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.
| 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
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| 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 |  |
