It's now official. The only Telugu film that fullHYD ever gave a 5-star rating (and one that eventually ran for about 200 days), has now been adjudged that by the Nandi jury too. Kalisundaam Raa is tops, and wins gold, apart from three other awards, for best actor, best supporting actor and best story writer. (The only others with a perfect 5 on fullHYD, for those curious, have been Boys Don't Cry and Nidaan.) So now you know where you get the best movie reviews. fullHYD has reviews of EVERY film showing in town, and is the fastest to bring them out. So make it a rule to browse movies on fullHYD before you even think of going to a theater. There's a short cut too. Just type "best movies in town" in fullHYD's search and hit go.
Back to business. The biggest event for the Telugu film industry is scheduled to happen on the 1st of November this year, and we have the comprehensive list of all winners for you. Venkatesh (for Kalisundaam Raa) is best hero, Maheshwari (for Nee Kosam) is best heroine and Ram Gopal Varma (for Prema Katha) is best director. Nee Kosam (this was before fullHYD's time, in case you are wondering what we rated it) is second best film, and Prema Katha (the same) is third.
The comprehensive list of awards follows:
|
Award
|
Film
|
Person
|
Value
|
| Best Film | Kalisundaam Raa | 12" gold Nandi + R. 50,000 in cash to the producer, 10" copper Nandi + Rs. 20,000 in cash to the director | |
| Second Best Film | Nee Kosam | 12" silver Nandi + R. 20,000 in cash to the producer, 10" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 in cash to the director | |
| Third Best Film | Prema Katha | 12" bronze Nandi + R. 10,000 in cash to the producer, 10" copper Nandi + Rs. 5,000 in cash to the director | |
| Best Actor | Kalisundaam Raa | Venkatesh | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 15,000 |
| Best Actress | Nee Kosam | Maheshwari | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 15,000 |
| Best Supporting Actor | Kalisundaam Raa | K Vishwanath | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Supporting Actress | Prema Katha | Radhika | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Character Actor | Thammudu | Mallikarjuna Rao | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Character Actress | Seertharama Raju | Nirmalamma | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Child Actor | Devi | Master Mahendra | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Story Writer | Kalisundaam Raa | Dinjay and Uday Shankar | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 15,000 |
| Best Cinematographer | Prema Katha | Venkata Prasad | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Screen Play Writer | Neekosam | Sreenu Vytla | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Dialogue Writer | Ramasakkanodu | L B Sriram | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Lyric Writer | Prema Katha | Seetharama Sastry | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Anniah(Song "Hima Seemallo) | Hari Haran | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Female Playback Singer | Swayamvaram(Song "Marala Telupana") | Chitra | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Music Director | Swayamvaram | Vandemataram Srinivas | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Director | Prema Katha | Ramgopal Verma | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 & K V Reddy Gold Medal |
| Best Art Director | Raja Kumarudu | Sreenivasa Raju | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best First Film of a Director | Neekosam | Sreenu Vytla | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Audiography | Samudram | Madhusudhana Reddy | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Editing | Samudram | Shankar | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Comedian Actor | Ramasakkanodu | M S Narayana | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Comedian Actress | Police | Srilakshmi | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Villain | Samudram | Tanikalla Bharani | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Choreographer | Annaiah(Song "Aata Kavala Pata Kavala") | Lawrance | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Costume Designer | Samarasimha Reddy | Ram Babu | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Makeup Man | Seetha Rama Raju | Ramachandra Rao | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Hero of the Best Film | Kalisundam Raa | Venkatesh | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Heroine of the Best Film | Kalisundam Raa | Simran | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Hero of the Second Best Film | Neekosam | Ravi Theja | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Heroine of the Second Best Film | Neekosam | Maheswari | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Hero of the Third Best Film | Prema Katha | Sumanth | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Heroine of the Third Best Film | Prema Katha | Anthra Mali | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Film Critic Award | Vaasiraju Prakasam | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 | |
| Best Book on Film in Telugu | Telugu Tera | S V Rama Rao | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best Dubbing Female Artiste | Anaganaga O Ammai | Shilpa (for Soundarya) | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Best dubbing male Artiste | Prema Katha | Ravi (for Manoj Bajpai) | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Special Jury Awards | Swayam Varam | Venu | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Special Jury Awards | Police / Ramasakkanodu | Sri Hari | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Special Jury Awards | Swayamvaram | Laya | 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |
| Dr. ANR Award for Best Telugu Feature Film for Home Viewing | Raja Kumarudu | Shawal + Rs. 20,000 | |
| Feature Film on National Integration | Bharatha Ratna |
12" Gold Nandi + Rs. 50,000 9" copper Nandi + Rs. 10,000 |