Overview

• Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna won Best Actor and Best Actress for Pushpa 2: The Rule, with Sukumar named Best Director and Devi Sri Prasad Best Music Director.
• Kalki 2898 AD claimed Best Film (Telugu) and key acting honors, including Kamal Haasan as Best Villain, Amitabh Bachchan as Best Supporting Actor, and Anna Ben as Best Supporting Actress.
• Technical and music awards highlighted Devara, with Rathnavelu winning Best Cinematographer, Ramajogayya Sastry Best Lyric Writer for Chuttamalle, and Shilpa Rao Best Female Playback Singer; Kandukoori Shankar Babu won Best Male Playback Singer for Peelings from Pushpa 2.
• Critics’ awards went to Teja Sajja (Best Actor) and Meenakshi Chaudhary (Best Actress) with Prasanth Varma as Best Director, while Sandeep Saroj took Best Debut Actor and reports differed on Best Debut Actress between Bhagyashree Borse and Pankhuri Bhagyashree.
• Kannada winners included Ashika Ranganath, Samarjit Lankesh, Ankita Amar, and composer B Ajaneesh Loknath, and a Special Award honored V Harikrishna, with Tamil and Malayalam results set for day two.