SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actor – Telugu

SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actor – Telugu
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Telugu film by Critics
Country	India
Presented by	Vibri Media Group
Established	2012
First awarded	2013
Currently held by	Anand Deverakonda, Baby (2023)
Most awards	Nandamuri Balakrishna and Nani (2)
Website	SIIMA Telugu

SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actor – Telugu is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for best acting done by an actor in Telugu films, who are selected by the jury. The award was first given in 2013 for films released in 2012.

Superlatives

Categories	Recipient	Record
Most awards	Nandamuri Balakrishna	2
	Nani
Youngest winner	Vijay Deverakonda	Age 30
Oldest winner	Nandamuri Balakrishna	Age 52

• Nandamuri Balakrishna and Nani have maximum awards with two wins.
• Allu Arjun and Nandamuri Balakrishna have also won the SIIMA Award for Best Actor – Telugu.

Winners

Year	Actor	Film	Ref.
2011	Nandamuri Balakrishna	Sri Rama Rajyam	[1]
2012	Rana Daggubati	Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum	[2][3]
2013	Not Awarded
2014	Naga Chaitanya	Manam	[4][5]
2015	Allu Arjun	Rudhramadevi	[6][7]
2016	Nani	Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha	[8]
2017	Nandamuri Balakrishna	Gautamiputra Satakarni	[9][10]
	Venkatesh	Guru
2018	Vijay Deverakonda	Geetha Govindam	[11][12]
2019	Nani	Jersey	[13][14]
2020	Sudheer Babu	V	[15]
2021	Naveen Polishetty	Jathi Ratnalu	[16]
2022	Adivi Sesh	Major	[17]
2023	Anand Deverakonda	Baby	[18]

See also

• SIIMA Award for Best Actor – Telugu

References

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