The 1st Telangana Gaddar Film Awards were announced by the Telangana Film Development Corporation for films certified and released in 2024 on 30 May 2025. [1] [2] The annual awards are presented by the Government of Telangana to recognise excellence in Telugu cinema, as well as lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. [3] [4] [5] The awards are instituted in 2025 in the honor of revolutionary Telugu poet Gaddar. [6]
| Award | Awardee(s) |
|---|---|
| NTR National Film Award - Artist only | Nandamuri Balakrishna |
| Paidi Jairaj Film Award - Indian film personality | Mani Ratnam |
| Raghupathi Venkaiah Film Award - Other than film artist Telugu | Yandamuri Veerendranath |
| B N Reddy Film Award - Telugu film director | Sukumar |
| Nagireddy & Chakrapani Film Award - Telugu producer | Atluri Purnachandra Rao |
| Kantha Rao Award - Telugu artist | Vijay Deverakonda |
| Award | Film | Awardee(s) |
|---|---|---|
| First Best Feature Film | Kalki 2898 AD | Producer: C. Aswini Dutt Director: Nag Ashwin |
| Second Best Feature Film | Pottel | Producer: Nishank Reddy Kuruthi Suresh Kumar Sadige Director: Sahith Mothkuri |
| Third Best Feature Film | Lucky Baskhar | Producer: Suryadevara Naga Vamsi Director: Venky Atluri |
| Feature Film on National Integration, Communal Harmony and Social Uplift | Committee Kurrollu | Producer: Padmaja Konidela Jayalakshmi Adapaka Director: Yadhu Vamsi |
| Feature Film on Environemnt, Heritage and History | Razakar | Producer: Gudur Narayana Reddy Director: Yata Satyanarayana |
| Dr. M Prabhakar Reddy Best Wholesome Entertainment Film | Aay | Producer: Bunny Vas Director: Anji K. Maniputhra |
| Best Debut Film of a Director | Committee Kurrollu | Yadhu Vamsi |
| Best Children's Film | 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu | Producer: Srujan Yarabolu Siddharth Rallapalli Director: Nanda Kishore Emani |
| Award | Awardee(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Best Director | Nag Ashwin | Kalki 2898 AD |
| Best Actor | Allu Arjun | Pushpa 2: The Rule |
| Best Actress | Niveda Thomas | 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu |
| Best Supporting Actor | S. J. Surya | Saripodhaa Sanivaaram |
| Best Supporting Actress | Sharanya Pradeep | Ambajipeta Marriage Band |
| Best Child Actor | Master Arun Dev Pothula | 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu |
| Best Child Actress | Baby Harika | Mercy Killing |
| Best Comedian | Satya | Mathu Vadalara 2 |
| Vennela Kishore | ||
| Best Music Director | Bheems Ceciroleo | Razakar |
| Best Lyricist | Chandrabose | Raju Yadav |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Sid Sriram | Ooru Peru Bhairavakona ("Nijame Ne Chebutunna") |
| Best Female Playback Singer | Shreya Ghoshal | Pushpa 2: The Rule ("Sooseki") |
| Best Story Writer | Siva Paladugu | Music Shop Murthy |
| Best Screenplay Writer | Venky Atluri | Lucky Baskhar |
| Best Cinematographer | Vishwanath Reddy Chelumalla | Gaami |
| Best Editor | Naveen Nooli | Lucky Baskar |
| Best Audiographer | Aravind Menon | Gaami |
| Best Choreographer | Ganesh Acharya | Devara: Part 1 |
| Best Art Director | Nitin Zihani Choudhary | Kalki 2898 AD |
| Best Action Choreographer | K. Chandrasekhar Rathod | Gangster |
| Best Make-up Artist | Nalla Seenu | Razakar |
| Best Costume Designer | Archana Rao | Kalki 2898 AD |
| Ajay Kumar | ||
| Special Jury Award | Dulquer Salman | Lucky Bhaskar |
| Ananya Nagalla | Pottel | |
| Sujith and Sandeep | KA | |
| Prashanth Reddy and Rajesh Kallepalle | Raju Yadav | |
| Special Mention | Faria Abdullah | Mathu Vadalara 2 |