One of the most prestigious award ceremonies in the Telugu film industry is CineMaa awards and this gala event happened at the HICC Novotel, Hyderabad yesterday.
Rajamouli’s Baahubali won 13 awards emerging to be the highest award winner and the next best was Mahesh’s Srimanthudu bagging 5 awards for the year 2016. The detailed list of the winners is as follows:
Best Movie: Baahubali: The Beginning
Best Actor: Jr NTR (Temper)
Best Actress: Anushka (Rudramadevi)
Best Actor (negative Role): Rana Daggubati (Baahubali- The Beginning)
Best Director: SS Rajamouli (Baahubali- The Beginning)
Best Screenplay: Sukumar (Kumari 21F)
Best Music Direction: Devi Sriprasad (S/O Sathyamurthy, Srimanthudu and Kumari 21F)
Best Art Direction: Sabu Cyril (Baahubali: The Beginning)
Best VFX: Srinivas Mohan (Baahubali: The Beginning)
Best Cinematographer: KK Senthil Kumar (Baahubali: The Beginning)
Best Dialogues: Puri Jagannadh (Temper)
Best Story: Krish Jagarlamudi (Kanche)
Best Editor: Kotagiri Venkateswar Rao (Srimanthudu and Baahubali:The Beginning)
Best Fight Master: Peter Heins (Baahubali: The Beginning)
Best Background Score: Chiranthan Bhatt (Kanche)
Best Movie (Jury): Srimanthudu
Best Actor (Jury): Allu Arjun (Rudramadevi)
Best Actress (Jury): Charmee Kaur (Jyothi Lakshmi)
Best Director (Jury): Koratala Siva (Srimanthudu)
Best Music Director (Jury): MM Keeravani (Baahubali: The Beginning)
Best Supporting Actor (Male): Posani Krishna Murali (Temper)
Best Supporting Actor (Female): Ramya Krishna (Baahubali: The Beginning)
Special Appreciation Award: Krish Jagarlamudi (Kanche), Gunasekhar (Rudhramadevi), Rajendra Prasad (Srimanthudu and Son of Sathyamurthy)
Best Debut Director: Anil Ravipudi (Pataas)
Best Debut Actor: Akhil (Akhil)
Best Debut Actress: Pragya Jaiswal
Best Comic Actor: Prudhvi (Bengal Tiger)
Best Singer Male: Karthik (Pacha Bottesina- Baahubali: The Beginning)
Best Singer Female: Ramya Behara (Dheevara- Baahubali: The Beginning)
Best Lyric Writer: Sirivennala Seetharama Sastry (Kanche)
Best Choreographer: Prem Rakshith (Baahubali: The Beginning)