Prince Mahesh Babu expressed his happiness for bagging Nandi best actor award for 'Dookudu' and also expressed his satisfaction as the movie bagged as many as seven awards. His tweet went on, " “It is indeed an honour 2win d most prestigious award of the Telugu film industry.I’d like to thank d entire team of 14 reels n my favourite director seenu vytla…wouldn’t have.been possible without him:)”
Besides the best actor award, 'Dookudu' also bagged the Nandi awards in the categories such as, best entertainment film, best supporting actor( Prakash Raj), best comedy actor( MS Narayana), best screen play( Srinu Vaitla), best editing( MR Varma) and best stunts( Vijay).