Amitabh Bachchan has been chosen for the Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR) National Award 2014, instituted by the Akkineni International Foundation.
The award will be given away in the presence of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu here on December 27,2014 said actor and ANR’s son Nagarjuna.
Earlier recipients of the award include -
Dev Anand (2005), Shabana Azmi (2006), Anjali Devi (2007), Vyjayantimala Bali (2008), Lata Mangeshkar (2009), K. Balachander (2010), Hemamalini (2011) and Shyam Benegal (2012).
The award will be given away in the presence of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu here on December 27,2014 said actor and ANR’s son Nagarjuna.
Rajya Sabha Member and industrialist T. Subbarami Reddy, who is chairman of the selection committee, recalled that in the year 2004, when ANR got the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award, he got the idea of instituting a recognition to honour those who had devoted their lives for the development of Indian cinema. A bank account was opened with Rs. 2 lakh, a sum that grew to Rs. 1 crore soon.
With the interest that the fund generated, every year since 2005, the awards were being given away
Earlier recipients of the award include -
Dev Anand (2005), Shabana Azmi (2006), Anjali Devi (2007), Vyjayantimala Bali (2008), Lata Mangeshkar (2009), K. Balachander (2010), Hemamalini (2011) and Shyam Benegal (2012).
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