After declaring the Gaddar Telangana Film Awards (GTFA) for the year 2024 released recently, the Telangana government has made a landmark decision to pay tribute to the cinematic excellence of the close to past decade. Veteran actor and GTFA jury chairman Murali Mohan and Telangana Film Development Corporation (TFDC) Chairman-producer Dil Raju announced the winners for those films which hit the screens between June 2, 2014, and December 31, 2023, at a press conference.
Murali Mohan revealed that the committee has gone through each and every movie that was qualified by the Censor Board from June 2, 2014 (it is considered to be a historical date when Telangana was formed) and made analyses in-depth. Here, then, are nine such top-notch movies, three for every year, from this decade that truly showcased the changing face of storytelling, and the growing technical brilliance and emotional maturity of Telugu cinema.
Besides the main award for the best feature film, six other awards were awarded to Indian and Telugu cinema for Special Contribution while Aakash Ravikrishnan was the jury audiographer special.
The film started by remembering some of those deceased in the year gone by and even paid tributes to a late revolutionary poet, Kaloji Narayana Rao (who was a representative of the people in a cultural sense) by conferring a posthumous Special Jury Award on him.
GTFA: Best Feature Films (2014 to 2023)
2014
1st Best Film – Run Raja Run
2nd Best Film – Pathasala
3rd Best Film – Alludu Seenu
2015
1st Best Film – Rudramadevi
2nd Best Film – Kanche
3rd Best Film – Srimanthudu
2016
1st Best Film – Shatamanam Bhavathi
2nd Best Film – Pelli Chupulu
3rd: Best Film – Janatha Garage
2017
1st Best Film – Bahubali: The Conclusion
2nd Best Film – Fidaa
3rd Best Film – Ghazi
2018
1st Best Film – Mahanati
2nd Best Film – Rangasthalam
3rd Best Film: C/o Kancharapalem
2019
1st Best Film – Maharshi
2nd Best Film – Jersey
3rd Best Film – Mallesham
2020
1st Best Film Award – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo
2nd Best Film – Colour Photo
3rd Best Film – Middle Class Melodies
2021
1st Best Film – RRR
2nd Best Film – Akhanda
3rd Best Film – Uppena
2022
1st Best Film – Sita Ramam
2nd Best Film – Karthikeya 2
3rd Best Film – Major
2023
1st Best Film – Balagam
2nd Best Film – Hanu Man
Best Third Film- Bhagavanth Kesari
Special Jury Award
Praja Kavi Kaloji Narayana Rao (Posthumous)
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GTFA Special Honors
NTR National Film Award (Artiste of the Decade): Nandamuri Balakrishna
Paidi Jairaj Film Award (Indian Film Personality): Mani Ratnam
B N Reddy Film Award (Telugu Director): Sukumar
Nagireddy & Chakrapani Film Award (Producer): Atluri Purna Chandra Rao
Kantha Rao Film Awards (Telugu Artist) – Vijay Deverakonda
Raghupathi Venkaiah Film Award (Non-Artist) (Non-Artist Personality): Yandamuri Veerendranath
A star-studded awards function will take place on the 14th June at Hitex, in Hyderabad to honour and applaud these finest contributions to Telugu cinema in the last 11 years. And it will be a glittering homage to the talent, effort power and creative vision that have propelled the industry since the formation of Telangana.
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