Gaddar Film Awards: Chiru, Rashmika, Chay Honored!

For the years 2014-2024, the Government of Telangana has already awarded “The Telangana Gaddar Film Awards (TGFA)”, and now they have honoured the 2025 contenders for the same. Ace producer Dil Raju the chairman of the award selection committee, has today announced the winners of the awards. Going by the list, we can say that the likes of Megastar Chiranjeevi, Rashmika Mandanna, Naga Chaitanya, and the film's director, Raju weds Rambai were rightly honoured.

While Chiranjeevi was given the NTR national award for his contribution to Telugu Cinema, Rashmika Mandanna won the Best actress trophy for The Girlfriend movie, and Naga Chaitanya walked away with the Best Actor trophy for Thandel. The director of Raju Weds Rambhai, Sailu Kampati, won the Best Director award. All three Telangana-centric films, Raju Weds Rambhai, Dhandora, and The Pre-Wedding Show were honoured with Best film, Best second film, and Best Third film awards respectively. Anil Ravipudi’s Sankrantiki Vastunnam has won the Best Entertainment Film award.

Here’s the list of Award winners:

Best Actor - Naga Chaitanya (Thandel)

Best Actress - Rashmika Mandanna (The Girlfriend)

Best Film - Raju Weds Rambai

Best Second Film - Dandora

Best Third Film - The Pre Wedding Show

National Integrity Film - Thandel

Best Environmental Film - Igwa

Best Debut Feature Film - Little Hearts

Best Entertainment Film - Sankranthiki Vastunnam

Best Social Message Film - Court

Best Special Effects Movie - Mirai

Best Children's Film - Anaganagana

Best Director - Sailu (Raju Weds Rambai)

Best Supporting Actor - Sivaji

Best Supporting Actress - Bhumika

Best Music Director - Mark K Robin (Dandora)

Best Playback Singer - Anurag (Raju Weds Rambai)

Best Playback Singer - Sahithi Chaganti (Kannappa)

Best Comedian - Krishna Teja (Jigris)

Best Child Actor - Rohan Roy (Pre Wedding Show)

Best Story Writer - Gunasekhar (Euphoria)

Best Screenplay Writer - Anil Ravipudi

Best Lyricist - Nandakishore (Kubera)

Best Cinematographer - Karthik Ghattamaneni (Mirai)

Best Editor - Sreekar Prasad (Mirai)

Best Audiographer - M.R. Radhakrishnan - Kishkindapuri

Best Choreographer - Gira Gira Gira (Champion)

Best Art Director - Thota Tarani (Champion)

Best Makeup Artist - Govind (Akhanda 2)

Best Costume Designer - Chandrakanth (Champion)

Best Special Jury Film - 23

Best Actor (Special Jury) - Chaitu Jonnalagadda (Raju Weds Rambai)

Best Actress (Special Jury) - Anantika (8 Vasanthaalu)

Best Hero (Special Jury) - Roshan (Champion)

Honorary Awards:

NTR National Award- Chiranjeevi

Paidi Jayaraj Award- Kamal Haasan

Cinare Award- Suddala Ashok Teja

Akkineni Nageswara Rao Award- Jayasudha

Nagireddy Chakrapani Award- Ashwini Dutt

Raghupathi Venkaiah Award- Ramesh Prasad

Kanta Rao Award- R. Narayana Murthy

BN Reddy Award- Singeetham Srinivas