History
The first awards were presented on 16 December 2007, at Hyderabad, India where 2000 people attended. The second edition of FNCC Telugu film awards were presented on the night of 31 December 2008. D Rama Naidu and MS Reddy were felicitated. Gamyam and Kotha Bangaru Lokam dominated the awards by winning three each. On the eve of the New Year, the first ever Film Nagar Cultural Club's awards' nite was held in the city. Many popular and prominent people from the film industry were present to celebrate their with the stars. Awards were given away in popular categories, selected by a special panel of judges. Apart from NTR, Ram Charan, Genelia and Shekhar Kammula, Krishnam Raju was present wife. Dil Raju too was seen cheering Shekhar Kammula. FNCC president KS Rama Rao, C Aswini Dutt and Ramanaidu were among those present. The best actor award was given away by C Aswini Dutt to NTR for films ''Yamadonga'' and ''Raakhi''. Genelia was adjudged the best actress for this year's surprise hit ''Dhee''. Dr Ramanaidu gave away the award. G Seshagiri Rao gave the sensational star award to Ram Charan Teja for '' Chiruta''. The best film award went to ''Happy Days'', while the Jury award went to ''Chandamama''. Awards in other categories included Best dialogues and story writer to Posani Krishna Murali (''Operation Duryodhana''); best music director to Radha Krishna (''Chandamama''); best director, producer, screenplay writer to Shekhar Kammula (''Happy Days''); best cinematographer Ratnavel (''Jagadam''), to list a few. A special musical show was put up by music director Chakri. Abhinayasri, Gauri Munjal, Poonam Bajwa performed to popular songs while Siva Reddy had the audience in splits with his mimicry items. Ram Charan Teja said: "This is the first award in my career. I will ever remember this happy occasion. I would like to share this award with my first director Puri Jagannath." Sekhar Kammula said: "I made Happy Days especially for the students of Andhra Pradesh. We have reached our target by 200 percent. Though the movie is done with all newcomers, the people had blessed us with a big heart and I am thankful to all of them. I am doing to come with another superb movie for you in this year itself."Awards
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