Nandi Award for Best Special Effects
The Nandi Award for Best Special Effects, instituted in 2005, is presented by the Nandi Awards committee to the film with the best visual effects in a particular year.
The award is usually given to the special effects supervisor or the special effects company that worked for the selected film. Magadheera, Eega, and Baahubali: The Beginning are the films which won both the Nandi Award for Best Special Effects and National Film Award for Best Special Effects for that year.
| Year | Name | Film | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Sanath (FireFly Digital) | Soggade Chinni Nayana | |
| 2015 | V. Srinivas Mohan | Baahubali: The Beginning | |
| 2014 | Raghunath | Legend | |
| 2013 | Yathi Raj | Saahasam | |
| 2012 | Pete Draper (Makuta VFX) | Eega | |
| 2011 | Phani Eggone | Anaganaga O Dheerudu | |
| 2010 | Sri Alagar Swamy | Varudu | |
| 2009 | R. C. Kamalakannan | Magadheera | |
| 2008 | Rahul Nambiar | Arundhati | |
| 2007 | R. C. Kamalakannan | Yamadonga | |
| 2006 | Spirit Media | Sainikudu | |
| 2005 | C. H. Srinivas | Athadu |