Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu

{{Infobox award

| name = Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu

| country = India

| year = Narthanasala (1963)

| website = [https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards/winners/ Filmfare Telugu]

| holder = Balagam (2023)

| awarded_for = Best film in Telugu cinema

| presenter = Filmfare

}}

The Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Telugu films. The award was first given in 1964 for films released around 1963.{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/11th-annual-south-filmfare-awards-winners | title=11th Annual South Filmfare Awards Winners | date=6 August 2024 }} Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.

Winners

Year \|\| Film \|\| Producer
class="wikitable sortable"
2023	Balagam \|{{}}Hanshita Reddy {{}}Harshith Reddy{{Cite web\|url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-south-2024/telugu/winners\|title=Winners Of The 69th Filmfare Awards South 2024 - Telugu \| Filmfare.com}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 2022	RRR	{{*}}D. V. V. Danayya{{Cite web\|url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/winners-of-the-68th-filmfare-awards-south-telugu-2023_-67194.html\|title=Winners of the 68th Filmfare Awards South (Telugu) 2023 \| Filmfare.com\|website=www.filmfare.com}}
2020–2021	Pushpa: The Rise	{{}}Naveen Yerneni {{}}Y. Ravi Shankar {{cite news \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/67th-parle-filmfare-awards-south-2022-full-winners-list-telugu-pushpa-bags-7-titles-sai-pallavi-wins-black-lady-for-love-story-ala-vaikunthapurramuloo-shines/articleshow/94747276.cms \| title=67th Parle Filmfare Awards South 2022 full winners list Telugu: 'Pushpa' bags 7 titles, Sai Pallavi wins Black Lady for 'Love Story'; 'Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo' shines - Times of India \| website=The Times of India }}
2018	Mahanati	{{}}Swapna Dutt {{}}Priyanka Dutt{{cite web\|url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/winners-of-the-66th-filmfare-awards-south-2019_-38163.html\|title=Winners of the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019\|website=Filmfare\|access-date=22 December 2019}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \|2017	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	{{}}Shobu Yarlagadda {{}}Prasad Devineni{{Cite web\|url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/winners-of-the-65th-jio-filmfare-awards-south-2018_-28887.html\|title=Winners of the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018\|website=filmfare.com}}
2016	Pelli Choopulu	{{}}Raj Kandukuri {{}}Yash Rangineni{{Cite web\|url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-the-64th-jio-filmfare-awards-south-21594.html\|title=Winners of the 64th Jio Filmfare Awards (South)\|website=filmfare.com}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 2015	Baahubali: The Beginning	{{}}Shobu Yarlagadda {{}}Prasad Devineni{{Cite web\|url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-the-63rd-britannia-filmfare-awards-south-13996.html\|title=Winners of the 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)\|website=filmfare.com}}
2014	Manam	{{*}} Nagarjuna{{Cite web\|url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-62nd-britannia-filmfare-awards-south-9643.html\|title=Winners of 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards South\|website=filmfare.com}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 2013	Attarintiki Daredi	{{*}}B. V. S. N. Prasad{{Cite web\|url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/winners-of-61st-idea-filmfare-awards-south-6712.html\|title=Winners of 61st Idea Filmfare Awards South\|website=filmfare.com}}
2012	Eega	{{*}} Sai Korrapati{{Cite web\|url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/list-of-winners-at-the-60th-idea-filmfare-awards-south-3745.html\|title=List of Winners at the 60th Idea Filmfare Awards (South)\|website=filmfare.com}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 2011	Dookudu	{{}}Ram Achanta {{}}Gopichand Achanta {{*}}Anil Sunkara{{Cite web\|url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/59th-idea-filmfare-awards-south-winners-list-809.html\|title=59th Idea Filmfare Awards South (Winners list)\|website=filmfare.com}}
2010	Vedam	{{}}Shobu Yarlagadda {{}}Prasad Devineni{{cite web\|url=http://www.8pmnews.com/news/headlines/58th-idea-filmfare-awards-south-2011-winners \|title=58th Idea Filmfare Awards South 2011 Winners – 8PM News – Telugu News Online Portal \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110160453/http://www.8pmnews.com/news/headlines/58th-idea-filmfare-awards-south-2011-winners \|archive-date=2014-01-10 }}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 2009	Magadheera	{{}}Allu Aravind {{}}B. V. S. N. Prasad{{cite news\| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/news-interviews/Filmfare-Awards-winners/articleshow/6280143.cms \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811095903/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-09/news-interviews/28320515_1_filmfare-awards-winners-prakash-raj-k-j-yesudas \| url-status=live \| archive-date=11 August 2011 \| work=The Times of India \| title=Filmfare Awards winners \| date=9 August 2010}}
