List of accolades received by Baahubali: The Beginning

A photograph of S. S. Rajamouli looking towards the camera
S. S. Rajamouli received several awards and nominations for directing the film.

Baahubali: The Beginning is a 2015 Indian epic historical fiction film written and directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by Arka Media Works.[1] Shot simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil languages, the film stars Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, and Tamannaah while Sathyaraj, Ramya Krishnan and Nassar appear in supporting roles.[1] The soundtrack and music score was composed by M. M. Keeravani while K. K. Senthil Kumar provided the cinematography. Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao, Sabu Cyril and V. Srinivas Mohan were in charge of the film's editing, art direction and special effects respectively.[1]

The first of two cinematic parts, The Beginning opened worldwide on 10 July 2015 to critical acclaim and record-breaking box-office success, becoming the highest-grossing film in India and the third-highest grossing Indian film worldwide, and the highest-grossing South Indian film.[1][2][3][4] Grossing over 6.5 billion worldwide against a budget of 1.2 billion, the film became the first South Indian film, and the first non-Hindi film to gross over 1 billion in the dubbed Hindi version.[2][4] The Beginning garnered several awards and nominations with praise for Rajamouli's direction, cinematography, production design, costumes and performances of the cast members.

At the 63rd National Film Awards, The Beginning won the Best Feature Film, becoming the first Telugu film to win the award, and Best Special Effects.[5] At the 63rd Filmfare Awards South, the Telugu version won five awards from ten nominations, including Best Film, Best Director for Rajamouli and Best Supporting Actress for Krishnan. Both the Tamil and Telugu versions won several awards in their respective categories, including Best Picture, Best Direction for Rajamouli, and Best Performance In A Supporting Role (Female) for Krishnan at the 1st IIFA Utsavam. The Beginning became the first Indian film to be nominated for Saturn Awards, receiving five nominations at the 42nd ceremony, including Best Fantasy Film and Best Supporting Actress for Tamannaah.

