Nandi Awards 2008 announced

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Nandi Awards's announcement for the year of 2008 has instilled celebrations in the Telugu film industry. The reason being that panellists have given a fillip to offbeat cinema by prizing films like Gamyam and Vinayakudu in prestigious categories.

The selection of Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Direcotr, Best Music Director has also been a reason for cheer. Obviously, the winners are jamborific. It is only a matter of time when the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, K Rosaiah, hands over the awards to the winners in a function.

Here is the list of winners in various categories.

Category	Winner	Movie/Producer
First Best Feature Film	Gamyam	Saibabu Jagarlamudi
Second Best Feature Film	Vinayakudu	Prem Patra
Third Best Feature Film	Parugu	Dil Raju
Akkineni Award for best home-viewing feature film	Ashta Chemma	Ram Mohan
Best popular feature film providing wholesome entertainment	Ready	Sravanthi Ravi Kishore
Best film on national integration	1940 lo oka gramam	Nandireddy Narasimha Reddy
Second Best Children film	Durgi	PHVSN Babji, P Balachandra Reddy
Second best documentary film	Memu Manushulame	Com of Social Welfare Dept
First best educational film	-	-
Second best educational film	Adavi Naa Thalliro	Alla Rambabu
Best director	Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi	Gamyam
Best Leading Actor	Ravi Teja	Neninthe
Best Leading Actress	Swati	Ashta Chemma
Best supporting actor	Allari Naresh	Gamyam
Best supporting actress	Raksha	Nachavule
Best character actor (gummadi award)	Mukkuraju	1940 lo oka graman
Best comedian actor (allu award)	Brahmanandam	Ready
Best comedian actress	-	-
Best Villain	Sonu Sood	Arundhati
Best Child Actor	Bharat	Ready
Best child actress	Divya Nagesh	Arundhati
Best 1st film director	Sai Kiran Adivi	Vinayakudu
Best screenplay writer	A Karunakaran	Ullasamga Utsahamga
Best story writer	RP Patnaik	Andamaina Manasulo
`Best dialogue writer	Puri Jagan	Neninthe
Best lyric writer	Sirivennela	Enthavarako (Gamyam)
Best cinematographer	Chota K Naidu	Kotha Bangaru Lokam
Best Music director	Micky J Meyer	Kotha Bangaru Lokam
Best Male playback	Shankar Mahadevan	Venkatadri
Best Female playback singer	Geeta Madhuri	Ninne Ninne (Nachavule)
Best editor	Marthand K Venkatesh	Arundhati
Best art director	Ashok	Arundhati
Best Choreographer	Prem Rakshit	Kantri
Best audiographer	Radhakrishna & Madhusudhan Reddy	Arundhati
Best costume designer	Deepa Chandar	Arundhati
Best makeup artiste	Ramesh Mahanti	Arundhati
Best fight master	Ram - Lakshman	Neninthe
Best male dubbing artiste	P Ravi Shankar	Arundhati
Best female dubbing artiste	R Haritha	Nachavule
Best special effects	Rahul Nambiar	Arundhati
Special Jury Award	Anushka	Arundhati
Special Jury Award	Batukamma	Batukamma (P Saraswati)
Special Jury Award	Allu Arjun	Parugu
Special Jury Award	Suseela	1940 lo oka gramam
Best book on Telugu cinema	Arudra Cine Mini kaburlu	Arudra Cine Mini kaburlu (Dr. Ramalakshmi Arudra)
Best film critic on Telugu Cinema	Parcha Sarath Kumar