Andhra Pradesh government has announced the state Nandi film awards under several categories for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively, along with the NTR National award, BN Reddy state award, Nagireddy and Chakrapani state award and, Raghupathi Venkaiah state award for the same years. Here are the winners:
Best Film
2014 – Legend
2015 – Baahubali: The Beginning
2016 – Pelli Choopulu
Best Actor
2014 – Nandamuri Balakrishna (Legend)
2015 – Mahesh Babu (Srimanthudu)
2016 – Jr NTR (Nannaku Prematho & Janatha Garage)
Best Director
2014 – Boyapati Srinu (Legend)
2015 – SS Rajamouli (Baahubali: The Beginning)
2016 – Satish Vegesna (Shatamanam Bhavathi)
Best Actress
2014 – Anjali (Geethanjali)
2015 – Anushka (Size Zero)
2016 – Ritu Varma (Pelli Choopulu)
NTR National Award
2014 – Kamal Haasan
2015 – K Raghavendra Rao
2016 – Rajinikanth
BN Reddy State Award
2014 – SS Rajamouli
2015 – Trivikram Srinivas
2016 – Boyapati Srinu
Nagireddy & Chakrapani State Award
2014 – Narayana Murthy
2015 – MM Keeravani
2016 – KS Rama Rao
Raghupathi Venkaiah State Award
2014 – Krishnam Raju
2015 – Eswar
2016 – Chiranjeevi
Overall, ‘Legend’ leads 2014 Nandi Awards with 8 winnings, while ‘Manam’ bags 4 awards. For the year 2015, ‘Baahubali: The Beginning’ sweeps with 14 awards. In 2016, ‘Janatha Garage’ holds 6 awards while ‘Shatamanam Bhavathi’ acquires 5 awards.