The AP government's Nandi awards list for 2014 to 2016 aroused huge stir among movie lovers. They felt that the jury committees selected the winners without watching the films. Interestingly, some of the cine celebs have also responded aggressively on Nandi chaos.
Director Gunasekhar questioned TDP government's biased stand in an open letter. Producer Bunny Vas said mega family contributes 50% of total business of films in Tollywood and great injustice is done to them in Nandi awards.
Rebellious producer Bandla Ganesh had some harsh comments on TDP government. He claimed that the awards were not Nandi awards but were 'Cycle Awards'.He opined that Raghupathi Venkaiah award to Megastar Chiranjeevi was just a 'Kantithudupu Charya' (a part of consolation). He further expressed his anguish Govindhudu Andarivadele missing Nandi awards.