Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
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The Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Telugu films. The awards were extended to "Best Actor" in 1972.[1] The year indicates the year of release of the film. Chiranjeevi is the most nominated with 21 nominations and the most awarded with seven wins.
| Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu | |
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| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in Telugu films |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Filmfare |
| First awarded | N. T. Rama Rao, Badi Panthulu (1972) |
| Currently held by | Jr. NTR & Ram Charan RRR (2022) |
| Most awards | Chiranjeevi (7) |
| Most nominations | Chiranjeevi (21) |
| Website | Filmfare Awards |
Winners and nominees
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1970s
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edit2010s
edit2020s
edit| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film | Ref. |
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| 2020 / 21 | Allu Arjun | Pushpa Raj | Pushpa: The Rise | [4] |
| Mahesh Babu | Ajay Krishna | Sarileru Neekevvaru | ||
| Naga Chaitanya | Revanth | Love Story | ||
| Nani | Shyam Singha Roy / Vasudev Ghanta | Shyam Singha Roy | ||
| Naveen Polishetty | Srikanth | Jathi Ratnalu | ||
| Rakshit Atluri | Mohan Rao | Palasa 1978 | ||
| Panja Vaisshnav Tej | Aasirvadham | Uppena | ||
| 2022 | N. T. Rama Rao Jr. | Komaram Bheem | RRR | [5] |
| Ram Charan | Alluri Sitarama Raju | |||
| Adivi Sesh | Sandeep Unnikrishnan | Major | ||
| Dulquer Salmaan | Ram | Sita Ramam | ||
| Chiranjeevi | Brahma Teja | Godfather | ||
| Pawan Kalyan | Sarhad Bheemla Nayak | Bheemla Nayak | ||
| Siddhu Jonnalagadda | Bala Gangadhar Tilak | DJ Tillu |
Superlatives
edit| Superlative | Actor | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Most awards | Chiranjeevi | 7 wins |
| Most nominations | 21 nominations |
- Chiranjeevi with seven wins, has most awards than any other actor. Mahesh Babu has five wins, followed by Sobhan Babu, Venkatesh and Allu Arjun with four wins. Four actors have won the award thrice in chronological order they are Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Kamal Haasan and Krishnam Raju. Three actors Rajasekhar, N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan has two wins each. Akkineni Nageshwara Rao & Uday Kiran being the oldest & youngest actors to win the awards, at 68 and 21 respectively.
- Allu Arjun and Venkatesh are the two actors to win both Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – South.
- Allu Arjun have won both Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu.
- Sobhan Babu was the most victorious actor with four wins in the 70s. Kamal Haasan ruled the 80s with three wins. In the 90s, Chiranjeevi outperformed every other actors with three wins. Chiranjeevi and Mahesh Babu were the two successful actors with two wins each in the 2000s. Mahesh Babu continued to be a most successful actor in the 2010s with three wins.
- Two actors have won the awards in consecutive years; in chronological order, they are Sobhan Babu (1974–1976) and Chiranjeevi (1992–1993).
- Allu Arjun is the only actor to have won Filmfare Awards South in three different acting categories: Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor – Critics.
- Chiranjeevi has the most nominations with 21, followed by Venkatesh with 18 and Nagarjuna with 16.
- Allu Arjun Became the First and Only Actor to Win Filmfare Best Actor and National Film Award for Best Actor For the Same Film.
Multiple winners
edit- 7 wins: Chiranjeevi
- 5 wins: Mahesh Babu
- 4 wins: Sobhan Babu, Venkatesh, Allu Arjun
- 3 wins: N. T. R. Jr., Ram Charan, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Kamal Haasan, Krishnam Raju
- 2 wins: Rajasekhar
See also
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editReferences
edit- ^ Film world, p 43
- ^ "49th Annual Filmfare Awards – South". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.
- ^ "CineGoer.com – News (September 2006) – 53rd Annual Filmfare Awards-South Winners". 29 April 2007. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007.
- ^ "67th Parle Filmfare Awards South 2022 full winners list Telugu: 'Pushpa' bags 7 titles, Sai Pallavi wins Black Lady for 'Love Story'; 'Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo' shines – Times of India". The Times of India. 10 October 2022.
- ^ https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/winners-of-the-68th-filmfare-awards-south-telugu-2023_-67194.html
Bibliography
edit- Ramachandran, T.M. (1973). Film world. Vol. 9.
- Collections. Update Video Publication. 1991.
- The Times of India directory and year book including who's who. Times of India Press. 1984.