The Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu is an award given in India by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Telugu films. The award was first given in 1964 for films released around 1963. This award goes to the producers of the film.
Winners and nominees Before the year 2000 there are no nominations for the category. The panel of judges, jury members have directly selected the best film. +Table key
1960s
+ Year of film release Film Producer(s)1963NarthanasalaLakshmi Rajyam and Sridhar Rao1964Mooga ManasuluC. Sundaram1965AntastuluV. B. Rajendra Prasad1966AastiparuluV. B. Rajendra Prasad1967ChadarangamBadeti Satyanarayana and Putla Venkata Rao (Producers) S. V. Ranga Rao (Director)1968SudigundaluAdurthi Subba Rao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao1969Bangaru PanjaramB. N. Reddy
1970s
+ Year of film release Film Producer(s)1970Dharma DaataTammareddy Krishna Murthy1971Tahsildar Gari AmmayiN. V. V. Sathya Narayana and A. Surya Narayana1972Pandanti KapuramG. Hanumantha Rao1973Jeevana TharangaaluD. Ramanaidu1974O Seeta KathaSharma1975Jeevana JyothiD. V. S. Raju1976SoggaduD. Ramanaidu1977Adavi RamuduN. V. V. Sathya Narayana and A. Surya Narayana1978Manavoori PandavuluJayakrishna1979GorintakuK. Murari
1980s
+ Year of film release Film Producer(s) 1980Maa BhoomiB. Narsing Rao and G. Ravindranath1981SaptapadiP. Butchi Reddy1982MeghasandesamDasari Narayana Rao1983Neti BharatamP. Venkateswara Rao1984SwathiKranthi Kumar1985PratighatanaRamoji Rao and Atluri Rama Rao1986Repati PouruluP. Venkateswara Rao1987Padamati Sandhya RagamG. Subba Rao1988SwarnakamalamCh. V. Appa Rao1989SivaAkkineni Venkat and Yarlagadda Surendra
1990s
+ Year of film release Film Producer(s)1990KarthavyamA. M. Rathnam1991Seetharamaiah Gari ManavaraluV. Doraiswamy Raju1992Gharana MoguduK. Devi Varaprasad1993Mathru Devo BhavaK. S. Rama Rao1994AameMullapudi Brahmanandam1995Subha SankalpamS. P. Balasubrahmanyam1996Ninne PelladataNagarjuna1997AnnamayyaV. Doraiswamy Raju1998AnthapuramP. Kiran1999RajaR. B. Choudary
2000s
+ Year of film release Film Producer(s)2000Nuvve KavaliRamoji Rao2001Nuvvu NenuP. KiranKushiA. M. RathnamMurariN Devi Prasad, Ramalingeswara Rao and Gopi Nandigam2002SantoshamK. L. NarayanaIndraC. Aswini DuttJayamTejaManmadhuduNagarjuna2003OkkaduM. S. RajuAitheGangaraju GunnamAmma Nanna O Tamila AmmayiK. L. N. RajuVasantamN. V. Prasad and Sanam Naga Ashok Kumar2004VarshamM. S. RajuAa NaluguruSarita PatraAnandSekhar KammulaAryaDil Raju2005Nuvvostanante NenoddantanaM. S. RajuAthaduDuggirala Kishore and M. Ram MohanChatrapathiB. V. S. N. PrasadSankrantiR. B. ChoudarySuperNagarjuna2006BommarilluDil RajuGodavariG. V. G. RajuPokiriPuri Jagannadh and Manjula GhattamaneniSri RamadasuKonda Krishnam Raju2007Happy DaysSekhar Kammula and Chandra S. KammulaDesamuduruD. V. V. DanayyaDheeMallidi Satyanarayana ReddyTulasiD. Suresh BabuYamadongaChiranjeevi Pedamallu and Urmila Gunnam2008GamyamSaibabu JagarlamudiAshta ChammaRam Mohan P.JalsaAllu AravindKotha Bangaru LokamDil RajuParuguDil RajuReadySravanthi Ravi Kishore2009MagadheeraAllu Aravind and B. V. S. N. PrasadArundhatiShyam Prasad ReddyArya 2Aditya Babu and B. V. S. N. PrasadKonchem Ishtam Konchem KashtamNallamalupu Bujji
2010s