2008	Gamyam	Saibabu Jagarlamudi{{cite web \|url=http://bollyspice.com/view.php/3173-a-sparkling-triumph-8211-the-56th-filmfare-south-awards.html \|title=A Sparkling Triumph -The 56th Filmfare South Awards » Bollywood Spice \|access-date=2011-02-23 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110092435/http://www.bollyspice.com/view.php/3173-a-sparkling-triumph-8211-the-56th-filmfare-south-awards.html \|archive-date=2010-01-10 }}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 2007	Happy Days	{{}}Sekhar Kammula {{}}Chandra S. Kammula{{cite web \|url=http://bollyspice.com/view.php/1411-happy-days-at-the-55th-tiger-balm-filmfare-south-awards.html \|title='Happy Days' at the 55th Tiger Balm Filmfare South Awards » Bollywood Spice \|access-date=2011-02-20 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614085233/http://www.bollyspice.com/view.php/1411-happy-days-at-the-55th-tiger-balm-filmfare-south-awards.html \|archive-date=2009-06-14 }}
2006	Bommarillu	Dil Raju{{Cite web\|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/filmfareswards2007.html\|title=54th Fair One Filmfare Awards 2006 - Telugu cinema function\|website=www.idlebrain.com}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 2005	Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana	M.S. Raju{{Cite web\|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/filmfareawards2006.html\|title=Filmfare South awards 2006 - Telugu cinema\|website=www.idlebrain.com}}
2004	Varsham	M.S. Raju{{cite web\|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/filmfareawards2005/filmfareawards50.html\|title=Filmfare Awards 2005 - RAma Naidu to MS Raju\|website=www.idlebrain.com\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222045330/https://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/filmfareawards2005/filmfareawards50.html\|archive-date=22 February 2025\|url-status=live}}{{Cite web\|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/filmfareawards2005.html\|title=Filmfare awards for South India - Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam & Kannada - Telugu Cinema\|website=www.idlebrain.com}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 2003	Okkadu	M. S. Raju{{cite web\|url=https://archive.org/details/51stFilmfareAwardsSouthTeluguWinners\|title=51st Filmfare Awards - South Telugu Winners}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/9366.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502154058/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/9366.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2 May 2008\|title=Pithamagan sweeps FilmFare Awards}}
2002	Santosham	K. L. Narayana{{cite web \|url=http://filmfaremagazine.indiatimes.com/articleshow.cms?msid=46891&right=1&fright=1&botlink=1 \|title=The Winner: 50th Manikchand Filmfare Awards 2002 - Filmfare - Indiatimes \|website=filmfaremagazine.indiatimes.com \|access-date=22 May 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040828123037/http://filmfaremagazine.indiatimes.com/articleshow.cms?msid=46891&right=1&fright=1&botlink=1 \|archive-date=28 August 2004 \|url-status=dead}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 2001	Nuvvu Nenu	P. Kiran{{cite news\| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Nuvvu-Nenu-wins-4-Filmfare-awards/articleshow/6011249.cms \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921025343/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-04-06/hyderabad/27122602_1_filmfare-film-award-actor-award \| url-status=live \| archive-date=21 September 2012 \| work=The Times of India \| title=Nuvvu Nenu wins 4 Filmfare awards \| date=6 April 2002}}
2000	Nuvve Kavali	Ramoji Rao{{cite news\| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Vishnuvardhan-Sudharani-win-Filmfare-awards-/articleshow/35261957.cms \| work=The Times Of India \| title=Vishnuvardhan, Sudharani win Filmfare awards – The Times of India}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 1999	Raja	R. B. Choudary{{Cite web\|url=https://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~kailasan/news/rahman_bags_12th_filmfare_award.htm\|title=Rahman bags 12th Filmfare award\|website=www.pvv.ntnu.no}}
1998	Anthapuram	P. Kiran{{cite web\|url=https://archive.org/download/46thFilmfareAwardsSouthWinners/46th%20Filmfare%20Awards%20south%20winners.jpg\|title=46th Filmfare Awards - South Winners}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 1997	Annamayya	V. Doraiswamy Raju{{Cite web \| url=https://archive.org/details/45thFilmfareSouthBestFilmsWinners \| archive-url=https://archive.today/20170205065518/https://archive.org/details/45thFilmfareSouthBestFilmsWinners \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=2017-02-05 \| title=45th Filmfare South Best Films Winners : Santosh : Free Download & St…}}
