Nandi Awards for 2009 Announced: Slice it and Dice it

So yesterday our government of Andhra Pradesh has released the list of winners of Nandi Awards for the year 2009. Let me present you the list first and express my views next.

The List I wont comment up on (I have not seen and not heard any of these movies, So I wont comment upon these movies) :

Best Documentary: Kartavyam
Best Educating Movie: Vimukthi
Best Movie with Social Integration: Jagadguru Shri Shirdi Sai Baba
Best Children Movie: Najarana
2nd Best Children Movie: Banti
Best Children Movie Director: Koti Babu (Najarana)
Best Child Actor: Sai Krishna (Drona)
Best Child Actress: Gayatri (My name is Amrutha)
Best Critic: Mamidi Harikrishna
Best Book: Aanaati Aanavallu (Pulagam Chinnarayana)

Commercial Movies:

Best Movie: Sontha Ooru
2nd Best Movie: Baanam
3rd Best Movie: Kalavaramaye Madhilo
Best Popular Movie: Magadheera
Best Family Entertainer: Koncham Istham Koncham Kastam

Best Director: Rajamouli (Magadheera)
Best Story Writer: Sekhar Kammula (Leader)
Best Debut Director: Suman Pathuri (Inkosaari)

Best Actor: Dasari Narayana Rao (Mesthri)
Best Actress: Teertha (Sontha Ooru)
Best Supporting Actor: Ram Jagan (Mahatma)
Best Supporting Actress: Ramya Krishna (Raju Maharaju)
Best Actor in a negative role: Tarakaratna (Amaravathi)
Best Actor in comedy role: Kishore (Inkosaari)
Best Actress in comedy role: Hema (Koncham Istham Koncham Kastam)
Best Character Artist: L B Sriram (Sontha Ooru)
Best Dialogue Writer: L B Sriram (Sontha Ooru)
Best Screenplay Writers: Deepak Raj, Vikram Sirikonda (Koncham Istham Koncham Kastam)
Best Lyric Writer: Suddala Ashok Teja (Mesthri)

Best Music Director: MM Keeravani (Vengamamba)
Best Male Playback Singer: SP Balasubramaniam (Kontha mandhi inti peru kadhura Gandhi - Mahatma)
Best Female Playback Singer: Chitra (Matrudevobhava - Kalavaramaye Madhilo)

Best Cinematographer: Sudhakar Reddy (Amaravathi)
Best Choreographer: Shiva Shankar (Dheera Dheera- Magadheera)
Best Art Direction: Ravinder (Magadheera)
Best Editing: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao (Magadheera)
Best Special Effects: Kamal Kannan, Sanath PC, Srinivas (Magadheera)
Best Costumes: Rama Rajamouli (Magadheera)
Best Audiography: G Radha Krishna (Magadheera)
Best Fight Master: Ram-Laxman (Ride)
Best MakeUp: Mallikarjuna Rao (Vengamamba)

Best Male Dubbing Artist: Ravi Shankar (Anjaneyulu)
Best Female Dubbing Artist: Sowmya (Mahatma)

Special Jury Awards:

Srikanth - Mahatma
Ram Charan - Magadheera
Genelia - Katha
Raghu Kunche - Bumper Offer
Movie - Raju Maharaju

Comments:

Let us remind of popular movies of 2009 from our industry.

Amaravathi, Anjaneyulu, Arya 2, Baanam, Bendu Appa Rao RMP, Billa, Bumper Offer, Ek Niranjan, Gopi Gopika Godavari, Josh, Kick, Koncham Istham Koncham Kastam, Magadheera, Mahatma, Mitrudu, Oy, Prayanam, Sasirekha Parinayam, Sontha Ooru, Mesthri (Last two movies are listed because they got awards, no other reason) and Leader (Included)

Best Movies Category:

Sontha Ooru, Baanam and Kalavaramaye Madhilo.
I remember the press release of Sontha Ooru. They declared in the press meet itself that L B Sriram would get award. So, does it deserve best movie? I really doubt its credibility for the first place. And another joke is Kalavaramaye Madhilo!!! Hahaha!!
I feel Baanam to be in the top 3 movies of the last year. Baanam deserves a Nandi. And what about Prayanam, Mahatma and Leader?? I would seriously recommend the jury to watch these 3 movies again. If at all they want to encourage talent, please take some sensible decisions. Its like the jury want to satisfy people giving them some award but not the award they deserve.

