82 Years of tollywood cinema witnessed a few movies on Lord Vinayaka. Among them, two movies are considered to be the best and they are 'Vinayaka Chavithi' and 'Sri Vinayaka Vijayam'. Details of those movies are as follows.
* VINAYAKA CHAVITHI: This movie was released in the year 1957. NTR played the role of lord Srikrishna in this movie. Srikrishna-Satrajiththu and Shamanthakamani's story was shown in this mythological movie. Jamuna played the role of Satyabhama. 'Vathapi Ganapathim Bhaje' song has been a huge hit. 'Dinakara Subhakara' song on lord Surya Bhagawan is also an ever lasting one. Music of the movie was composed by Ghantasala. The movie was directed by Samudrala on Aswaraj Productions. This movie recorded box office hit then.
* SRI VINAYAKA VIJAYAM: This movie was released in the year 1980. Lord Ganesha's complete story was depicted in this mythological film. Krishnam Raju and Vanisri were seen as lord Shiva and Parvathi. 'Evarivaya' song has been a huge hit. This movie turned out to be a box office super hit those days. Kamalakara Kameswara Rao directed this movie.