Telangana Gaddar Film Award for Best Feature Film
Telangana Gaddar Film Award for Best Feature Film is one of the categories of the Telangana Gaddar Film Awards, presented annually by Telangana Film Development Corporation, an organisation set up by Government of Telangana. The awards are instituted in 2025 in the honor of revolutionary Telugu poet Gaddar by the newly formed state of Telangana, replacing the earlier Nandi Awards. The Awards are instituted in the year 2025 and honored films released from 2014 since the state's formation.
It is one of several awards presented for feature films. It recognizes Three Best Feature Films every year in Gold, Silver and Bronze categories, the rewards are as follows:
Best Feature Film |
Producer |
Director |
|---|---|---|
Best Feature film Gold |
Golden memento with a cash award of 10,00,000/- and commendation certificate |
Silver memento with a cash award of 5,00,000/- and commendation certificate |
Best Feature film Silver |
Silver memento with a cash award of 7,00,000/- and commendation certificate |
Bronze memento with a cash award of 3,00,000/- and commendation certificate to Director |
Best Feature film Bronze |
Bronze memento with a cash award of 7,00,000/- and commendation certificate |
Cash award of 1,00,000/- and commendation certificate |
Jury
Ahead of the inaugural event of Telangana Gaddar Film Awards for the year 2024, the award for Best Film since the formation of Telangana in 2014 till 2023 were announced retrospectively. A jury was formed under the chairmanship of veteran actor Murali Mohan. Other members of the jury include director Dasaradh, producer D. V. K. Raju, actress Ooha, journalist Uma Maheswara Rao, dancer Vanaja Uday, director Kuchipudi Venkat, and K. Sridhar Reddy. The winners were announced on 30 May 2025.
First Best Feature Film
Year |
Title |
Director |
Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
2014 |
Run Raja Run |
Sujeeth |
V. Vamsi Krishna Reddy |
2015 |
Rudhramadevi |
Gunasekhar |
Gunasekhar |
2016 |
Sathamanam Bhavati |
Satish Vegesna |
Dil Raju |
2017 |
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion |
S. S. Rajamouli |
Shobu Yarlaggada |
2018 |
Mahanati |
Nag Ashwin |
Swapna Dutt |
2019 |
Maharshi |
Vamshi Paidipally |
Dil Raju |
2020 |
Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo |
Trivikram Srinivas |
S. Radha Krishna |
2021 |
RRR |
S. S. Rajamouli |
D. V. V. Danayya |
2022 |
Sita Ramam |
Hanu Raghavapudi |
C. Aswini Dutt |
2023 |
Balagam |
Venu Yeldandi |
Hanshitha Reddy |
2024 |
Kalki 2898 AD |
Nag Ashwin |
C. Aswini Dutt |
Second Best Feature Film
Year |
Title |
Director |
Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
2014 |
Paathasala |
Mahi V. Raghav |
Rakesh Mahankali |
2015 |
Kanche |
Krish Jagarlamudi |
Sai Babu Jagarlamudi |
2016 |
Pelli Choopulu |
Tharun Bhascker |
Raj Kandukuri |
2017 |
Fidaa |
Sekhar Kammula |
Dil Raju |
2018 |
Rangasthalam |
Sukumar |
Naveen Yerneni |
2019 |
Jersey |
Gowtam Tinnanuri |
Suryadevara Naga Vamsi |
2020 |
Colour Photo |
Sandeep Raj |
Sai Rajesh Neelam |
2021 |
Akhanda |
Boyapati Srinu |
Miryala Ravinder Reddy |
2022 |
Karthikeya 2 |
Chandoo Mondeti |
T. G. Vishwa Prasad |
2023 |
Hanu-Man |
Prasanth Varma |
K. Niranjan Reddy |
2024 |
Pottel |
Sahith Mothkuri |
Nishank Reddy Kuruthi |
Third Best Feature Film
Year |
Title |
Director |
Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
2014 |
Alludu Seenu |
V. V. Vinayak |
Bellamkonda Suresh |
2015 |
Srimanthudu |
Koratala Siva |
Naveen Yerneni |
2016 |
Janata Garage |
Koratala Siva |
Naveen Yerneni |
2017 |
Ghazi |
Sankalp Reddy |
Niranjan Reddy |
2018 |
C/o Kancharapalem |
Venkatesh Maha |
Praveena Paruchuri |
2019 |
Mallesham |
Raj Rachakonda |
Raj Rachakonda |
2020 |
Middle Class Melodies |
Vinod Anantoju |
V. Anand Prasad |
2021 |
Uppena |
Buchi Babu Sana |
Naveen Yerneni |
2022 |
Major |
Sashi Kiran Tikka |
Mahesh Babu |
2023 |
Bhagavanth Kesari |
Anil Ravipudi |
Sahu Garapati |
2024 |
Lucky Baskhar |
Venky Atluri |
Suryadevara Naga Vamsi |
See also
- Nandi Award for Best Feature Film