The ANR National Award is instituted by the Akkineni International Foundation in the honor of Akkineni Nageswara Rao. The award was given annually to recognize people for their lifetime achievements and contributions to the Indian film industry. ANR National Award was first awarded to actor Dev Anand in 2005.
List of recipients +YearPresented dateRecipientNotes20052006Dev Anand200613 January 2007Shabana Azmi200713 January 2008Anjali Devi200810 January 2009Vyjayanthimala2009Lata Mangeshkar201011 January 2011K. Balachander201126 December 2011Hema Malini201227 January 2013Shyam Benegal201427 December 2014Amitabh Bachchan201717 September 2017S. S. Rajamouli201817 November 2019Sridevi2019Rekha202428 October 2024Chiranjeevi
See also Dadasaheb Phalke Award NTR National Award
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