1996	Ninne Pelladata	Nagarjuna{{Cite web \|url=http://www.filmfare.com/site/october97/south3b.htm \|title=Filmfare - South Special \|access-date=16 December 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991103152849/http://www.filmfare.com/site/october97/south3b.htm \|archive-date=3 November 1999 \|url-status=live }}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 1995	Subha Sankalpam	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam{{cite web \|url=http://www.filmfare.com/site/nov96/faward.htm \|title=Filmfare Awards \|website=www.filmfare.com \|access-date=12 January 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991010171143/http://www.filmfare.com/site/nov96/faward.htm \|archive-date=10 October 1999 \|url-status=dead}}
1994	Aame	Mullapudi Brahmanandam {{cite web \| url=https://archive.org/details/42nd-annual-filmfare-awards-south-telugu-malayalam-winners \| title=42nd Annual Filmfare Awards South Telugu & Malayalam Winners \| date=5 August 2024 }}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 1993	Mathru Devo Bhava	K. S. Rama Rao{{cite web\|url=https://archive.org/download/41stAnnualFilmfareBestTeluguFilmKannadaActorActressDirector/41st%20annual%20filmfare%20best%20telugu%20film%20kannada%20actor%20actress%20director.jpg\|title=41st Filmfare Awards - South Winners}}
1992	Gharana Mogudu	Devi Varaprasad{{cite web\|url=https://archive.org/download/40thSouthFilmfareBestFilms/40th%20south%20filmfare%20best%20films.jpg\|title=40th Filmfare South Awards - Best Films}}{{cite web\|url=https://archive.org/download/40thFilmfareSouthBestActorActressFilmsLifetimeMusicDirector/40th%20filmfare%20south%20best%20actor%20actress%20films%20lifetime%20music%20director.jpg\|title=40th Filmfare South Awards - Best Actor/Actress}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 1991	Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu	V. Doraiswamy Raju {{Cite web\|url=https://archive.org/details/39thAnnualFilmfareTeluguBestMusicFilmActressWinners\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170207134537/https://archive.org/details/39thAnnualFilmfareTeluguBestMusicFilmActressWinners\|url-status=dead\|title=39th Annual Filmfare Telugu Best Music Film Actress Winners\|date=7 February 2017\|via=Internet Archive\|archive-date=7 February 2017\|access-date=11 September 2019}}{{Cite web\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x-zeAAAAMAAJ&q=Kranthi+kumar\|title = Sainik Samachar\|year = 1993}}
1990	Karthavyam	A. M. RatnamRefer See Filmfare Bollywood Magazine August 1991, 38th filmfare awards south Juhi Chawla Shilpa Abused Madras Awards:Winners
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 1989	Siva	{{}}Akkineni Venkat {{}}Yarlagadda Surendra{{cite web \| url=https://archive.org/details/37th_annual_-filmfare_-awards_south_winners \| title=37th Annual Filmfare Awards South winners \| date=22 April 2022 }}{{cite web \| url=https://archive.org/details/37th-annual-filmfare-awards-south-best-film-winners \| title=37th Annual Filmfare Awards South Best Film Winners \| date=31 July 2024 }}{{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_JZZAAAAMAAJ&q=Shiva+manirathnam \|title = Vidura\|year = 1990}}
1988	Swarnakamalam	Ch.V. Appa Rao {{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S5ZZAAAAMAAJ&q=Sornakamalam \|title = Vidura\|year = 1989}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 1987	Padamati Sandhya Ragam	G. Subba Rao {{Cite web\|url=https://archive.org/details/35thAnnualFilmfareAwardsSouthWinners\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170205141932/https://archive.org/details/35thAnnualFilmfareAwardsSouthWinners\|url-status=dead\|title=35th Annual Filmfare Awards South Winners\|date=5 February 2017\|via=Internet Archive\|archive-date=5 February 2017\|access-date=11 September 2019}}
1986	Repati Pourulu	P. Venkateswara Rao{{cite web\|url=https://archive.org/download/34th-filmfare-south-winners/34th%20Filmfare%20South%20winners.jpg\|title=34th Filmfare South Winners}}{{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&q=1986+Repati+Pourulu \| title=Collections\| year=1991}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 1985	Pratighatana	Ramoji Rao Atluri Rama Rao{{cite web\|url=https://archive.org/download/33rd-filmfare-awards-south/IMG_20240315_084234.jpg\|title=33th Filmfare South Awards}}{{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&q=1985+Prathighatna \|title = Collections\|year = 1991}}
1984	Swathi	Kranthi Kumar{{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&q=1984+Jandhyala \|title = Collections\|year = 1991}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 1983	Neti Bharatam	P. Venkateswara Rao{{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&q=1983+Neti+Bharatam \|title = Collections\|year = 1991}}
1982	Meghasandesam	Dasari Narayana Rao{{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xU3jAAAAMAAJ&q=Chiranjivi \| title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who\| last1=Reed\| first1=Sir Stanley\| year=1984}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 1981	Saptapadi	P. Butchi Reddy{{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o4biAAAAMAAJ&q=Sapthapathi \|title = The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who\|year = 1983}}
