Award Categories
Recognizing excellence across cinema, performance, technology, music, OTT, social impact and lifetime contributions.
🏆 Feature Film Awards
- Best Feature Film
- Best Director
- Best Producer
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Story
- Best Debut Feature Film
🎭 Acting Awards
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Child Artist
- Best Debut Actor
- Best Debut Actress
🎬 Technical Awards
- Best Cinematography
- Best Editing
- Best Production Design
- Best Art Direction
- Best Costume Design
- Best Makeup & Hairstyling
- Best Sound Design
- Best Sound Mixing
- Best Visual Effects (VFX)
- Best Color Grading (DI)
🎼 Music Awards
- Best Music Director
- Best Background Score
- Best Original Song
- Best Lyricist
- Best Male Playback Singer
- Best Female Playback Singer
🎥 Short Film Awards
- Best Short Film
- Best Short Film Director
- Best Short Film Actor
- Best Short Film Actress
- Best Student Short Film
- Best Experimental Short Film
- Best Mobile Film
🎞 Documentary Awards
- Best Documentary Feature
- Best Documentary Short
- Best Social Impact Documentary
🎨 Animation Awards
- Best Animated Film
- Best Animated Short Film
🌍 International Awards
- Best International Feature Film
- Best International Short Film
- Best Foreign Language Film
📺 OTT & Digital Awards
- Best OTT Original Film
- Best Web Series
- Best Web Series Director
- Best Web Series Actor
- Best Web Series Actress
🌟 Telangana Special Awards
- Best Telugu Feature Film
- Best Film Promoting Telangana Culture
- Best Film Shot in Telangana
- Telangana Cultural Excellence Award
- Telangana Pride Award
🌱 Social Impact Awards
- Best Women's Empowerment Film
- Best Environmental Film
- Best Children's Film
- Best Inspirational Film
- Best Social Awareness Film
🏅 Jury Awards
- Grand Jury Award
- Special Jury Award
- Jury Appreciation Award
- Audience Choice Award
- Critics' Choice Award
🎖 Lifetime & Honorary Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema
- Excellence in World Cinema Award
- Icon of Telugu Cinema Award
- Film Legend Award
- Young Achiever Award
- Emerging Filmmaker Award
- Women in Cinema Excellence Award
- Excellence in Film Education Award
- Festival Director's Choice Award