The jury responsible for selecting the awardees was headed by actor and entrepreneur Murali Mohan.
Published May 31, 2025 | 5:16 PM ⚊ Updated May 31, 2025 | 5:16 PM
Best Film Award winners from 2014 to 2023. (X)
A day after announcing the Gaddar Telangana Film Awards for 2024, the Telangana government, on Friday, 30 May, announced the list of best films for the period between June 2014 to December 2023, and and six special awards.
For 2024, Nag Ashwin’s Kalki 2898 AD was named the first Best Feature Film, along with director bagging the Best Director Award, actor Allu Arjun bagged the Best Actor Male Award for Pushpa 2: The Rule, and Nivetha Thomas was named Best Actor Female for 35 Chinna Katha Kadhu.
TFDC Managing Director S Harish and Chairman Dil Raju announced the list of winners at a press conference. The jury responsible for selecting the awardees was headed by actor and entrepreneur Murali Mohan.
According to a Cinema Express report, speaking on the occasion, Murali Mohan explained that the decision to discontinue the prestigious Nandi Film Awards was made jointly by the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments after the 2014 bifurcation. He noted that many film personalities had urged for the awards to be presented for the past 10 years, saying, “Every artist cherishes the feeling of being recognized.”
Here’s the list of films year-wise.
2023
1st Best Film: Balagam
2nd Best Film: HanuMan
3rd Best Film: Bhagavanth Kesari
2022
1st Best Film: Sita Ramam
2nd Best Film: Karthikeya 2
3rd Best Film: Major
2021
1st Best Film: RRR
2nd Best Film: Akhanda
3rd Best Film: Uppena
2020
1st Best Film: Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo
2nd Best Film: Colour Photo
3rd Best Film: Middle Class Melodies
2019
1st Best Film: Maharshi
2nd Best Film: Jersey
3rd Best Film: Mallesham
2018
1st Best Film: Mahanati
2nd Best Film: Rangasthalam
3rd Best Film: C/o Kancharapalem
2017
1st Best Film: Baahubali: The Conclusion
2nd Best Film: Fidaa
3rd Best Film: Ghazi
2016
1st Best Film: Shatamanam Bhavathi
2nd Best Film: Pelli Choopulu
3rd Best Film: Janatha Garage
2015
1st Best Film: Rudramadevi
2nd Best Film: Kanche
3rd Best Film: Srimanthudu
2014
1st Best Film: Run Raja Run
2nd Best Film: Paathshala
3rd Best Film: Alludu Seenu
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy in 2024, introducing the awards, noted that the state government would present awards to film personalities, poets and artists named after the revolutionary late Gaddar.
Gaddar, also a poet and balladeer, born as Gummadi Vittal Rao in a poor Dalit family in the Medak district of Telangana, was a voice of the poor during his lifetime.
