Arundathi sweeped the Nandi Awards for 2008. It won 10 awards. But most of the awards are techinical awards. Sonu Sood won the award for Best Villain and Anushka won Special Jury award. Ravi Teja on the other hand wins Best Actor award for Neninthe which is a liitle unexpected. This is the first Nandi award for Ravi Teja. Gamyam as expected won the Best Film Award.

Best Film: Gamyam
Second Best Film: Vinayakudu
Third Best Film: Parugu

Best Home Viewing Film: Ashta Chemma
Best Popular Film for Wholesome Entertainment: Ready
Best Film on National Integration: 1940 Lo Oka Gramam
Best Children’s Film: None is eligible
Second Best Children’s Film: Durgi
Second Best Documentary: Memu Manushulames
Second Best Educational Film: Adavi Naa Talliro

Best Actor: Ravi Teja (Neninte)
Best Actress: Swathi (Ashta Chemma)
Best Director: Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi (Gamyam)
Best Supporting Actor: Allari Naresh (Gamyam)
Best Supporting Actress: Raksha (Nacchavule)
Best Character Actor: Mukku Raju (1940 Lo Oka Gramam)
Best Comedian: Brahmanandam (Ready)
Best Villain: Sonu Sood (Arundhati)
Best Child Actor: Master Bharath (Ready)
Best Child Actress: Baby Divya Nagesh (Arundhati)
Best Debut Director: Sai Kiran Adavi (Vinayakudu)
Best Screenplay Writer: A Karunakaran (Ullasanga Utsahanga)
Best Story Writer: R.P.Patnaik (Andamaina Manasulo)
Best Dialogue Writer: Puri Jagannadh (Neninthe)
Best Lyric Writer: Sirivennela Seetarama Shastry (Gamyam; “Entavaraku..Endukoraku)
Best Cinematographer: Chota K Naidu (Kotta Bangaru Lokam)
Best Music Director: Mickey J Meyer (Kotta Bangaru Lokam)
Best Playback singer (Male): Shankar Mahadevan (Venkatadri; “Naadha Sandhaname..”)
Best Playback singer (Female): Geetha Madhuri (Nachchavule, “Ninne Ninne Koraa..”)
Best Editor: Marthand K Venkatesh (Arundhati)
Best Art Director: Ashok (Arundhati)
Best Choreographer: Prem Rakshit (Kanthri; Vayassunami Takanemmi..)
Best Audiographer: Radhakrishna and Madhusudhan Reddy (Arundhati)
Best Costume Designer: Deepa Chander (Arundhati)
Best Makeup Artiste: Ramesh Mohanty (Arundhati)
Best Fight Master: Ram Lakshman (Neninthe)
Best Dubbing Artiste (Male): P Ravishankar (Arundhati)
Best Dubbing Artiste (Female): R Haritha (Nachchavule)
Best Special Effects: Rahul Nambiar (Arundhati)
Best Book on Telugucinema: ARUDRA CINE MINI KABURLU (by Dr.Ramalakshmi Arudra)
Best Film Critic: Parcha Sarath Kumar

Special Jury Awards

Film: Batukamma (Producer P.Saraswathi)
Actress: Anushka (Arundhati)
Actor: Allu Arjun (Parugu)
Acress: Suseela (1940 Lo Oka Gramam)