The Nandi Awards are presented annually in Andhra Pradesh, For Telugu cinema by State government. "Nandi" means "bull", the awards being named after the big granite bull at Lepakshi — a cultural and historical symbol of Andhra Pradesh. Nandi Awards are presented in four categories: Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Copper.Nandi awards greenmangos.net
2003 Nandi Awards Winners List
Category Winner Film Best Feature Film MissammaMissammaSecond Best Feature Film Okkadu Okkadu Third Best Feature Film Amma Nanna O Tamila AmmayiAmma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi Nandi Award for Akkineni Award for best home-viewing feature filmNeeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu Neeku Nenu Naaku NuvvuBest Children's Film Hero HeroSecond Best Children's Film NandiniNandini Best Screenplay WriterNeelakantaMissamma Best Debut ActorAllu ArjunGangotri Best ActorMahesh BabuNijam Best ActressBhumika ChawlaMissamma Best Dialogue Writer Puri JagannadhAmma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi Best DirectorGunasekhar Okkadu Best VillainPrakash RajGangotri Best Male Comedian M. S. Narayana Sivamani Best Female ComedianKovai Sarala Ori Nee Prema Bangaram Kanu Best Child ActorMaster Ram TejaHero Best Child ActressBaby Nandini Nandini Best Supporting ActressTalluri RameshwariNijamBest Director for a Children's Film B. Narasimha Rao Best Story WriterYeleti Chandra SekharAithe Best AudiographerMadhusudhan Reddy Aithe Best LyricistC. Narayanareddy Seethaiah (Idhigo rayalaseema gadda ...) Best Art DirectorAshok KumarOkkadu Best Music DirectorMani SharmaOkkadu Best Male Playback Singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Seethaiah (Idhigo rayalaseema gadda ...) Best Female Playback SingerSunithaAthade Oka Sainyam (Naa Paata Teta Telugu Paata...) Best EditorA. Sreekar PrasadOkkadu Best ChoreographerRaju Sundaram Cheppave Chirugali Best Cinematographer Sekhar V. Joseph Okkadu Best First Film of a Director Rasool ElloreOkariki Okaru Best Costume DesignerRambabu Vasantham Best Makeup ArtistAnji Babu Harivillu Best Fight MasterRaghavanOkkadu Best Male Dubbing Artist Sivaji Dil Best Female Dubbing ArtistSavitha Reddy Missamma Best Film Critic on Telugu CinemaReddy Hanumantha Rao Special Jury AwardS.N AshokVasantham Special Jury AwardN.V Prasad Vasantham Special Jury AwardPrabhaVegu Chukkalu Special Jury AwardPavan MalhotraAithe Special Jury AwardP. NagalakshmiTiger Harish Chandra Prasad Special Jury AwardJanjanam SubbaraoSatta
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