South star Chiranjeevi was honoured with the celebrated Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR) Nationwide Award in Hyderabad on Monday. The actor was felicitated by Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan. The Akkineni Worldwide Basis established the award in 2005 to recognise artists for his or her excellent contributions to Indian cinema. This yr, the occasion commemorated the one centesimal start anniversary of Telugu cinema legend and actor Nagarjuna’s father, Akkineni Nageswara Rao. A video from the occasion confirmed Amitabh Bachchan honouring Chiranjeevi with a trophy and a scarf. To take Massive B’s blessings, a really emotional Chiranjeevi bent earlier than him and touched his ft. After accepting the award, Chiranjeevi posed for a photograph with Nagarjuna Akkineni and Amitabh Bachchan.
Hosted by Nagarjuna, the ANR Nationwide Award occasion was attended by a number of notable figures from the Telugu movie trade. Actors like Nani, Brahmanandam, Ram Charan, Prakash Raj, Ramya Krishnan and lots of extra joined to rejoice ANR’s one centesimal start anniversary. Naga Chaitanya and his fiancee Sobhita Dhulipala have been additionally current on the occasion.
Earlier this month, Nagarjuna introduced the annual ANR Nationwide Awards occasion on X (previously Twitter). He wrote, “This yr is additional particular as we rejoice the one centesimal start anniversary of my father, ANR garu! Honoured to ask @SrBachchan ji and Megastar @KChiruTweets garu to the ANR Awards 2024 to mark this milestone! Let’s make this award perform unforgettable! @AnnapurnaStdios #ANRLivesOn #ANRNationalAward #ANR100Years.”
This yr is additional particular as we rejoice the one centesimal start anniversary of my father, ANR garu! ???? Honoured to ask @SrBachchan ji and Megastar @KChiruTweets garu to the ANR Awards 2024 to mark this milestone! ????
Let’s make this award perform unforgettable! ????… pic.twitter.com/hFylBsEfxq
— Nagarjuna Akkineni (@iamnagarjuna) October 25, 2024
The ANR Nationwide Awards have been final introduced to Sridevi and Rekha, who have been honoured throughout a ceremony held in November 2019. Earlier than that, Amitabh Bachchan, Lata Mangeshkar, SS Rajamouli, Hema Malini, Shyam Benegal, Sridevi B Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Anjali Devi, Vyjayantimala Bali and okay Balachander have additionally obtained the award. Late Bollywood actor-filmmaker Dev Anand was the primary individual to be honoured with the ANR Nationwide Award.
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