Best Director:

The probable contestants can be Rajamouli, Sekhar Kammula, Chaitanya Dantuluri (Baanam). Its an obvious choice to pick Rajamouli for the effort he has put. Jury did not have a choice :P

Best Story Writer:

Again an obvious choice for the jury. As simple as that our movies lack serious stories. If you observe the movies excepting for Mahatma and Baanam no other movie has a proper serious content orientation. Sekhar really did a good job for Leader though there were hiccups at some places.

Best Debut Director:

Horrible!!! Please jury save telugu cinema. Have you watched Inkosaari? Its one of the horrible movies I have seen recently and you gave him best debut director. We had a new director named Vasu Varma who directed Josh which was a pretty decent movie.

Best Actor:

Hahahaha!!! Dasari... hahaha!!! peace out brothers. Hey Ramcharan dude dont worry you got the jury. What about Rana?? Atleast Srikanth??? I seriously think Allu Arjun deserves the award. So many of you might think of Arya 2 as Psycho movie. But the character played by Arjun is not so simple to enact and he did so well. Our industry needs time to accept that kind of movies.

Best Actress:

Teertha. Hmm.. So if a girl does a bold character, you call her a best actress. Wow I dont know this till now. Its ok atleast she did better than our so called heroines. Keep it up.

Sensible Choices:

Supporting Roles, Choreography, Art Direction , Special Effects, Editing, Costumes, Audiography, Make Up, Music Department, Dubbing Department, Screenplay Writers, Actor in negative role, Character Artist, Dialogue writer.

But I seriously bet on Baanam for Dialogues than Sontha ooru. Because sontha ooru is a concept with lengthy emotional dialogues which are very easy for our writers. Where as Baanam has crisp and to the point dialogues.

Best Lyric Writer:

I really dont understand if you write something controversial will you become best lyric writer?? I will abuse in a satirical way every movie member. So will you give me the award?
For the people who dont know Gandhi is, Sirivennela really gave some mind blowing lines. That is what Gandhi is all. He is not some person. He is a personality. I dont think what else jury members want??

Best Cinematography:

Amaravathi!!! Seriously!!!
What about Sarvesh Murari of Prayanam who did an excellent job. What about Senthil of Magadheera??

Best Action:

Come on guys... The last joke of the day... No Peter Heins who injured himself composing for Magadheera and who also composed the famous 100 men fight. I think this is an open joke giving Ram-Laxman and that too for some childish Ride.

And To satisfy everyone, the jury gave out special jury to Ram Charan, Srikanth, Genelia, Raghu Kunche, Raju Maharaju.

Enjoy Guys.... Awards dont define movies. Its the audience who decides what movies are. And we seriously need 1 good movie instead of 100 crap movies.

Nandi Awards for 2009-2010 Winners List Released

Best movies : 1. Sonta Ooru
2 . Banam
3. Kalavaramaye Madilo

Best family film : Koncham Istam Koncham Kastam

Best popular film : Magadheera

Best childrens film : Nazarana

Best Actor: Dasari Narayana Rao (Mestri)

Best Actress: Tirtha (Sonta Ooru)

Best supporting Actor: Ram Jagan Mahatma)

Best supporting Actress: Ramya krishna(Koncham Istam Koncham Kastam)

Best villain: Nandamuri Tarakaratna (Amaravati)

Best male artist: Sai Krishna (Drona)

Best female child artist: Gayatri

Best screenplay: Deepak Rai

Best dialogues: LB Sriram (Sonta Ooru)

Best story: Sekhar Kammula (Leader)

Best music director: Keeravani (Vengamamba)

Best director: Rajamouli (Magadheera)

Best stunts: Ram Laxman (Ride)

Best lyrics: Suddala Ashok (Mestri)

Best singer: SP Balu (Mestri)

Best female singer: Chitra (Kalavaramaye Madilo)

Best costumes: Rama Rajamouli ( Magadheera)

Best male comedian: Kishore Vakkala

Best female comedian: Hema (Koncham Istam Koncham Kastam)

Best female dubbing artiste: Sowmya

Best male dubbing artiste: Ravi Shankar (Anjaneyulu)

