Gaddar Telangana Film Awards 2025: Prabhas' Kalki Declared Best Film; Here Is The Full List Of Winners

Prabhas' starrer Kalki 2898 was declared the Best Feature Film for 2024, while Allu Arjun Best Actor Award for his performance in Pushpa 2 at the Gaddar Telangana Film Awards 2025.

Winners Announced

The names of the winners were announced on Thursday by Jury Committee Chairperson and veteran actress Jaya Sudha along with Film Development Corporation chairman Dil Raju in Hyderabad. It has to be noted that the awards are returning after a gap of 14 years.

However, the awards will be presented to the winner on June 14 at Hitex in Hyderabad.

Kalki 2898 won four awards Best Director Nag Ashwin. Sahit Mothkuri's Pottel won the second Best Feature Film while Dulquer Salmaan's Lucky Baskhar bagged Third Best Feature Film.

Responding to the announcement, Allu Arjun, in a post on X, wrote: "I am truly honoured to receive the first Best Actor award for #Pushpa2 at the #GaddarTelanganaFilmAwards 2024. Heartfelt thanks to the Government of Telangana for this prestigious honour .All credit goes to my director Sukumar garu, my producers, and the entire Pushpa team. I dedicate this award to all my fans , your unwavering support continues to inspire me."

Junior NTR's Devara won Best Choreographer Award. Congratulating him, the actor wrote, "Congratulations to all the winners of the Gaddar Telangana Film Awards 2024. It's truly heartwarming to see the Government of Telangana take this initiative starting this year. Also, congrats to Ganesh Acharya ji on winning the Best Choreographer award for his work in Devara.?:?"

Here is the winners list:

First Best Feature Film: Kalki 2898AD

Second Best Feature Film: Pottel

Third Best Feature Film: Lucky Bhaskar

Best Children's Film: 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu

Featured Heritage Film in History Category: Razakar

Best Popular Film: I and My Friends

Best Entertainment Film: Aay

Best Debut Director: Yadhu Vamsi (Committee Kurrallu)

Awards in Individual Categories:

Best Director: Nag Ashwin (Kalki)

Best Actor: Allu Arjun (Pushpa 2)

Best Actress: Nivetha Thomas (35 Chinna Katha Kaadu)

Best Supporting Actor: SJ Surya (Saripoda Sanivaaram)

Best Supporting Actress: Saranya Pradeep (Ambajipet Marriage Band)

Best Music Director: Beams (Razakar)

Best Playback Singer: Sid Sriram (Uri Peru Bhairavakona)

Best Playback Singer: Shreya Ghoshal (Pushpa 2-Suseki Aggiravva)

Best Comedian: Satya, Vennela Kishore (Mattuvadalara 2)

Best Child Actor: Master Arun Dev Potula (35 Chinna katha kaadu), Baby Harika (Mercy Killing)

Best Story Writer: Shiva Paladugu (Music Shop Murthy)

Best Screenplay Writer: Venky Atluri (Lucky Bhaskar)

Best Lyricist: Chandrabose (Raju Yadav)

Best Cinematographer: Vishwanath Reddy (Gami)

Best Editor: Naveen Nooli (Lucky Bhaskar)

Best Audiographer: Aravind Menon (Gami)

Best Choreographer: Ganesh Acharya (Devara)

Best Art Director: Nitin Jihani Chowdhury (Kalki)

Best Action Choreographer: K. Chandrasekhar Rathod (Gangster)

Best Make-up Artist: Nalla Srinu (Razakar)

Best Costume Designer: Archana Rao, Ajay Kumar (Kalki)

Special Jury Awards:

Actor Dulquer Salmaan (Lucky Bhaskar)

Actress Ananya Nagalla (Pottel)

Directors Sujith, Sandeep (Ka)

Producers Prashanth Reddy, Rajesh Kallepalli (Raju Yadav)

Special Jury Special Mention: Faria Abdullah (Mattu Vadalara 2)

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