The list of winners of the Nandi Awards of 2014, 2015 and 2016 has been announced, and superstar Mahesh Babu, Jr NTR and Balakrishna have bagged the Best Actor awards for their performance in Srimanthudu, Janatha Garrage and Legend, respectively.
Nandi Awards are given annually and presented at a public event on the Telugu new year. The activity relating to conferring the Nandi Awards for Telugu films, conducted solely by the erstwhile state of Andhra Pradesh since 1977, was recently transferred to the Film Television and Theatre Development Corporation. But the awards were not announced for the last three years.
The organisers of Nandi Awards called a press meet on Tuesday afternoon and announced the winners' list for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 . Here are the details of the winners:
| Category | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Best Actor | Balakrishna (Legend) | Mahesh Babu (Srimanthudu) | Jr NTR (Nannako Prematho/Janatha Garrage) |
| First Best Feature Film | Legend | Baahubali: The Beginning | Pelli Choopulu |
| Best Actress | Anjali (Geetanjali) | Anushka Shetty (Size Zero) | Ritu Varma (Pelli Choopulu) |
| Best Director | Boyapati Srinu (Legend) | SS Rajamouli (Baahubali) | Sateesh Vegesna (Shatamanam Bhavati) |
| Best Music Director | Anup Rubens (Manam) | MM Keeravani | Mickey J Mayor (A Aa) |
| Best Lyricist | Chaitanya Prasad (Broker 2) | Ramajogaiah Sastry (Srimanthudu) | Ramajogaiah Sastry (Janatha Garage) |
| Supporting Actor | Naga Chaitanya (Manam) | Posani Krishna Murali (Temper) | Mohanlal (Janatha Garage) |
| Supporting Actress | Lakshmi Manchu (Chandamama Kathalu) | Ramya Krishna (Baahubali) | Jayasudha (Shatamanam Bhavati) |
| Character Actor | Rajendra Prasad (Tommy) | Allu Arjun (Rudramadevi) | Naresh (Shatamanam Bhavati) |
| Best Villain | Jagapathi Babu (Legend) | Rana Daggubati (Baahubali) | Adhi Pinishetty (Sarainodu) |
| Best Comedy Actor | Brahmanandam (Race Gurram) | Vennela Kishore (BBM) | Sapthagiri (Express Raja) |
| Best Comedy Actress | Vidyu Raman (Run Raja Run) | Snigdha (Jatha Kalise) | Pragathi (Kalyan Vaibhogame) |
| Best Child Actor | Gautam (1: Nenokkadine) | Master NTR (Dana Veera Soora Karna) | Maikhel Gandhi (Supreme) |
| Best Child Actress | Anuhya (Atreya) | Baby Karunya (Dana Veera Soora Karna) | Raina Rao (Manamantha) |
| Best Male Dubbing Artiste | P Ravishankar (Race Gurram) | Ravi Shankar (Baahubali) | Vasu (Ardhanari) |
| Best Female Dubbing Artiste | Chinmayi (Manam) | Sowmya (Rudhramadevi) | Lipsika (Ekkadike Pothavu Chinnavada) |
| Best Male Singer | Vijay Yesudas (Legend) | MM Keeravani (Baahubali) | Vandemataram Srinivas (Dandakaranyam) |
| Best Female Singer | KS Chitra (Mukunda) | Chinmayi (Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju) | Chinmayi (Kalyan Vaibhogame) |
| Best Cinematographer | Sai Sriram (Ala Elaa) | Senthil Kumar (Baahubali) | Sameer Reddy (Shatamanam Bhavati) |
| Best Dance Choreographer | Prem Rakshit (Aagadu) | Prem Rakshit (Baahubali) | Raju Sundharam (Janatha Garage) |
| Best Story Writer | Krishna Vamsi (Govindu Adarivadele) | Krish (Kanche) | Koratala Siva (Janatha Garage) |
| Best Screenplay Writer | AS Ravikumar Chowdhary (Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham) | Kishore Thirumala (Nenu Sailaja) | Ravikanth Perepu & Advi Sesh (Kshanam) |
| Best Dialogue Writer | M Ratnam (Legend) | Burra Saimadhava (Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju) | Avasarala Srinivas (Jyo Achyutananda) |
| Best Editor | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao (Legend) | Navin Nooli (Ladies & Gentlemen) | Navin Nooli (Nannako Prematho) |
| Best Art Director | Vijaykrishna (Hanuman Chalisa) | Sabu Cyril (Baahubali) | AS Prakash (Janatha Garage) |
| Best Audiographer | E Radahkrishna (Karthikeya) | PM Sateesh (Baahubali) | E Radahkrishna (Sarainodu) |
| Best Costume Designer | Uddandu (Ori Devudoi) | Rama Rajamouli (Baahubali) | V Thirumaleswar Rao (Sri Chilakuri Balaji) |
| Best Makeup artiste | Krishna (Sani Devudu) | Ra Madhava Rao (Dana Veera Soora Karna) | Ranjith (Ardhanari) |
| Best Fight Master | Ram Lakshman (Legend) | Peter Heins (Baahubali) | Venkat (Supreme) |
| Best Special Effects | Ragunath (Legend) | V Srinivas Mohan (Baahubali) | FireFly (Soggade Chinni Nayana) |
| Debut director | Chandoo Mondeti (Karthikeya) | Naga Ashwin (Yevade Subramanyam) | Kalyan Krishna Kurasala (Soggade Chinni Nayana) |
| Home Viewing | Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju | Shatamanam Bhavati | |
| Popular Film | Loukyam | Srimanthudu | Janatha Garage |
| Children's film | Atreya | Dana Veera Soora Karna | Shaanu - The Optimist |
| National Integrity film | Prabhanjanam | Kanche | Nil |
| Best Documentary | PV Narasimharao's New India | ||
| NTR National Award | Kamal Haasan | K Raghavendra Rao | Rajinikanth |
| BN Reddy State Award | SS Rajamouli | Trivikram Srinivas | Boyapti Srinu |
| Nagireddy and Chaprani state award | Narayana Murthy | MM Keeravani | KS Rama Rao |
| Raghupathi Venkaiah Award | Krishnam Raju | Eswar | Chiranjeevi |
| Special Jury Award | Siddala Ashok Teja | PC Reddy | Sri Parchuri Brothers |
