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The list of winners of the Nandi Awards of 2014, 2015 and 2016 has been announced, and superstar Mahesh Babu, Jr NTR and Balakrishna have bagged the Best Actor awards for their performance in Srimanthudu, Janatha Garrage and Legend, respectively.

Nandi Awards are given annually and presented at a public event on the Telugu new year. The activity relating to conferring the Nandi Awards for Telugu films, conducted solely by the erstwhile state of Andhra Pradesh since 1977, was recently transferred to the Film Television and Theatre Development Corporation. But the awards were not announced for the last three years.

The organisers of Nandi Awards called a press meet on Tuesday afternoon and announced the winners' list for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 . Here are the details of the winners:

Category 2014 2015 2016
Best Actor Balakrishna (Legend) Mahesh Babu (Srimanthudu) Jr NTR (Nannako Prematho/Janatha Garrage)
First Best Feature Film Legend Baahubali: The Beginning Pelli Choopulu
Best Actress Anjali (Geetanjali) Anushka Shetty (Size Zero) Ritu Varma (Pelli Choopulu)
Best Director Boyapati Srinu (Legend) SS Rajamouli (Baahubali)  Sateesh Vegesna (Shatamanam Bhavati)
Best Music Director Anup Rubens (Manam) MM Keeravani Mickey J Mayor (A Aa)
Best Lyricist Chaitanya Prasad (Broker 2) Ramajogaiah Sastry (Srimanthudu) Ramajogaiah Sastry (Janatha Garage)
Supporting Actor Naga Chaitanya (Manam) Posani Krishna Murali (Temper) Mohanlal (Janatha Garage)
Supporting Actress Lakshmi Manchu (Chandamama Kathalu) Ramya Krishna (Baahubali) Jayasudha (Shatamanam Bhavati)
Character Actor Rajendra Prasad (Tommy) Allu Arjun (Rudramadevi) Naresh (Shatamanam Bhavati)
Best Villain Jagapathi Babu (Legend)  Rana Daggubati (Baahubali) Adhi Pinishetty (Sarainodu)
Best Comedy Actor Brahmanandam (Race Gurram) Vennela Kishore (BBM) Sapthagiri (Express Raja)
Best Comedy Actress Vidyu Raman (Run Raja Run) Snigdha (Jatha Kalise) Pragathi (Kalyan Vaibhogame)
Best Child Actor Gautam (1: Nenokkadine) Master NTR (Dana Veera Soora Karna) Maikhel Gandhi (Supreme)
Best Child Actress Anuhya (Atreya) Baby Karunya (Dana Veera Soora Karna) Raina Rao (Manamantha)
Best Male Dubbing Artiste  P Ravishankar (Race Gurram) Ravi Shankar (Baahubali) Vasu (Ardhanari)
Best Female Dubbing Artiste Chinmayi (Manam)  Sowmya (Rudhramadevi) Lipsika (Ekkadike Pothavu Chinnavada)
Best Male Singer Vijay Yesudas (Legend) MM Keeravani (Baahubali) Vandemataram Srinivas (Dandakaranyam)
Best Female Singer  KS Chitra (Mukunda) Chinmayi (Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju)  Chinmayi (Kalyan Vaibhogame)
Best Cinematographer  Sai Sriram (Ala Elaa) Senthil Kumar (Baahubali) Sameer Reddy (Shatamanam Bhavati)
Best Dance Choreographer Prem Rakshit (Aagadu)  Prem Rakshit (Baahubali) Raju Sundharam (Janatha Garage)
Best Story Writer Krishna Vamsi (Govindu Adarivadele) Krish (Kanche) Koratala Siva (Janatha Garage)
Best Screenplay Writer AS Ravikumar Chowdhary (Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham) Kishore Thirumala (Nenu Sailaja) Ravikanth Perepu & Advi Sesh (Kshanam)
Best Dialogue Writer  M Ratnam (Legend) Burra Saimadhava (Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju) Avasarala Srinivas (Jyo Achyutananda)
Best Editor Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao (Legend) Navin Nooli (Ladies & Gentlemen) Navin Nooli (Nannako Prematho)
Best Art Director Vijaykrishna (Hanuman Chalisa) Sabu Cyril (Baahubali) AS Prakash (Janatha Garage)
Best Audiographer E Radahkrishna (Karthikeya) PM Sateesh (Baahubali) E Radahkrishna (Sarainodu)
Best Costume Designer Uddandu (Ori Devudoi) Rama Rajamouli (Baahubali) V Thirumaleswar Rao (Sri Chilakuri Balaji)
Best Makeup artiste Krishna (Sani Devudu) Ra Madhava Rao (Dana Veera Soora Karna) Ranjith (Ardhanari)
Best Fight Master Ram Lakshman (Legend) Peter Heins (Baahubali) Venkat (Supreme)
Best Special Effects  Ragunath (Legend) V Srinivas Mohan (Baahubali) FireFly (Soggade Chinni Nayana)
Debut director Chandoo Mondeti (Karthikeya) Naga Ashwin (Yevade Subramanyam) Kalyan Krishna Kurasala (Soggade Chinni Nayana)
Home Viewing   Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju Shatamanam Bhavati 
Popular Film Loukyam Srimanthudu Janatha Garage
Children's film Atreya Dana Veera Soora Karna Shaanu - The Optimist
National Integrity film  Prabhanjanam Kanche Nil
Best Documentary     PV Narasimharao's New India
NTR National Award Kamal Haasan  K Raghavendra Rao Rajinikanth
BN Reddy State Award SS Rajamouli Trivikram Srinivas Boyapti Srinu
Nagireddy and Chaprani state award Narayana Murthy MM Keeravani KS Rama Rao
Raghupathi Venkaiah Award Krishnam Raju Eswar Chiranjeevi
Special Jury Award Siddala Ashok Teja PC Reddy Sri Parchuri Brothers