Nandi Award for Best Actor

Nandi Award for Best Actor
Nandi Award for Best Actor
Awarded for	Best Performance by an actor in a leading role in Telugu cinema
Sponsored by	Government of Andhra Pradesh
Reward(s)	"Silver Nandi", "Sri Rajendra Prasad Gold Medal", cash award and a commendation certificate
First awarded	1977
Last awarded	2016
Most recent winner	N. T. Rama Rao Jr. for the films Nannaku Prematho and Janatha Garage
Highlights
Most awards	Venkatesh (5 awards); Mahesh Babu (4 awards)
Total awarded	40
First winner	Krishnam Raju

The Nandi Award for Best Actor was commissioned by the Nandi Awards committee in 1977.^[1] The winner is awarded a "Silver Nandi", "Sri Rajendra Prasad Gold Medal", cash award and a commendation certificate. Venkatesh has won the most Best Actor awards with five wins, followed by Mahesh Babu with four wins.^[2]

^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2015.
^ "Nandi Awards Best actors list since the beginning". Idlebrain.com. 13 February 2008.

[1] "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2015.

[2] "Nandi Awards Best actors list since the beginning". Idlebrain.com. 13 February 2008.

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