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Raghupathi Venkaiah Awards

 

Raghupathi 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 LV 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)