India, March 16 -- Naga Chaitanya achieved a big professional milestone recently as he won the Best Actor award at the prestigious Gaddar Telangana Film Awards 2025 for his film Thandel (2025). The film, starring Chaitanya and Sai Pallavi, saw the actor take on the role of a fisherman in a village, and the portrayal brought him critical and commercial acclaim.

As his award comes from the Telangana government, Naga Chaitanya admits it makes it more special. "Thandel is very special to me. It is a true story about fishermen from an Andhra village. So telling their heroic story was inspiring. I spent time with them to understand them and I learned so much personally and it motivated me so much. I got very attached to their stories, their li...