Nandi Awards 2009 n 2010 Presentation

The prestigious Nandi Film Awards for the year 2010 were presented on the auspicious day of Ugadi at Lalita Kala Thoranam in Hyderabad. Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy was chief guest of this grand event. He, along with other political dignitaries gave away the awards to the winners. Nandamuri Balakrishna received his 2nd Nandi award in his career for his best performance in ‘Simha’. ‘Vedam’ received the Best Feature Film award and Nithya Menon as Best Actress in ‘Ala Modalaindi’. This apart, Urvashi Sharada received the prestigious NTR National award, M Balaiah received another prestigious award, the ‘Raghupathy Venkaiah’ award, and AVM Saravanan Balasubrahmaniam received the Nagireddy-Chakrapani award.

The following is the complete list of Nandi awards 2010 winners:

First Best Feature Film - Vedam (Vedam)
Second Best Feature Film - Ganga Putrulu (Ganga Putrulu)
Third Best Feature Film - Prasthanam (Prasthanam)
Akkineni Award for best home-viewing feature film - Andari Bandhuvaya (Andari Bandhuvaya)
Best popular feature film providing wholesome entertainment - Maryada Ramanna (Maryada Ramanna)
Best film on national integration - Parama Veera Chakra (Parama Veera Chakra)
Second Best Children Film - Little Buddha (Little Buddha)
Best documentary film - Advaitham (Advaitham)
Second best documentary film - Freedom Park (Freedom Park)
Best director - P Sunil Kumar Reddy (Ganga Putrulu)
Best Leading Actor - N Bala Krishna (Simha)
Best Leading Actress - Nitya Menon (Ala Modalaindi)
Best supporting actor - Sai Kumar (Prasthanam)
Best supporting actress - Pragati (Yemaindi Ee Vela)
Best character actor (Gummadi award) AVS (Kothimooka)
Best comedian actor (Allu award) Dharmavarapu (Alasyam Amrutam)
Best comedian (Female) Jhansi (Simha)
Best Villain - Nagineedu (Marada Ramanna)
Best Child Actor - Master Bharat (Bindaas)
Best 1st film director - Nandini Reddy (Ala Modalaindi)
Best Screenplay writer - Gowtam Menon (Ye Maya Chesave)Best Story writer - RP Patnaik (Broker)
Best Dialogue writer - P Sunil Kumar Reddy (Ganga Putrulu)
Best Lyric writer - N Siddareddy (Veera Telangana)
Best Cinematographer - Prasad Murella (Namo Venkatesa)
Best Music director - Chakri (Simha)
Best Male playback singer - MM Keeravani (Maryada Ramanna)
Best Female playback singer - Pranavi (Sneha Geetam)
Best Editor - Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao (Darling)
Best Art Director - Ashok (Varudu)
Best Choreographer - Prem Rakshit - Adurs (Ye Pilla)
Best Audiographer - Radhakrishna (Brindavanam)
Best Costume Designer - Sriram & Sri Kumar (Varudu)
Best Makeup Artist - Sri Gangadhar (Brahmalokam to Yamalokam via Bhoolokam)
Best Fight Master - Sri Sekhar (Manasaara)
Best Male Dubbing Artist - RPM Raju (Darling)
Best Female Dubbing Artist - Chinmayi (Ye Maya Chesave)
Best Special Effects - Sri Alagar Swamy (Varudu)
Special Jury Award - Samantha (Ye Maya Chesave)
Special Jury Award - Chandra Siddhartha (Andari Bandhuvaya)
Special Jury Award - Manoj (Bindaas)
Special Jury Award - Sunil (Maryada Ramanna)
Special Jury Award - Sreeramulu (Vedam)
Best Book on Telugu cinema - Geya Kavula Charitra (Dr. Paidipala)
Best Film Critic on Telugu Cinema - Chakravarthy