Best Art: Ravi (Magadheera)

Special jury awards: Ram Charan (Magadheera)
Srikanth (Mahatma)
Genelia (Katha) and Raghu Kunche (for Enduke
Ramanamma song in Bumper Offer)

Nandi Awards of the Year 2008 -- Announced

Best Film- Gamyam

Second best-Vinayakudu

Third best -Parugu

Best Hero- Ravi teja
Film: Nenithe

Best Director- Krish
Film: Gamyam

Best Heroine- Swathi
Film: Asta Chemma

Special Jury awards - Anushka- Allu Arvind

Best Music director-Micky J Mayor
Film: Kotta Bangaru Lokam

Best dialogue writer- Poori jagannath
Film: Nenithe

Best Cinematography - Chota K Naidu
Film: Kotha Bangaru Lokam

Best Family film - Asta chemma

Best Comedian-Brahmanandam
Film: Ready

Best Villain -Sonu Sood
Film: Arundhathi

Best character artist-Naresh
Film: Gamyam

Best Screenplay writer- Karunakaran
Film: Ustahanga Ullasanga

Best Entertainer Award- Ready

Best Lyric writer- Seetharama sastry
Song: Yenthavaraku
Film: Gamyam

Stars Flock to Nandi Awards for 2007, News coverage and Gallery

Nandi awards for the year 2007, NTR awards and Raghupati Venkaiah award were presented today evening at Lalitha Kala Thoranam. The guest list from the Government include home minister Jana Reddy, cinematography minister Anam Ram Narayan Reddy.

Responding to the NTR award Dasari said, “I feel proud to receive this NTR award. NTR is just given Padma Sri. But he is eligible for much bigger awards. We used to stay at 30 feet away in Chennai. I made Bobbili Puli, Sardar Papa Rayudu, Viswaroopam and Manushulantha Okkate with NTR as hero. Manushulanta Okkate talks about social justice. It did not have a single duet. I would like to add 5 more lacs to the 5 lacs cash award I am getting through this award. I will use those 10 lacs for social service.”

Meanwhile, Telangana supporters (including Kavitha – daughter of KCR) protested at the venue for awarding Jhansi the best female comedian award for her ‘Khokapet Aunty’ role in Tulasi film. Jhansi used Telangana slang in the film in a derogatory way.

CC Reddy (producer – first best film Mee Sreyobhilashi):
I am very happy to get the first best feature film award. Incidentally Mee Sreyobhilashi is the only Telugu film that entered Indian Panorama for the year 2007. It won more than 25 awards so far. I keep producing films with good message in the future whether we make money or not. Mee Sreyobhilashi also has loads of entertainment.

My next film ‘Gokaraju’ with Brahmanandam and YS Rajasekhara Reddy will be releasing in this month. It is a silent film. Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy used to provide superb comedy in silent films. Likewise, Brahmanandam is going to entertain a lot in Gokaraju.

Bujji (producer – third best film Lakshyam):
Awards for Lakshyam brings new encouragement to our team members. Lakshyam film became a big hit and made good amount of money. It is nice to see this film getting both awards and rewards.

C Kalyan (producer – best family viewing film Chandamama):
I entered into film industry in 1979. I made my debut as producer in 1984. Chandamama is my 32nd film. This is my first Nandi award in my career. I would like thank Krishna Vamsi for not compromising any aspect to direct this best family viewing film. I am happier because it brought me money and awards.

Haranadh Policherla ( Producer - Best film on national integration):
I am very humbled to receive the most prestigious nandi award for chandrahaas in the category of national integration. When I heard the story of Hindu/muslim sentiment thread of the story I definitely wanted to make the movie and with the help of sivasakthidatta, Keeravani garu, executive producer koteswararao garu and great chandrahaas team we were able to deliver this full entertainer with definite nationalistic undertone and to curb the terrorism. Thanks for all the team members of chandrahaas and the jury of nandi awards for elevating this movie to this heights. Personally I am very happy that I have a national award for HOPE and now Gold nandi award for my chandrahaas movie and gives me great energy to spend more time in making beautiful message oriented moves.

Venkatesh (best actor):
Adavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule is a family entertainer and a commercial film. It feels nice to get government award. I would like to thank director who did a fine job.

