Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
The 2022 recipient: Allu Arjun
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in Telugu films
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First awarded	N. T. Rama Rao, Badi Panthulu (1972)
Currently held by	Allu Arjun, Pushpa: The Rise (2020–2021)
Most awards	Chiranjeevi – 7
Most nominations	Chiranjeevi – 21
Website	Filmfare Awards

The Filmfare Best Actor Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Telugu films. The awards were extended to "Best Actor" in 1972.^[1] The year indicates the year of release of the film. Chiranjeevi is the most nominated with 21 nominations and the most awarded with seven times winning the award.

Superlatives

• Chiranjeevi with seven wins, has most awards than any other actor. Mahesh Babu has five wins, followed by Sobhan Babu, Venkatesh and Allu Arjun with four wins. Four actors have won the award thrice in chronological order they are Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Kamal Haasan and Krishnam Raju. Three actors Rajasekhar, N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan has two wins each. Akkineni Nageshwara Rao & Uday Kiran being the oldest & youngest actors to win the awards, at 68 and 21 respectively.
• Allu Arjun and Venkatesh are the two actors to win both Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – South.
• Allu Arjun have won both Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu.
• Sobhan Babu was the most victorious actor with four wins in the 70s. Kamal Haasan ruled the 80s with three wins. In the 90s, Chiranjeevi outperformed every other actors with three wins. Chiranjeevi and Mahesh Babu were the two successful actors with two wins each in the 2000s. Mahesh Babu continued to be a most successful actor in the 2010s with three wins.
• Two actors have won the awards in consecutive years; in chronological order, they are Sobhan Babu (1974–1976) and Chiranjeevi (1992–1993).
• Allu Arjun is the only actor to have won Filmfare Awards South in three different acting categories: Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor – Critics.
• Chiranjeevi has the most nominations with 21, followed by Venkatesh with 18 and Nagarjuna with 16.
• Allu Arjun Became the First and Only Actor to Win Filmfare Best Actor and National Film Award for Best Actor For the Same Film.

Multiple winners

• 7 Wins : Chiranjeevi
• 5 Wins : Mahesh Babu
• 4 Wins : Sobhan Babu, Venkatesh, Allu Arjun
• 3 Wins : Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Kamal Haasan, Krishnam Raju
• 2 Wins : Rajasekhar, N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan

Winners

Year	Photos of Winners	Recipient	Role	Film	Ref
2020–2021		Allu Arjun	Pushpa Raj	Pushpa: The Rise	[2]
2018		Ram Charan	Chitibabu	Rangasthalam	[3]
2017		Vijay Deverakonda	Dr. Arjun Reddy Deshmukh	Arjun Reddy	[4]
2016		Jr. NTR	Abhiram	Nannaku Prematho	[5]
2015		Mahesh Babu	Harsha Vardhan	Srimanthudu	[6]
2014		Allu Arjun	Lucky	Race Gurram	[7]
2013		Mahesh Babu	Chinnodu	Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu	[8]
2012		Pawan Kalyan	Venkatarathnam Naidu / Gabbar Singh	Gabbar Singh	[9]
2011		Mahesh Babu	G. Ajay Kumar / Chinna	Dookudu	[10]
2010		Allu Arjun	Cable Raju	Vedam	[11]
2009		Ram Charan	Harsha / Bhairava	Magadheera	[12]
2008		Allu Arjun	Krishna	Parugu	[13]
2007		Jr. NTR	Raja	Yamadonga	[14]
2006		Mahesh Babu	Krishna Manohar / Pandu	Pokiri	[15]
2005		Siddharth	Santosh	Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana	[16]
2004		Chiranjeevi	Shankar Prasad	Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.	[17]
2003		Mahesh Babu	Ajay Verma Rama	Okkadu Nijam	[18]
2002		Chiranjeevi	Indrasena Reddy / Shankar Narayana	Indra	[19]
2001		Uday Kiran	Ravi	Nuvvu Nenu	[20][21]
2000		Venkatesh	• Mahadeva Naidu  • Abhiram	Jayam Manade Raa	[22]
1999		Chiranjeevi	• Simhadri  • Chinnayya	Sneham Kosam	[23][24]
1998		Venkatesh	Ganesh	Ganesh	[25]
1997		Nagarjuna	Annamacharya	Annamayya	[26]
1996		Venkatesh	Rakesh	Dharma Chakram	[27]
1995		Mohan Babu	• Peddarayudu  • Raja	Peddarayudu	[28]
1994		Rajasekhar	Komaranna / Anna	Anna	[29][30]
1993		Chiranjeevi	Subhash Chandra Bose	Muta Mesthri	[31]
1992		Chiranjeevi	Madhava	Aapathbandavudu	[32][33]
1991		Akkineni Nageswara Rao	Sitharamayya	Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu	[34][35]
1990		Rajasekhar	Vikram	Magaadu	[36]
1989		Kamal Haasan	• G. K. Rayudu  • Chandram	Indrudu Chandrudu	[37]
1988		Venkatesh	Shakti	Brahma Putrudu	[38]
1987		Akkineni Nageswara Rao	Ananda Rao	Aatma Bandhuvulu	[39]
1986		Krishnam Raju	Tandra Paparayudu	Tandra Paparayudu	[40][41]
1985		Chiranjeevi	Madhusudhana Rao / Chinna Babu	Vijetha	[42]
1984		Krishnam Raju	• Brahmanna  • Ravi	Bobbili Brahmanna	[43]
1983		Kamal Haasan	Balakrishna	Saagara Sangamam	[44]
1982		Chiranjeevi	Narasimha Murthy	Subhalekha	[45]
1981		Kamal Haasan	Sundaram Ranga	Aakali Rajyam	[46]
1980		J. V. Somayajulu	Sankarabharanam Sankara Sastry	Sankarabharanam	[47]
1979		Sobhan Babu	• Sridhara Rao  • Raja	Karthika Deepam	[48][49]
1978		Chandra Mohan	Gopalakrishna	Padaharella Vayasu	[50]
1977		Krishnam Raju	• Hari  • Krishna	Amara Deepam	[51]
1976		Sobhan Babu	Sobhanadri	Soggadu	[52][53][54]
1975		Sobhan Babu	Narain	Jeevana Jyothi	[55][56]
1974		Sobhan Babu	Raja	Khaidi Babayi	[57]
1973		Akkineni Nageswara Rao	Abbi	Marapurani Manishi	[58]
1972		Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao	Raghava Rao	Badi Panthulu	[59]

Nominations

See also

• Filmfare Awards
• Telugu Cinema

References

Bibliography

• Ramachandran, T.M. (1973). Film world. Vol. 9.
• Collections. Update Video Publication. 1991.
• The Times of India directory and year book including who's who. Times of India Press. 1984.