Accolades

Award Date of Ceremony[a] Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Ref.
Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards 7 January 2016 Best Supporting Actor Sathyaraj Won [6]
Best Supporting Actress Ramya Krishnan Won
Best Visual Effects V. Srinivas Mohan Won
Best Art Director Sabu Cyril Won
Best Costume Designer Rama Rajamouli, Prashanti Tipirneni Won
Best Makeup Artist Senapathi Naidu, Nalla Srinu Won
Asian Film Awards 17 March 2016 Best Special Effects V. Srinivas Mohan Nominated [7]
CineMaa Awards 12 June 2016 Best Movie Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni Won [8]
Best Director S. S. Rajamouli Won
Best Music Director Jury M. M. Keeravani Won
Best Art Director Sabu Cyril Won
Best Supporting Actress Ramya Krishnan Won
Best Actor in a Negative Role Rana Daggubati Won
Best VFX V. Srinivas Mohan Won
Best Editor Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao Won
Best Cinematographer K. K. Senthil Kumar Won
Best Choreographer Prem Rakshith Won
Best Fight Master Peter Hein Won
Best Singer Male Karthik (for song "Pacchabottu") Won
Best Singer Female Ramya Behra (for song "Dheevara") Won
Edison Awards 14 February 2016 Best Character Actress Ramya Krishnan Nominated [9]
[10]
Best Art Director Sabu Cyril Nominated
Iconic Spellbinder S. S. Rajamouli Nominated
FICCI Frames – BAF Awards 30 March 2016 VFX in a Motion Picture (International) Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni Won [11]
[12]
VFX in a Motion Picture (India) Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni Nominated
VFX Shot of the Year Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni Nominated
Filmfare Awards South 18 June 2016 Best Film – Telugu Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni Won [13]
Best Director – Telugu S. S. Rajamouli Won
Best Actor – Telugu Prabhas Nominated
Best Actress – Telugu Tamannaah Nominated
Best Music Director – Telugu M. M. Keeravani Nominated
Best Supporting Actor – Telugu Rana Daggubati Nominated
Sathyaraj Nominated
Best Supporting Actress – Telugu Ramya Krishnan Won
Best Playback Singer Female – Telugu Geetha Madhuri (for song "Jeevanadhi") Won
Best Cinematographer K. K. Senthil Kumar Won
IIFA Utsavam 24–25 January 2016 Best Picture – Telugu Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni Won [14]
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[16]
Best Picture – Tamil Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni Won
Best Director – Telugu S. S. Rajamouli Won
Best Direction – Tamil S. S. Rajamouli Nominated
Best Performance in a Lead Role (Male) – Tamil Prabhas Nominated
Best Performance in a Lead Role (Female) – Tamil Tamannaah Nominated
Best Performance in a Lead Role (Male) – Telugu Prabhas Nominated
Best Performance in a Lead Role (Female) – Telugu Tamannaah Nominated
Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) – Tamil Sathyaraj Won
Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) – Telugu Sathyaraj Nominated
Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Female) – Tamil Ramya Krishnan Won
Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Female) – Telugu Ramya Krishnan Won
Best Performance in a Negative Role – Tamil Rana Daggubati Nominated
Best Performance in a Negative Role – Telugu Rana Daggubati Won
Best Music Direction – Tamil M. M. Keeravani Nominated
Best Music Direction – Telugu M. M. Keeravani Nominated
Best Lyricist – Telugu K Shiva Datta (for "Mamathala Thalli") Nominated
Best Playback Singer (Male) – Tamil Deepu (for song "Veerane") Nominated
Best Playback Singer (Male) – Tamil Haricharan (for song "Manohari") Won
Best Playback Singer (Female) – Tamil Geetha Madhuri (for song "Jeevanadhi") Won
Best Playback Singer (Male) – Telugu Revanth (for song "Manohari") Nominated
Best Playback Singer (Male) – Telugu Deepu (for song "Dheevara") Nominated
Best Playback Singer (Female) – Telugu Satya Yamini (for song "Mamathala Thalli") Won
Best Playback Singer (Female) – Telugu Geetha Madhuri (for song "Jeevanadhi") Nominated
Best Playback Singer (Female) – Telugu Damini (for song "Pachcha Bottesi") Nominated
Best Production Design Sabu Cyril Won
Nandi Awards 14 November 2017 Best Feature Film Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni Won [17]
[18]
Best Director S. S. Rajamouli Won
Best Supporting Actress Ramya Krishnan Won
Best Villain Rana Daggubati Won
Best Cinematographer K. K. Senthil Kumar Won
Best Art Director Sabu Cyril Won
Best Music Director M. M. Keeravani Won
Best Male Playback Singer M. M. Keeravani Won
Best Choreographer Prem Rakshith Won
Best Audiographer P. M. Sateesh Won
Best Costume Designer Rama Rajamouli, Prashanti Tipirineni Won
Best Fight Master Peter Hein Won
Best Special Effects V. Srinivas Mohan Won
National Film Awards 3 May 2016 Best Feature Film Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni Won [19]
Best Special Effects V. Srinivas Mohan Won
Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards 28 April–1 May 2016 Best Lyricist Madhan Karky[b] Won [20]
Producers Guild Film Awards 22 December 2015 President's Honour Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni Won [21]
Saturn Awards 22 June 2016 Best Fantasy Film Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni Nominated [22]
Best Supporting Actress Tamannaah Nominated
Best Music M. M. Keeravani Nominated
Best Production Design Sabu Cyril Nominated
Best Costume Design Rama Rajamouli, Prashanti Tipirneni Nominated
South Indian International Movie Awards 30 June–1 July 2016 Best Film (Telugu) Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni Won [23]
Best Director (Telugu) S. S. Rajamouli Won
Best Actor (Telugu) Prabhas Nominated
Best Cinematographer (Telugu) K. K. Senthil Kumar Won
Best Action Choreographer Peter Hein Won
Best Music Director (Telugu) M. M. Keeravani Nominated
Best Actor in a Negative Role (Telugu) Rana Daggubati Won
Best Supporting Actor (Telugu) Sathyaraj Nominated
Best Supporting Actress (Telugu) Ramya Krishnan Won
Best Lyricist (Telugu) K. Shiva Datta Nominated
Best Male Playback Singer (Telugu) M. M. Keeravani (for song "Nippule Swasaga") Nominated
Best Female Playback Singer (Telugu) Satya Yamini (for song "Mamathala Thalli") Won
Ramya Behra (for song "Dheevara") Nominated
Santosham Film Awards 14 August 2016 Best Actor Prabhas Won [24]
Best Producer Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni Won
Best Villain Rana Daggubati Won
Best Editing Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao Won
Best Choreographer Prem Rakshith Won
Best Female Playback Singer Geetha Madhuri (for song "Jeevanadhi") Won
Best Photographer Award Tata Mallesh Won

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
  2. ^ Also for I.[20]

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