The Tollywood popular director Tammareddy Bharadwaj on National Film Awards 2018 hailed S.S.Rajamouli and debutant director, Sankalp Reddy for the winning of National Awards for their films, Baahubali and Ghazi respectively. While Ghazi is the Best Regional Feature Film in Telugu, Baahubali won Best film awards in at least three categories. Tamareddy said that both the films won the Awards for technical excellence and picturisation. He lauded the efforts of the directors and said that they are an inspiration to the those who are aspiring to make films with advanced technology.