The Andhra Pradesh government announced the prestigious Nandi Awards for the year 2010. Director N Shankar, chairman of Nandi film awards committee, announced the awards after taking clearance from Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy. 
Here we present the complete list of award winners for our readers:

• Best Actor - Balakrishna (Simha)
• Best Actress - Nitya Menon (Ala Modalaindi)
• First Best Film - Vedam          
• Second Best Film - Ganga Putrulu
• Third Best Film - Prasthanam
• Best director - Sunil Kumar Reddy (Gangaputrulu)
• Best Debut director - Nandini Reddy (Ala Modalaindi)
• Best supporting actor - Sai Kumar        (Prasthanam) 
• Best supporting actress - Pragati (Yemaindi Yee Vela) 
• Akkineni Award for best home-viewing film - Andari Bandhuvaya   
• Best popular film providing wholesome entertainment - Maryada Ramanna    
• Best film on national integration - Parama Veera Chakra
• Second Best Children film - Little Buddha 
• Best documentary film - Advaitham
• Second best documentary film - Freedom park
• Best character actor (Gummadi Award) - AVS (Kothimooka)
• Best comedian actor (Allu Award) - Dharmavarapu (Alasyam Amrutam)
• Best comedian actress - Jhansi (Simha)
• Best Villain - Nagineedu (Maryada Ramanna)
• Best Child Actor - Master Bharat (Bindaas)
• Best screenplay writer - Gowtam Menon (Ye Maya Chesave)
• Best story writer - RP Patnaik (Broker)
• Best dialogue writer - Sunil Kumar Reddy (GangaPutrulu)
• Best lyric writer - N Siddareddy (Veera Telangana)
• Best cinematographer - Prasad Murella (Namo Venkatesa)
• Best Music director - Chakri (Simha)
• Best Male playback singer - MM Keeravani (Maryada Ramanna)
• Best Female playback singer - Pranavi (Sneha Geetam)
• Best editor - Kotagiri VenkateswaraRao (Darling)
• Best art director - Ashok (Varudu)
• Best Choreographer - Prem Rakshit (Adurs)
• Best Audiographer - Radhakrishna (Brindavanam)
• Best costume designer - Sriram & Sri Kumar (Varudu)
• Best makeup artiste - Sri Gangadhar (BL to Yamalokam)
• Best fight master - Sri Sekhar (Manasara)
• Best male dubbing artiste - RPM Raju (Darling)
• Best female dubbing artiste - Chinmayi (YMC)
• Best special effects - Sri Alagar Swamy (Varudu)
• Special Jury Award - Samantha (YMC)
• Special Jury Award - Chandra Siddhartha (A Bhanduvaya)
• Special Jury Award - Manoj (Bindaas)       
• Special Jury Award - Sunil (Maryada Ramanna)
• Special Jury Award - Sreeramulu (Vedam)
• Best book on Telugu cinema - Geya Kavula Charitra (Dr. Paidipala) 
• Best film critic on Telugu Cinema - Chakravarthy