The Raghupathi Venkaiah Award is an award given by the Indian state government of Andhra Pradesh to recognise lifetime achievements in Telugu cinema. The award was introduced in 1981 in honour of Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu, one of India's film pioneers, who is considered the "father of Telugu cinema".Srinivas, S.V.. (2010). Making of a Peasant Industry: Telugu Cinema in the 1930s–1950s. Bioscope: South Asian Screen Studies. p. 173. 10.1177/097492761000100207. The winner is presented a Golden Nandi (named after a bull in Hindu mythology), a gold medal, a citation and a cash prize of at the Nandi Awards ceremony.

Recipients

+ List of award recipientsYearRecipientField of work 1980 L. V. Prasad Director, producer 1981 P. Pullayya Director, producer 1982 B. A. Subba Rao Director, producer 1983 M. A. Rahman Cinematographer 1984 Kosaraju Raghavayya Lyricist, poet, actor 1985 Bhanumathi Actor, producer, singer, music director, director, writer 1986 Bapu Director Mullapudi Venkata Ramana Writer 1987 B. Nagi Reddy Producer 1988 D. V. S. Raju Producer 1989 Akkineni Nageswara Rao Actor 1990 Dasari Narayana Rao Director, producer, actor 1991 K. Viswanath Director 1992 S. Rajeswara Rao Composer 1993 D. Madhusudhana Rao Producer 1994 Anjali Devi Actress 1995 K. S. Prakash Rao Actor, cinematographer, director, producer 1996 Inturi Venkateswara Rao Film journalist 1997 V. Madhusudhana Rao Director, producer, screenwriter 1998 Gummadi Actor 1999 Santha Kumari Actress, producer 2000 Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao Actor, producer Sanmanalu - Awardulu in Anaganaga Oka Raakumarudu (Autobiography), Creative Links, Hyderabad, 2007, pp. 205. 2001 Allu Ramalingaiah Actor 2002 P. Susheela Playback singer 2003 V. B. Rajendra Prasad Producer 2004 Krishnaveni Actress, producer 2005 M. S. Reddy Director, producer, writer 2006 D. Ramanaidu Producer, actor 2007 Tammareddy Krishna Murthy Producer Raghupathi Venkaiah award 2007 to Tammareddy Krishna Murthy 2008 Vijaya Nirmala Actress, director, producer Ragupathi Venkaiah Award to Vijaya Nirmala 2009 K. Raghava Producer 2010 M. Balaiah Director, producer 2011 Kaikala Satyanarayana Actor, director, producer 2012 Kodi Ramakrishna Director 2013 Vanisri Actress 2014 Krishnam Raju Actor 2015 Eswar Writer, publicity designer 2016 Chiranjeevi Actor

See also Dadasaheb Phalke Award

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