After 37 years of evaluating Bollywood, these people started off with Tollywood only last year. And by the looks of it, they are still suffering from teething problems. If you pick ten people at random off the road and ask them which was last year's best film, how many would answer Aazad?
The Andhra Pradesh Film Journalists Association (AFJA) has been giving the AFJA film awards for the past 38 years to the best of artists, directors, lyricists, cinematographers, playback singers, choreographers and story writers. Many great actors and directors like Raj Kapoor, Dharmendra, Shammi Kapoor, Pran and Sanjeev Kumar have received this award.
Like we said, for 37 years these awards were given to the Hindi film industry alone, but from last year they are being given to the Telugu film industry too. The list of winners for this year's AFJA awards is as follows:
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Telugu
|
Hindi
|
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Best Film
|
Aazad
(Ashwin Dutt) |
Fiza
(Pradeep Guha) |
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Best Director
|
Vijay Bhasker
(Nuvve Kaavaali) |
Fiza
(Khaled Mohammed) |
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Best Actor
|
Nagarjuna
(Aazad) |
Shahrukh Khan
(Mohabattein) |
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Best Actress
|
Soundarya
(9 Nelalu) |
Karishma Kapoor
(Fiza) |
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Best Character Actor
|
AVS
(Uncle) |
Khader Khan
(Joru Ka Ghulam) |
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Special Jury Award
|
Urvasi
(Vijaya Rama Raju) |
Mahima Choudhry
(Dhadkan) |
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Best Supporting Actor
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Rallapalli
(Kalisundaam Raa) |
Amitabh Bachchan
(Mohabattein) |
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Best Supporting Actress
|
Renuka Desai
(Badri) |
Jaya Bachchan
(Fiza) |
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Best Comedian (Male)
|
Ali
(Nuvvu Vastaavani) |
Johny Lever
(Dulhan Hum Leyjayange) |
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Best Comedian (Female)
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Rajitha
(Uncle) |
Archana Puran Singh
(Mohabattein) |
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Best Music
|
Koti
(Nuvve Kaavaali) |
Jatin - Lalit
(Mohabattein) |
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Best Cinematographer
|
Hari Anumola
(Hindustan) |
Santosh Shivan
(Fiza) |
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Best Lyricist
|
Sirivennala
(Paatala Pallaki) |
Javed Akhtar
(Panchi Nadiy Pawan Refugee) |
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Best Playback Singer (Male)
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Sriram
(Nuvve Kaavaali) |
Udit Narayan
(Dhadkan) |
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Best Playback Singer (Female)
|
Chitra (Koila Katta Bagunda)
(Ninne Premista) |
Alka Yagnik
(Kaho Na Pyar Hai) |
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Best Villain
|
Mukesh Rishi
(Manoharam) |
Jackie Shroff
(Mission Kashmir) |
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Best Choreographer
|
Lawrence
(Nuvve Kaavaali) |
Farah Khan
(Kaho Na Pyar Hai) |
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Best Dialogue Writer
|
Paruchuri Brothers
(Aazad) |
Javed Siddiqui
(Fiza) |
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Best Debut (Male)
|
Tarun
(Nuvve Kaavaali) |
Hrithik Roshan
(Kaho Na Pyar Hai) |
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Best Debut (Female)
|
Richa Gauri
(Nuvve Kaavaali) |
Kareena Kapoor
(Refugee) |