IIFA Utsavam Award for Best Actor – Telugu

IIFA Utsavam Award for Best Actor – Telugu is given by the International Indian Film Academy in South Indian segment which is known as IIFA Utsavam as part of annual ceremony for Telugu films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role.

IIFA Utsavam Award for Best Actor – Telugu
The 2023 recipient: Nani
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actor in Leading Role in Telugu films
Country	India
First award	2015
Currently held by	Nani, Dasara (2023)
Most nominations	Nani (4)
Website	iifautsavam.com

Superlatives

Categories	Recipient	Record
Most nominations	Nani	4
Most nominations without a win	Allu Arjun	2
	Vijay Deverakonda

Winners and nominees

Table key

‡	Indicates the winner

Year	Actor	Film	Ref.
2015 (1st)	Mahesh Babu ‡	Srimanthudu	[1]
	Allu Arjun	S/O Satyamurthy
	Nani	Bhale Bhale Magadivoy
	N. T. Rama Rao Jr.	Temper
	Prabhas	Baahubali: The Beginning
2016 (2nd)	N. T. Rama Rao Jr. ‡	Janatha Garage	[2]
	Allu Arjun	Sarrainodu
	Nani	Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha
	Ram Charan	Dhruva
	Vijay Deverakonda	Pelli Choopulu
2023 (3rd)	Nani ‡	Dasara	[3]
	Balakrishna	Bhagavanth Kesari
	Dhanush	Sir
	Nani	Hi Nanna
	Naveen Polishetty	Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty
	Vijay Deverakonda	Kushi

See also

• IIFA Utsavam Award for Best Actress – Telugu