Magadheera conquers 9 Nandis

Magadheera starring Chiranjeevi’s son Ram Charan Tej bagged nine Nandi awards, including that of best director for S.S. Rajamouli. It also got awards in best popular feature film, best special effects, best costume designer, best audiographer, best art director, best editor and best choreographer category.

Raja starer Sontha Vooru was declared the best feature film and Teertha, who played the lead in this movie, bagged the best actress award. The jury awarded the best “home viewing” feature film award to Koncham Istam Koncham Kashtam.

Banam which starred Nara Rohit, nephew of the Telugu Desam president, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, bagged the award for second best feature film, and Kalavaramaye Madhilo was judged third best feature film. Junior NTR’s half brother Tarakaratna was declared the best villain for his character in Amaravati.

The committee also gave special jury awards to Ram Charan Tej for his performance in Magadheera and Genelia D’Souza for her role in thriller Katha. Actor Srikanth for Mahatma, Ramyakrishna for Raju-Maharaju and music composer Raghu Kunche for Bumper Offer will also get special jury awards.

Ace film maker Shekhar Kammula managed to get the best story writer award for Leader. Officials from the Film Development Corporation informed that the Nandi awards will be given away in the first week of next month.

Nandi awards 2009

* Best feature film:
Sontha Vooru
* Best home viewing
feature film:
Koncham Istam Koncham Kashtam
* Best popular feature film: Magadheera
* Best actor:
Dasari Narayana Rao
* Best actress: Teertha
* Special jury awards: Genelia (Katha), Ram Charan Tej( Magadheera),
* Srikanth (Mahatma)
* Best director:
S S Rajamouli (Magadheera)
* Best supporting actor: Ram Jagan (Mahatma)
* Best supporting actress: Ramya Krishna (Raju Maharaju)
* Best Character actor:
L B Sriram (Sontha Vooru)
* Best villain: Tarakaratna (Amaravati)
* Best lyric writer: Suddala Ashok Teja (Mestri)
* Best cinematographer: Sudhakar Reddy (Amaravati)
* Best music composer: M. M. Keeravani (Vengamamba)
* Best male playback singer: S. P. Balasubramaniam (for : Indiramma Intiperu Kadura Gandhi from Mahatma)
* Best female playback singer: Chitra (Kalavaramayemadhilo)
* Best book on Telugu cinema: Aanati Anavallu by Pulagam
* Chinanarayana Best film critic on Telugu cinema: M. Harikrishna
* Best film on national integration: Jagadguru Sri Shiridi Sai baba
* Best children's movie: Nazarana
* Best child actor: Sai Krishna (Drona)
* Best child actress: Gayatri (My name is Amrutha)