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== Nominations ==

* '''2012: [[Srinu Vaitla]]''' – '''''[[Dookudu]]'''''
** [[V. V. Vinayak]] – ''[[Badrinath (film)|Badrinath]]''
** [[K. Dasarath]] – ''[[Mr. Perfect (film)|Mr. Perfect]]''
** [[Sukumar (director)|Sukumar]] – ''[[100% Love (2011 film)|100% Love]]''
** [[Bapu (film director)|Bapu]] – ''[[Sri Rama Rajyam]]''
* '''2013: [[Harish Shankar]] – ''[[Gabbar Singh (2012 film)|Gabbar Singh]]'''''
** [[S. S. Rajamouli]] – ''[[Eega]]''
** [[Vikram Kumar]] – ''[[Ishq (2012 film)|Ishq]]''
** [[Trivikram Srinivas]] – ''[[Julai]]''
** [[Puri Jagannadh]] – ''[[Businessman (film)|Businessman]]''
* '''2014: [[Trivikram Srinivas]] – ''[[Attarintiki Daredi]]'''''
** [[Koratala Siva]] – ''[[Mirchi (film)|Mirchi]]''
** [[Srikanth Addala]] – ''[[Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu]]''
** Vijaykumar Konda – ''[[Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde]]''
** [[V. V. Vinayak]] – ''[[Naayak]]''
* '''2015: [[Surender Reddy]] – ''[[Race Gurram]]'''''
** Srivass – ''[[Loukyam]]''
** [[Boyapati Srinu]] – ''[[Legend (2014 film)|Legend]]''
** [[Vikram Kumar]] – ''[[Manam (film)|Manam]]''
** [[Srikanth Addala]] – ''[[Mukunda]]''
* '''2016: [[S. S. Rajamouli]]''' – '''''[[Baahubali: The Beginning]]'''''
** [[Gunasekhar]] – ''[[Rudramadevi (film)|Rudramadevi]]''
** [[Koratala Siva]] – ''[[Srimanthudu]]''
** [[Krish (director)|Krish]] – ''[[Kanche]]''
** [[Maruthi Dasari]] – ''[[Bhale Bhale Magadivoy]]''
* '''2017: [[Vamsi Paidipally]] – ''[[Oopiri]]'''''
** [[Boyapati Srinu]] – ''[[Sarrainodu]]''
** [[Koratala Siva]] – ''[[Janatha Garage]]''
** [[Sukumar (director)|Sukumar]] – ''[[Nannaku Prematho]]''
** [[Trivikram Srinivas]] – ''[[A Aa]]''
* '''2018: [[S. S. Rajamouli]]''' – '''''[[Baahubali 2: The Conclusion]]'''''
** [[Krish (director)|Krish]] – ''[[Gautamiputra Satakarni (film)|Gautamiputra Satakarni]]''
** [[Sandeep Reddy Vanga]] – ''[[Arjun Reddy]]''
** [[Sankalp Reddy]] – ''[[Ghazi (film)|Ghazi]]''
** [[Satish Vegesna]] – ''[[Sathamanam Bhavati]]''
* '''2019: [[Sukumar (director)|Sukumar]] – ''[[Rangasthalam]]'''''
** [[Mohan Krishna Indraganti|Indraganti Mohan Krishna]] – ''[[Sammohanam (2018 film)|Sammohanam]]''
** [[Nag Ashwin]] – ''[[Mahanati]]''
** Parasuram – ''[[Geetha Govindam]]''
** [[Trivikram Srinivas]] – ''[[Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava]]''