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Raghupathi Venkaiah

Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu was a Reknowned Artist,Cinematographer and the Theatre owner at Madras (now Chennai).To commemorate his contributions to the Telugu Industry this award is cited. This Award Has been intiated by the Govt of Andhra Pradesh in the year 1980 for Honouring the persons connected to Telugu film industry for their contribution to Telugu films and in recognition of their lifetime achievement.

 

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Raghupathi Venkaiah AwardsRaghupathi Venkaiah Naidu was a Reknowned Artist,Cinematographer and the Theatre owner at Madras (now Chennai).To commemorate his contributions to the Telugu Industry this award is cited. This Award Has been intiated by the Govt of Andhra Pradesh in the year 1980 for Honouring the persons connected to Telugu film industry for their contribution to Telugu films and in recognition of their lifetime achievement.
1 1980 L.V.Prasad (noted actor,producer,director)

L.V. Prasad

2 1981  P.Pullaiah (noted producer director)

P.Pullaiah

3 1982 B.A.Subba Rao (noted producer director)

B.A.Subba Rao

4 1983 M A Raheman(noted Photographer)

M A Raheman

5 1984 Kosaraju Raghavaiah Chaudhary(Noted writer,actor,Lyrist)

Kosaraju Raghavaiah Chaudhary

6 1985 Bhanumathi(noted actress,singer,writer,music director,producer,studio owner)

Bhanumathi

7 1986 Bapu Noted artist director    & Mullapudi Venkata Ramana writer lyrist,producer,journalist

Bapu

8 1987 B.Nagi Reddy(noted Studio Owner,Producer and publisher)

B.Nagi Reddy

9 1988 D V S Raju(Noted producer and the brain behind for establishment of shootings at Hyderabad)

D V S Raju

10 1989 Akkineni Nageshwara Rao(noted actor,studio owner)

Akkineni Nageshwara Rao

11 1990 Dasari Narayana Rao(noted writer,lyrist,actor,director,producer,publisher)

Dasari Narayana Rao

12 1991 K.Vishwanath(noted actor,director)

K.Vishwanath

13 1992 S.Rajeshwara Rao(noted singer,musicdirector)

S.Rajeshwara Rao

14 1993 D Madhusudhana Rao(noted producer)

D.Madhusudhana Rao

 

15 1994 Smt.Anjali Devi(noted actress and Theatre owner)

Anjali Devi

16 1995 K S Prakasha Rao(noted director)

K S Prakasha Rao

17 1996 Inturi Venkateshwara Rao(noted journalist) Image not available
18 1997 V Madhusudhan Rao(noted director)

V Madhusudhan Rao

19 1998 Gummadi Venkateshwara Rao(noted actor)

Gummadi Venkateshwara Rao

20 1999 Smt.Santha Kumari(noted singer,actress,producer)

Santha Kumari

21 2000 T L Kantha Rao(Noted actor)

T L Kantha Rao

22 2001 Allu Ramlingiah (noted actor,producer)

Allu Ramlingiah

23 2002 P.Suseela(noted singer)

P.Suseela

24 2003 Krishna Veni(actress,producer)

Krishna Veni

25 2004 V B Rajendra Prasad(noted director,producer)

V B Rajendra Prasad

26 2005 M S Reddy(noted writer,lyricist,actor,producer)

M S Reddy

27 2006 D Rama Naidu(noted producer,studio owner)

D Rama Naidu

28 2007 Thammareddy Krishnamurthy(noted producer)

Thammareddy Krishnamurthy

29 2008 Vijayanirmala(noted actress,director)

Vijayanirmala

30 2009 K Raghava(noted producer)

K Raghava

31 2010 M Balaiah