Year of film release Film Producer(s)2010VedamShobu Yarlagadda and Prasad DevineniAdhursVallabhaneni Vamsi MohanBrindavanamDil Raju, Sirish and LaxmanLeaderM. Saravanan, M. S. Guhan, Aruna Guhan and Aparna GuhanSimhaParuchuri KireetiYe Maaya ChesaveManjula Ghattamaneni and Sanjay Swaroop2011DookuduRam Achanta, Gopichand Achanta and Anil Sunkara100% LoveBunny VasMr. PerfectDil RajuRajannaNagarjunaSri Rama RajyamYalamanchali Saibabu2012EegaSai KorrapatiBusinessmanR. R. VenkatGabbar SinghBandla GaneshJulayiS. Radha KrishnaRachaR. B. Choudary, N. V. Prasad and Paras Jain2013Attarintiki DarediB. V. S. N. PrasadGunde Jaari GallanthayyindeN. Nikitha Reddy and Vikram GoudMirchiV. Vamsi Krishna Reddy and Pramod UppalapatiSeethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle ChettuDil RajuUyyala JampalaRam Mohan P. and Nagarjuna2014ManamNagarjunaDrushyamD. Suresh Babu and Rajkumar SethupathiKarthikeyaVenkata SrinivasRace GurramNallamalupu Bujji and Venkateswara RaoRun Raja RunV. Vamsi Krishna Reddy and Pramod Uppalapati2015Baahubali: The BeginningShobu Yarlagadda and Prasad DevineniBhale Bhale MagadivoyV. Vamsi Krishna Reddy, Pramod Uppalapati and Bunny VasKancheYeduguru Rajeev Reddy and Saibabu JagarlamudiMalli Malli Idi Rani RojuK. A. VallabhaSrimanthuduNaveen Yerneni, Yalamanchili Ravi Shankar and Cherukuri Mohan2016Pelli ChoopuluRaj Kandukuri and Yash RangineniA AaS. Radha KrishnaDhruvaAllu Aravind and N. V. PrasadKshanamParam V. Potluri and Kavin AnneNannaku PremathoB. V. S. N. PrasadOopiriPrasad V. Potluri and Kavin Anne2017Baahubali 2: The ConclusionShobu Yarlagadda and Prasad DevineniArjun ReddyPranay Reddy VangaFidaaDil Raju and SirishGautamiputra SatakarniYeduguru Rajeev Reddy and Saibabu JagarlamudiGhaziAnvesh Reddy, Dil Raju, Prasad V. Potluri, NM Pasha and Jagan Mohan VanchaSathamanam BhavatiDil Raju2018MahanatiSwapna Dutt and Priyanka DuttBharat Ane NenuD. V. V. DanayyaC/o KancharapalemPraveena ParuchuriGeetha GovindamBunny VasRangasthalamNaveen Yerneni, Yalamanchili Ravi Shankar and Cherukuri MohanSammohanamSivalenka Krishna Prasad
2020s
+ Year of film release Film Producer(s)2020–2021Pushpa: The RiseNaveen Yerneni and Yalamanchili Ravi ShankarAkhandaMiryala Ravinder ReddyAla VaikunthapurramulooAllu Aravind and S. Radha KrishnaJathi RatnaluNag AshwinLove StoryNarayan Das K Narang and Puskur Ram Mohan RaoPalasa 1978Dhyan AtluriUppenaNaveen Yerneni and Yalamanchili Ravi Shankar2022RRRD. V. V. DanayyaSita RamamC. Aswini DuttMajorMahesh Babu, Namrata Shirodkar, Anurag Reddy and Sharath ChandraKarthikeya 2Abhishek Agarwal and T. G. Viswa PrasadDJ TilluSuryadevara Naga VamsiBimbisaraKosaraju Harikrishna and Nandamuri Kalyan Ram2023BalagamHanshita Reddy and Harshith ReddyBabySreenivasa Kumar NaiduDasaraSudhakar Cherukuri and Ramana Rao RudrapatiHi NannaNagendra Kasi and Vamshi BommenaMiss Shetty Mr PolishettyV. Vamsi Krishna Reddy and Pramod UppalapatiSamajavaragamanaRazesh DandaSalaar: Part 1 – CeasefireVijay Kiragandur2024Pushpa 2: The RuleNaveen Yerneni and Yalamanchili Ravi ShankarKalki 2898 ADC. Aswini Dutt35 Chinna Katha KaaduSrujan Yarabolu and Siddharth RallapalliLucky BaskharSuryadevara Naga Vamsi and Sai SoujanyaHanu-ManK. Niranjan ReddyCommittee KurrolluPadmaja Konidela and Jayalakshmi Adapaka
Superlatives
Age superlatives +RecordProducerFilmAgeYear of eventOldest winnerD. V. V. DanayyaRRR632024Oldest nomineeC. Aswini DuttKalki 2898 AD752026
Other superlatives +SuperlativeProducerRecordMost consecutive winsM. S. Raju3 (2003–2005) Most consecutive nominationsMost nominations without a winPramod Uppalapati4V. Vamsi Krishna ReddyMost nominations in a single yearDil Raju3 (2017)
Individuals with multiple wins
Individuals with multiple nominations Since there are no nominations until the 48th edition (2000), the below list is based on the nominations starting from the 49th edition (2001).
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