili, Sambasiva Rao I, Chalasani Priyanka Dutt, and Dil Raju.

Yet another panel features Ammi Raju, YVS Chowdary, C Kalyan, Palli Keshava Rao, Natti Lakshmi Karuna, Vadlapatla Mohan, N Padmini, Prasanna Kumar Tummala, Prathani Ramakrishna Goud, Tummalapalli Rama Satyanarayana, Chadalavada Srinivasa Rao, and Sai Venkat.

With influential names involved and strong backing on both sides, the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce elections are expected to witness a highly competitive and closely watched battle.