Sakshi Excellence Awards ceremony was held last night at the JRC Convention Center in Hyderabad.
Mahesh Babu was selected as the ‘Most popular hero’ while Rakul Preet Singh was conferred with ‘Most Popular heroine’ award. ‘Srimanthudu’ won the award for ‘Most popular cinema.’

The Winners:
Life Time Achievement Award – Director K Viswanath
Most Popular Hero – Mahesh Babu
Most Popular Heroine – RakulPreet Singh
Most Popular Cinema – Srimanthudu
Young Achiever of the Year-Education – NainaJaiswal
Young Achiever-Sports – JyothySurekha
Telugu NRI Award – BT Singi Reddy
Telugu Person of the Year – DRDO Scientist Satish Reddy
Forum for Good Governance Award– Padmanabha Reddy
Noted journalist Rajdeep Sardesai attended the event as chief guest. Sakshi Media Group chairperson YS Bharati and Sakshi Editorial Director Ramachandra Murthy were present at the award ceremony.
The winners were selected based on a public poll.