Jagapati Babu (best supporting actor - Lakshyam):
This is my 7th Nandi award. I would like to thank everybody for making it happen. It is a good news for me for this Sankranthi. I am happy that I got this award by playing the role of a cop. I got Nandi award as best supporting actor in Anthahpuram too. I look at a role as an actor and I don’t mind doing supporting roles if that character needs lot of acting potential like my characters in Anthahpuram and Lakshyam.

Seenu Vytla (Best Screenplay – Dhee):
I won the best screenplay and best debut director award for my debut film Nee Kosam. It also won second best film and best actress (Maheswari) awards. I did not apply for Nandi awards later. Dhee is the second film I applied for. I am very happy that it got best screenplay and best fights awards. It feels good when your efforts are recognized.

Kousalya (Best female playback singer):
I am currently traveling and I got a call from my singer sister about Nandi award. I was thinking that she was joking about it. I had been expecting Nandi award for Avunu Valliddaru Ista Paddaru and Shivamani in the past. I am feeling really happy when I got for a song in Satyabhama. I was there with Chakri when he composed the song. He made me sing right then. That song was presented to the director. He liked it. Then I sang it again with freshly written lyrics. This is my first Nandi award in cinema section. I won a Nandi award in the past for work for Endamavulu song (TV section).

Uttej (best comedian – Chandamama):
I am feeling very happy and emotional today. I had been waiting for Nandi award for years. I would like to thank Krishna Vamsi and C Kalyan for giving me an opportunity to work in Chandamama. This is my first Nandi award. I am feeling happy because it is called as Allu Ramalingaiah award. Allu is like a guru for all comedians.

Jhansi (best comedy actress - Tulasi):
This is my second Nandi award. I got my 1st Nandi award for Jayam Manadera. It is a coincidence that I got my second Nandi for another Venkatesh film Tulasi. I would like to thank Boyapati Seenu and Batthula Gopala Krishna for penning my character with Telangana accent. More than my character, I liked the way Venkatesh imitated that character in the film. Venkatesh’s imitation enhances the beauty of my character. I would like to thank the makers.

Ahuti Prasad (best character actor - Chandamama):
I expected an award for my performance in Ahuti film. I did not get it. I got my first Nandi award for Nenu Ninnu Premistunnanu. I shared it with Gopichand (Jayam). Chandamama film is like a turning point in my career. I would like to thank Krishna Vamsi for creating such a character. Initially everybody was little suspicious about my performance. But Krishna Vamsi kept faith on me and extracted very good performance. We worked together over my dialogues on sets.

Srinivasa Raju (Best art director – Chandamama):
This is my third Nandi award after Anthahpuram and Rajakumarudu. I was asked to recreate the mood and atmosphere of Hampi. We went to Hampi to do some home work. And recreated it here by taking an old house in the out skirts of Hyderabad. I would like to thank the director, producer and cameraman for helping me out in this. Producer C Kalyan gave me unlimited budget. Director Krishna Vamsi clearly explained me what he want.

Ram – Lakshman (Best fights – Dhee):
This is our third award after Arya and Andhrudu. Telugu film industry is encouraging local fighters and local stunt masters in the past years. That is the reason why we could able to work for big films and win awards. I would like to thank the producers and directors for this. We are currently doing Rajamouli – Ram Charan Teja film, Arya II and Bala Krishna’s latest film.

P Ravi Shankar (best male dubbing artist - Athidi):
This is my fifth Nandi award. I got this award for my dubbing work for Murali Sharma who acted as villain in Athidi film. Incidentally Murali Sharma also got an award as the best villain. I also dubbed for Asish Vidyardhi for the same film. It feels good. I am doing a challenging work for my current film Arundhati. I am expecting an award for my dubbing (for Sonu Sood) for Arundhati in the next edition of awards.

Soumya (Best female dubbing artist – Lakshyam):
This is my first Nandi award. I have been dubbing for all Anushka’s films since Vikramarkudu. Anushka is a good friend of me and she used to say that people misinterpret my voice to be her own voice on the screen. I would like to thank the producer and Anushka for making it happen. I have done more than 50 films so far. I usually dub for Anushka, Kajal Agarwal, Mamata Mohandas, Priyamani, Nayana Tara etc.

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