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13th
July 2005
 
Telugu
films were criticized for not living up to national standard
in the last year. This year National Awards have given Telugu
film industry something to cheer about. Grahanam
(best first film for a director - Indraganti Mohana Krishna),
Anji (best
special effects - Sanath) and Swarabhishekam
(Best music - Vidya Sagar) won awards at national level. Swarabhishekam
won at regional level as the best Telugu film.
Here
is the list of awards and details of Telugu winners
| Category |
Winner |
Type
of award |
Cash
prize |
| Indira
Gandhi national award for best first film |
Grahanam |
Swarna
Kamalam |
Rs.
25,000/- each to Anji Reddy (producer) and Indraganti
Mohana Krishna (director) |
| Best
Telugu regional film |
Swarabhishekam |
Rajatha
Kamalam |
Rs.
20,000/- each to Ch Gopala Krishna Murthy (producer) and
K Viswanath (director) |
| Best
Music director |
Vidya
Sagar
(Swarabhishekam) |
Rajatha
Kamalam |
Rs.
10,000/- to Vidya Sagar (music director) |
| Best
Special Effects |
Sanath
(Anji) |
Rajatha
Kamalam |
Rs.
10,000/- to Sanath (special effects) |
The
following films were in fray for the best Telugu regional
film category. Swarabhishekam was selected as the best Telugu
film
| S
No |
Film |
Director |
| 1 |
7/G
Brindavan Colony |
Sri
Raghava |
| 2 |
Aa
Naluguru |
Chandra
Siddardha |
| 3 |
Anand |
Sekhar
Kammula |
| 4 |
Anji |
Kodi
Rama Krishna |
| 5 |
Arjun |
G
Guna Sekhar |
| 6 |
Deeksha |
Srinivas |
| 7 |
Grahanam
(B/W) |
Mohan
Krishna Indraganti |
| 8 |
Nenu
Saitham |
Dhavala
Satyam |
| 9 |
Nenunnanu |
VN
Aditya |
| 10 |
Santhi
Sandesam |
P
Chandrasekhara Reddy |
| 11 |
Swarabhihekam |
K
Viswanath |
| 12 |
Swetha
7th A |
NR
Srinivas |
Speaking
to idlebrain.com, Shyam Prasad Reddy (producer of Anji) expressed
his immense satisfaction over the award for Anji. K Viswanath
said that the awards for Telugu films disproved the notion
that Telugu films are not being made on national standards.
Popular
singer Chitra and choreographer Prabhudeva also won awards
at National level for Autograph (Tamil) and Lakshya (Hindi)
respectively.
Idlebrain.com
congratulates the winners for their excellent contribution
to Indian cinema.
Click
here to see National Awards 2005 list
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