The National Film Award for Best Telugu Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The National Film Awards, established in 1954, are the most prominent film awards in India that merit the best of the Indian cinema. The ceremony also presents awards for films in various regional languages.
Awards for films in seven regional language (Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu) started from 2nd National Film Awards which were presented on 21 December 1955. Three awards of "President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film", "Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film" and "Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film" were instituted. The latter two certificate awards were discontinued from 15th National Film Awards (1967). Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Telugu Feature Film".
The 1954 film, directed by K. V. Reddy, Peddamanushulu was honoured with the first president's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Telugu. Certificate of Merit for Second and Third Best Feature Films in Telugu were received by Thodu Dongalu and Vipra Narayana respectively.
Winners
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
Awards legends
List of award films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s) Year Film(s) Producer(s) Director(s) 1954 Pedda Manushulu Vauhini Productions K. V. Reddy Thodu Dongalu National Art Theater, Madras D. Yoganand Vipra Narayana Bharani Pictures P. S. Ramakrishna Rao 1955 Bangaru Papa Vauhini Productions B. N. Reddy Ardhangi Ragini Films P. Pullayya 1956 Tenali Ramakrishna Vikram Productions B. S. Ranga Edi Nijam Pratibha Productions S. Balachander 1957 Bhagya Rekha Ponnaluri Brothers B. N. Reddy Thodi Kodallu Annapurna Pictures Adurthi Subba Rao 1958 Pelli Naati Pramanalu Jayanthi Pictures K. V. Reddy Mangalya Balam Annapurna Pictures Adurthi Subba Rao 1959 Nammina Bantu Sambhu Films Adurthi Subba Rao Maa Inti Mahalakshmi Navashakthi Films Gutha Ramineedu Jayabheri Vasireddy Narayana Rao P. Pullayya 1960 Mahakavi Kalidasu Sarani Productions K. Kameswara Rao Seetharama Kalyanam National Art Theater, Madras N. T. Rama Rao 1961 Bharya Bharthalu Prasad Art Pictures K. Pratyagatma 1962 Mahamantri Timmarusu Gowthami Productions K. Kameswara Rao Kula Gothralu A. Subba Rao Kotayya Pratyagatma Siri Sampadalu V. Venkateswarlu P. Pullayya 1963 Lava Kusa Lalita Sivajyoti Films C. Pullayya and C. S. Rao Amara Silpi Jakkanna B. S. Ranga B. S. Ranga Mooga Manasulu C. Sundaram Adurthi Subba Rao 1964 Doctor ChakravarthyD. Madhusudhana RaoAdurthi Subba Rao Ramadasu Chittoor Nagayya Chittoor Nagayya 1965 Antastulu V. B. Rajendra Prasad V. Madhusudhana Rao Palnati Yudham Y. Lakshmaya Choudaray Gutha Ramineedu Manushulu Mamathalu A. Subba Rao K. Atma 1966 Rangula Ratnam B. N. Reddy B. N. Reddy 1967 Sudigundalu Chakravarthi Chitra Adurthi Subba Rao 1968 Varakatnam N. Trivikrama Rao N. T. Rama Rao 1969 Aadarsa Kutumbam N. Trivikrama Rao K. Pratyagatma 1970 Desamante Manushuloyi K. M. K. Naidu and G. K. Naidu C. S. Rao 1971 Mattilo Manikyam Chalam B. V. Prasad 1972 Pandanti Kapuram G. Hanumantha Rao Lakshmi Deepak 1973 No Award 1974 No Award 1975 Mutyala Muggu M. V. L. Narasimha Rao Bapu 1976 Oorummadi Brathukulu B. S. Narayana B. S. Narayana 1977 Oka Oori Katha A. Parandhama Reddy Mrinal Sen 1978 Nimajjanam Red Rose Art Films B. S. Narayana 1979 Nagna Sathyam U. Visweswar Rao U. Visweswar Rao 1980 Harischandrudu U. D. Murali Krishna U. Visweswar Rao 1981 Seethakoka Chilaka Edida Nageswara Rao Bharathiraja 1982 Meghasandesam Dasari Narayana Rao Dasari Narayana Rao 1983 Rangula Kala K. Venkateswara Rao B. Narsing Rao 1984 Sitaara Edida Nageswara Rao Vamsy 1985 Sravanthi Jaya Krishna Kranthi Kumar 1986 Swathi Muthyam Edida Nageswara Rao K. Viswanath 1987 No Award 1988 Daasi B. Ramachandra Rao B. Narsing Rao 1989 Suthradharulu Sudhakar Reddy and C. Karunakar Rao K. Viswanath 1990 Matti Manushulu K. Mukherjee and Veda Kumar B. Narsing Rao 1991 Bhadram Koduko V. Ramachandra Rao Akkineni Kutumba Rao 1992 Ankuram K. V. Suresh Kumar C. Umamaheswara Rao 1993 Mister Pellam Gavara Partha Sarathi Bapu 1994 No Award 1995 Stri NFDC and Doordarshan K. S. Sethumadhavan 1996 Ninne Pelladata Nagarjuna Krishna Vamsi 1997 Sindhooram Krishna Vamsi Krishna Vamsi 1998 Tholi Prema G. V. G. Raju A. Karunakaran 1999 Kalisundam Raa Daggubati Suresh Babu Udayasankar 2000 Nuvve Kavali Ramoji Rao K. Vijaya Bhaskar 2001 Show Manjula Ghattamaneni G. Neelakanta Reddy 2002 No Award 2003 Aithe Gunnam Gangaraju Chandra Sekhar Yeleti 2004 Swarabhishekam H. Gopalakrishna Murthy K. Viswanath 2005 Bommalata R. K. Film Associates, Spirit Media and Gunnam Gangaraju Prakash Kovelamudi 2006 Kamli B. C. Hari Charana Prasad and P. V. Sukanya K. N. T. Sastry 2007 No Award 2008 1940 Lo Oka Gramam N. C. Narasimham Narasimha Nandi 2009 No Award 2010 No Award 2011 No Award 2012 Eega Sai Korrapati S. S. Rajamouli 2013 Naa Bangaaru Talli Sun Touch Productions Rajesh Touchriver 2014 Chandamama Kathalu Working Dream Production Praveen Sattaru 2015 Kanche Y. Rajeev Reddy Krish Jagarlamudi 2016 Pelli Choopulu Dharamapatha Creations Tharun Bhascker 2017 Ghazi Prasad V. Potluri and K. Anvesh Reddy Sankalp Reddy 2018 Mahanati Priyanka Dutt Nag Ashwin 2019 Jersey Suryadevara Naga Vamsi Gowtam Tinnanuri 2020 Colour Photo Sai Rajesh and Benny Muppaneni Sandeep Raj 2021 Uppena Naveen Yerneni and Y. Ravi Shankar Buchi Babu Sana 2022 Karthikeya 2 Abhishek Agarwal and T. G. Viswa Prasad Chandoo Mondeti 2023 Bhagavanth Kesari Sahu Garapati and Harish Peddi Anil Ravipudi 2024 Committee Kurrollu Niharika Konidela Yedu Vamsi Gudavalli
References
External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India National Film Awards Archives