The
84th
birthday
celebrations
of
Akkineni
Nageswara
Rao
began
a
day
in
advance.
Though
Akkineni's
birthday
is
on
September
20,
a
function
was
held
on
September
19
at
his
residence.
A
meeting
was
arranged
on
the
occasion
and
Akkineni
Nageswara
Rao
handed
over
the
Adurthi
Subba
Rao
Memorial
Award
instituted
by
him
to
noted
director
K
Viswanath
and
Akkineni
Puraskaram
to
senior
journalist
Turlapati
Kutumba
Rao.
Dr
KV
Krishnakumari
was
also
felicitated
to
mark
the
completion
of
50
years
as
a
writer.
Dr
Akkineni
remembered
his
association
with
the
three
awardees
and
complimented
them.
It
may
be
mentioned
here
that
Akkineni
played
the
hero
in
the
debut
film
of
K
Viswanath
and
it
was
Turlapati
Kutumba
Rao,
who
awarded
Akkineni
the
title
'Nata
Samrat'
some
50
years
ago.
Akkineni
Fans
Federation
members
Katturi
Subrahmanyam,
Kadambari
Kiran,
Sheik
Ibrahim,
Gangisetti
Ramanageswara
rao,
T
Bangaraiah,
Naveen
Prasad
and
others
participated
in
the
meeting.