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Celebs at ANR National Award 2019
Megastar Chiranjeevi, T Subbarami Reddy and Akkineni Nagarjuna honoured Bollywood actress Rekha and late Sridevi with ANR National Award 2019 at a grand ceremony held at the Annapurna Studios in Hyderabad on Sunday.
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Chiraneevi honours Rekha with ANR National Award 2019
Rekha started her career as a child artist with 1958's Telugu film Inti Guttu and has acted in more than 180 films in Hindi and Telugu languages in her career spanning over 50 years. The Bollywood actress was seen receiving the ANR National Award 2019 from megastar Chiranjeevi for wonderful contribution to Indian cinema.
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Boney Kapoor receives the ANR National Award 2019 for his late wife Sridevi
Late Sridevi, whose real name is Amma Yanger Ayyapan, began her career as a child artiste with Sivaji Ganesan's 1967 Tamil movie Kandhan Karunai. She starred in over 135 movies in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages in her career spanning four decades. She died after a fatal fall in a bathtub of a hotel in Dubai on February 24, 2018. She was given the ANR National Award 2019 for her contribution to Indian cinema. Her husband Boney Kapoor received the honour from Chiranjeevi at the award ceremony.
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Akkineni Family members at the ANR National Awards 2019
The ANR National Award was 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. It is biggest occasion for the family and all members make sure to gather at the event to celebrate the legacy of Akkineni Nageswara Rao.
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Akkineni Family members at the ANR National Awards 2019
Naga Susheela, Saroja Akkineni, Akhil, Nagarjuna, Naga Chaitanya, Sushanth, Sumanth and other members of the Akkineni family were seen posing with celebs at the ANR National Award 2019.
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Nagarjuna escorting Chiranjeevi to the stage of ANR National Awards 2019.
Everyone is known about the great bonding between megastar Chiranjeevi and Akkineni Nagarjuna. The two were recently seen together on the stage of the grand finale of Bigg Boss Telugu 3. Two weeks after this, they were seen sharing the stage at the ANR National Awards 2019. Naga was seen escorting Chiru to the stage with a lot of warm and respectful.
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Sushanth posing with Naga Chaitanya and Akhil Akkineni at the ANR National Awards 2019
Actor Sushanth, the son of Akkineni Nagarjuna's sister Naga Susheela, was seen happily posing with his cousins Naga Chaitanya and Akhil Akkineni at the ANR National Awards 2019.
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