After
a long delay, the Andhra Pradesh Government announced the Nandi Awards
for the year 2012 and 2013 today and the best news is that Prabhas won
the Best Actor award for Mirchi.
Unlike
the popular commercial awards like IIFA, Filmfare and SIIMA which are
often accused of favouritism and crass commercialness, the Nandi Awards
are awarded by the State Government and is not based on public voting
and thus carry more credibility.
Mirchi
also won four other awards - Best Film (2013), Best Debutante Director
for Koratala Siva, Best Villain for Sampath Raj and Best Art Director
for A.S.Prakash.
The
Nandi awards are given in several categories to appreciate the best of
talents in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre and Telugu Television.
The winners get the Nandi memorabilia (a granite bull) along with
certificates and cash prize. The first Nandi award was given in 1964.
These
awards were delayed due to the division of old Andhra Pradesh into two
states. While the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to continue with
the Nandi Awards, the newly formed Telangana is likely to come up with
separate awards.
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