IIFA Utsavam – One of the biggest star studded events in southern film industry was successfully held at Gachibowli, Hyderabad and the last two days (24thand 25th January) witnessed the who’s who of the film fraternity walking down the green carpet.
On day one, the awards were given away for Tamil & Malayalam films and on day two (yesterday), it is the turn of Telugu and Kannada movies. Baahubali and Srimanthudu movies were the major competitors for all the categories and interestingly, they shared these awards amongst each other.
Srimanthudu bagged awards in categories like Best Actor (Mahesh), Best Actress (Shruti Hassan), Best Supporting Actor (Male)- Jagapathi Babu, Best Male Playback Singer- Sagar, Best Lyricist- Ramajogayya Sastry, Best Music Director- Devi Sri prasad.
When it comes to Baahubali, it bagged the best honors in categories like- Best Picture, Best Director (Rajamouli), Best Supporting Actor (Female)- Ramya Krishna, Best Female Playback Singer- Satya Yamini, & Best Actor in Negative Role- Rana Daggubati.
On a whole, Baahubali and Srimanthudu not only remained as the Best Grossers of year 2015 but also the best Award winners.