And the TSR Film Awards go to

The popular TSR-TV9 film awards for the year 2015-16 were announced by T. Subbarami Reddy on Thursday in Hyderabad. Senior actors Venkatesh, Nagarjuna, Balakrishna and Allu Arjun were all in the winners list. “These awards were chosen by the public as we received thousands of messages from them,” said TSR. He added that once they announced the nominations, they got tremendous public response. “Some fans even sent messages for actors who weren’t nominated, so that the jury considers them too,” he said.

TSR started the awards in 2009 and it has been on since. “As an art lover, I like to appreciate and encourage the talent in cinema. I am doing these functions to give a joy to the people,” he says. The awards function will be held at Port Stadium, Visakhapatnam on April 8.

Here are the winners for 2015 and 2016:
Best Actor — Venkatesh (Gopala Gopala), Nagarjuna (Soggade Chinni Nayana)
Best Hero — Balakrishna (Dictator), Allu Arjun (S/o Satyamurthy)
Best Outstanding Performance — Allu Arjun (Rudhramadevi)
Best Actress — Shriya Saran (Gopala Gopala), Rakul Preet Singh (Dhruva)
Best Heroine — Rakul Preet (Brucelee, Pandaga Chesko), Catherine Tresa (Sarrainodu)
Best Director  — Gunasekhar (Rudhramadevi), Surender Reddy (Dhruva)
Special Jury Best Actor Award — Ram Charan (Dhruva)
Special Jury Award for Popular Choice — Nani (Gentleman)
Best Music Director —Devi Sri Prasad (S/o Satyamurthy),S.S. Thaman (Sarrainodu, Srirasthu Subhamasthu)

Jury Awards:
National Star Award —Prabhas (Baahubali)
Best Performance —Rana Daggubati  (Baahubali)
Best Actress — Manchu Lakshmi for (Dongaata)
Best Heroine — Hebah Patel (Kumari 21F)
Best Films — Kanche, Oopiri

Special Jury Awards:
All-round Actor — Rajendra Prasad (Nannaku Prematho)
Special Appreciation (Hero) — Naga Chaitanya (Premam),
Nara Rohit (Jyo Achuthananda)
Special Appreciation (Actor) — Sharwanand (Express Raja)
Best Promising Hero – Vijay Devarakonda (Pelli Choopulu)

Other awards:
Shatrugan Sinha — Millennium Star (Hero)
Hema Malini — Millennium Star (Heroine)
Jackie Shroff —Sensational Star
Krishnam Raju — Five Decades Star
Mohan Babu — Four Decades Star
Bappi Lahiri — Lifetime Achievement Award

Indian Idol winner Revanth will get a Special Jury Award. Several awards were also announced in playback singing, best debut and promising actor categories.

When asked why Anushka was not considered for Best Actress despite her performance in the film Rudhramadevi being appreciated, TSR said that he simply followed the procedure. “I agree that she was outstanding in the film, but we prefer to give awards to actors who are willing to attend. There is no use if we announce their names and they don’t turn up to receive them,” said TSR.
The film Srimanthudu was also not considered for the same reason.