The
6th
and
7th
edition
of
Sakshi
Excellence
Awards
was
held
yesterday
(September
17)
in
Hyderabad.
The
former
edition
was
postponed
earlier
owing
to
the
COVID-19
pandemic
and
the
subsequent
lockdown.
Well,
at
the
prestigious
award
ceremony,
Tollywood
Superstars
Mahesh
Babu
and
Allu
Arjun
won
the
Best
Actor
Awards
for
the
year
2019
and
2021
respectively.
The
duo's
biggest
hits
Maharshi
(2019)
and
Ala
Vaikuntapurramuloo
(2020)
fetched
them
the
excellence
award.
The
two
seasoned
actors
surprised
their
zillions
of
fans
as
they
appeared
for
the
ceremony
to
pick
their
respective
awards.
Mahesh's
Maharshi
also
bagged
the
Best
Director
and
Best
Film
awards
(2019)
which
were
received
by
director
Vamshi
Paidipally
and
producer
Dil
Raju
respectively.
Interestingly,
Ala
Vaikunthapurramuloo
went
on
to
win
the
Best
Film,
Best
Director
(Trivikram
Srinivas),
Best
Actress
(Pooja
Hegde),
and
Best
Music
(S
Thaman)
awards
for
2021.
Celebrating
the
massive
domination
at
the
Sakshi
Excellence
Awards
ceremony,
Allu
Arjun
took
to
his
social
media
handle
to
share
a
happy
group
picture
with
the
winners
and
wrote,
"Ala
Sakshi
Awards
Lo.
Best
Actor,
Best
Actress,
Best
Director,
Best
Music
Director
and
Best
Film."
Sharing
a
few
adorable
pictures
with
the
award,
Pooja
Hegde
wrote,
"When
you
woke
up
at
4
am
to
do
your
job
but
there
was
an
award
at
the
end
of
it...
😂❤️
#goodnightnow
#sakshiawards
#allswellthatendswell."
Notably,
the
official
winners
list
is
yet
to
be
released.
On
a
related
note,
Ala
Vaikunthapurramuloo
was
released
on
January
12,
2020,
and
is
currently
streaming
on
Netflix
and
Sun
Nxt.
On
the
other
hand,
Maharshi
hit
the
marquee
on
May
9,
2019,
and
the
film
is
available
on
Amazon
Prime
Video.
Meanwhile,
Allu
Arjun
and
Mahesh
Babu
are
super
busy
shooting
for
their
upcoming
films
Pushpa
and
Sarkaru
Vaari
Paata,
which
are
releasing
in
December
2021
and
January
2022
respectively.