1980	Maa Bhoomi	{{}}B. Narsing Rao {{}}G. Ravindranath{{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N6kQAQAAMAAJ&q=maa+bhoomi \| title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who\| year=1982}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 1979	Gorintaku	K. Murari{{cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&q=1979+Guppidu+K.+Murari \| title=Collections \| date=1991 }}
1978	Manavoori Pandavulu	Jayakrishna {{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&q=1978++Pan+Davalu \| title=Collections\| year=1991}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 1977	Adavi Ramudu	{{}}N.V.V. Satyanarayana {{}}A. Suryanarayana{{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&q=Adavi+Ramudu+N.V.V.+Satya \| title=Collections\| year=1991}}{{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xU3jAAAAMAAJ&q=Adavi+Ramudu+Suryanar- \| title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who\| last1=Reed\| first1=Sir Stanley\| year=1984}}
1976	Soggadu	D. Rama Naidu{{cite web \| url=https://archive.org/details/1976-filmfare-telugu-winners \| title=1976 Filmfare Telugu Winners \| date=15 November 2022 }}{{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xU3jAAAAMAAJ&q=Soggadu \| title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who\| last1=Reed\| first1=Sir Stanley\| year=1984}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 1975	Jeevana Jyothi	D. V. S. Raju{{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xU3jAAAAMAAJ&q=Jeevana+Jyoti \| title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who\| last1=Reed\| first1=Sir Stanley\| year=1984}}
1974	O Seeta Katha	Sharma {{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xU3jAAAAMAAJ&q=o+seetha+katha \|title = The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who\|last1 = Reed\|first1 = Sir Stanley\|year = 1984}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 1973	Jeevana Tharangaalu	D. Ramanaidu{{cite web \| url=https://archive.org/details/21st-annual-filmfare-awards-south-winners \| title=21st Annual Filmfare Awards South Winners \| date=6 August 2024 }}{{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LAcfAQAAMAAJ&q=T.+Rama+Rao+jeevanatarangalu \| title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who\| last1=Reed\| first1=Sir Stanley\| year=1974}}
1972	Pandanti Kapuram	G. Hanumantha Rao {{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8cUQAQAAMAAJ&q=Sri+Pandanthi \| title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who\| year=1973}}https://archive.org/details/20th-annual-filmfare-telugu-kannada-winners
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 1971	Tahsildar Gari Ammayi	{{}}N.V.V.Sathya Narayana {{}}A.Surya Narayana{{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&q=1971+Tasil \| title=Collections\| year=1991}}
1970	Dharma Daata	Tammareddy Krishna Murthy{{cite web \| url=https://archive.org/details/18th-annual-filmfare-awards-winners \| title=18th Annual Filmfare Awards Winners \| date=25 July 2024 }}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 1969	Bangaru Panjaram	B. N. Reddy{{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&q=Panjaram+b+n+bedi \|title = Collections\|year = 1991}}
1968	Sudigundalu	{{}}Adurthi Subba Rao {{}}ANR{{cite web \| url=https://archive.org/details/16th-annual-filmfare-awards-winners \| title=16th Annual Filmfare Awards Winners \| date=25 July 2024 }}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 1967	Chadarangam	{{}}Badeti Satyanarayana {{}}Putla Venkata Rao {{cite web \| url=https://archive.org/details/15th-annual-filmfare-awards-winners \| title=15th Annual Filmfare Awards Winners \| date=25 July 2024 }}
1966	Aastiparulu	V. B. Rajendra Prasad{{Cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&q=+Aasthi+Paralu+v+b+rajendra+prasad \| title=Collections\| year=1991}}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 1965	Antastulu	V. B. Rajendra Prasad{{cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&q=1965++Anthastulu+ \| title=Collections \| date=1991 }}
1964	Mooga Manasulu	C.Sundaram {{cite web \| url=https://archive.org/details/12-th-annual-filmfare-regional-films-winners \| title=12 TH ANNUAL Filmfare Regional Films Winners \| date=25 July 2024 }}
style="background:#edf3fe;" \| 1963	Narthanasala	{{•}}Lakshmi Rajyam {{•}}Sridhar Rao {{cite web \| url=https://archive.org/details/11th-annual-filmfare-awards-regional-films \| title=11th Annual Filmfare Awards Regional Films \| date=25 July 2024 }}{{cite web \| url=https://archive.org/details/11-th-annual-filmfare-awards-presentation \| title=11 Th Annual Filmfare Awards Presentation \| date=21 August 2024 }}

Before 2000 year there have no nominations for Filmfare Awards South in Telugu films. The panel of judges, jury members are selected for Best films.{{Cite web|url=https://events.fullhyderabad.com/48th-south-indian-filmfare-awards/2001-april/tickets-dates-videos-reviews-577-1.html|title=48th South-Indian Filmfare Awards: Events in Hyderabad - fullhyd.com}}

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References

Notes

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