Raghupathi Venkaiah Award

Raghupati Venkaiah Naidu Award[1]
Awarded by Governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Category Telugu Cinema
Description
Description Lifetime Achievement award
Statistics
Instituted 1981
First awarded 1981
Total awarded 33
Cash award 50,000
First awardee(s) 1981
Last awardee(s) 2011

The Raghupathi Venkaiah Award is Telugu cinema's highest award introduced to annually recognize people for their lifetime achievements and contributions to the Telugu film industry. The State Government incorporated this prestigious award in 1981 in honor of Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu, a pioneer of Indian film industry. The winner is felicitated and presented a Golden Nandi, a Gold medal, citation and cash prize of 50,000 at the state government's Nandi Awards functions.

Winners of the Raghupati Venkaiah Naidu Award

See also

References

  1. http://bharatjanani.com/raghupati-venkaiah-naidu-the-man-who-started-it-all/
  2. Ragupathi Venkaiah Award to Vijaya Nirmala
  3. Raghupathi Venkaiah award 2007 to Tammareddy Krishna Murthy
  4. "Raghupathi Venkaiah award for D Ramanaidu". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2008-04-01.
  5. "Raghupathi Venkaiah award for M.S. Reddy". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2007-02-18. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
  6. "Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for Krishnaveni". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2005-10-23. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
  7. "Nandi awards presentation on 18 February". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2002-02-15. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
  8. "Nandi Awards Presented". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2003-04-02. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
  9. Sanmanalu - Awardulu in Anaganaga Oka Raakumarudu (Autobiography), Creative Links, Hyderabad, 2007, pp. 205.
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