Legend, Baahubali, Pelli Choopulu bag Nandi awards for best films

Amaravati: The films Legend, Baahubali and Pelli Chupoolu bagged the prestigious Nandi Awards given by the State government under the first best feature film category for the years 2016, 2015 and 2014 respectively, announcedon Tuesday at AP Secretariat by the Awards Committees.

Under the second best feature film category, Manam, Evade Subrahmanyam and Ardhanari movies bagged awards for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively.

Hithudu in 2014, Nenu Sailaja in 2015 and Manalo Okadu in 2016 got the Nandi Awards under the third best feature film category. The movies Tommy (2014), Malli Malli Rani Roju (2015) and Satamanam Bhavati (2016) were selected for Nandi awards under the best home viewing feature film category. Under the best popular feature film providing wholesome entertainment category, Loukyam in 2014, Srimanthudu in 2015 and Janatha Garage in 2016 won the awards.

Under the Feature Film on National Integration category, Prabhanjanam in 2014 and Kanche in 2015 bagged the awards, but no film was nominated for the award for 2016. Under the Children’s Film category, movies including Atreya in 2014, Dana Veera Sura Karna in 2015 and Shanu (the optimist) in 2016 won the awards. Rockittu in 2014 and Mattilo Manikyam in 2016 won the second best awards.

Seethavalokanam in 2015 and P V Narasimha Rao’s New India in 2016 won the awards under best documentary film category. The movies including Quit Smoking in 2014 and Neeru Chettu in 2015 got awards under First Best Educational Film category.

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