Mahesh Babu and Nayantara were bestowed with Nandi Awards 2012 for best leading actor and best leading actress, respectively.
This is not the first time that Mahesh Babu has won a Nandi award. In 1999, he got the Nandi for the movie Rajakumarudu. After this, he won the Special Jury awards for
Takkari Donga,
Murari and then
Arjun.
After this, in 2005, he won the best actor award for
Athadu. Six years later, Mahesh wins the award for the best leading actor for the movie
Dookudu.
Nayantara won the award for the best leading actress for her performance in
Sri Rama Rajyam, in which she potrayed Sita. This is a huge boost for Nayantara, who has started the 2nd innings of her career.
Special Jury Awards were given to Nagarjuna for
Rajanna, Charmi for
Mangala and Ramesh Prasad for
Rushi.
The best film award went to the mythological Sri Rama Rajyam, and one for the second best film went to Rajanna, and the 3rd to Virodhi.
The awards also saw a series of awards - 6 out of a total of 64 - going to movies with a Telangana flavour.