Raghupathi Venkaiah AwardsRaghupathi Venkaiah Naidu was a Renowned Artist,Cinematographer and the Theater owner at Madras (now Chennai).
To commemorate his contributions to the Telugu Industry this award is cited. This Award Has been initiated by the Govt of Andhra Pradesh in the year 1980 for Honoring 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(Acto/Producer/Director/Studio Owner |
| 2 | 1981 | P.Pullaiah (noted producer director) |
| 3 | 1982 | B.A.Subba Rao (noted producer director) |
| 4 | 1983 | M A Raheman(noted Photographer) |
| 5 | 1984 | Kosaraju Raghavaiah Chaudhary(Noted writer,actor,Lyrist) |
| 6 | 1985 | Bhanumathi(noted actress,singer,writer,music director,producer,studio owner) |
| 7 | 1986 | Bapu Noted artist director & Mullapudi Venkata Ramana writer lyrist,producer,journalist |
| 8 | 1987 | B.Nagi Reddy(noted Studio Owner,Producer and publisher) |
| 9 | 1988 | D V S Raju(Noted producer and the brain behind for establishment of shootings at Hyderabad) |
| 10 | 1989 | Akkineni Nageshwara Rao(noted actor,studio owner) |
| 11 | 1990 | Dasari Narayana Rao(noted writer,lyrist,actor,director,producer,publisher) |
| 12 | 1991 | K.Vishwanath(noted actor,director) |
| 13 | 1992 | S.Rajeshwara Rao(noted singer,musicdirector) |
| 14 | 1993 | D Madhusudhana Rao(noted producer) |
| 15 | 1994 | Smt.Anjali Devi(noted actress and Theatre owner) |
| 16 | 1995 | K S Prakasha Rao(noted director) |
| 17 | 1996 | Inturi Venkateshwara Rao(noted journalist) |
| 18 | 1997 | V Madhusudhan Rao(noted director) |
| 19 | 1998 | Gummadi Venkateshwara Rao(noted actor) |
| 20 | 1999 | Smt.Santha Kumari(noted singer,actress,producer) |
| 21 | 2000 | T L Kantha Rao(Noted actor) |
| 22 | 2001 | Allu Ramlingiah (noted actor,producer) |
| 23 | 2002 | P.Suseela(noted singer) |
| 24 | 2003 | Krishna Veni(actress,producer) |
| 25 | 2004 | V B Rajendra Prasad(noted director,producer) |
| 26 | 2005 | M S Reddy(noted writer,lyricist,actor,producer) |
| 27 | 2006 | D Rama Naidu(noted producer,studio owner) |
| 28 | 2007 | Thammareddy Krishnamurthy(noted producer) |
| 29 | 2008 | Vijayanirmala(noted actress,director) |
| 30 | 2009 | K Raghava(noted producer) |
| 31 | 2010 | M Balaiah(Actor/Writer/Producer |
| 32 | 2011 | Kaikala Sathyanarayana(actor) |
| 33 | 2012 | Kodi Ramakrishna(Director) |
| 34 | 2013 | Vanisri(Actress) |
| 35 | 2014 | Krishnam Raju(Actor) |
| 36 | 2015 | Easwar(Publicity Designer) |
| 37 | 2016 | Chiranjeevi(Actor) |
