Chiranjeevi To Felicitated Akkineni Nageswara Rao On 90th birthday
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Acting
legend
Akkineni
Nageswara
Rao
(ANR)
turns
90
Friday.
His
birthday
will
be
celebrated
as
a
grand
affair
here
by
Lalitha
Kala
Parishath,
under
the
supervision
of
politician
and
film
enthusiast
T
Subbarami
Reddy.
The
film
industry's
bigwigs
are
expected
to
grace
the
event,
which
will
take
place
at
Ravindra
Bharathi.
Megastar
Chiranjeevi
will
felicitate
ANR
on
the
occaion.
"We
have
decided
to
celebrate
his
birthday
on
a
grand
scale.
It's
a
proud
moment
for
our
industry
to
honour
an
actor
of
this
stature.
Besides
the
Akkineni
family,
the
event
will
also
presided
over
by
governor
ESL
Narsimhan,
actor-politician
Chiranjeevi
and
filmmaker
D.
Rama
Naidu
among
many
more," a
member
of
Lalitha
Kala
Parishath,
told
IANS.
"He
(Nageswara
Rao)
will
be
felicitated
on
this
occasion
by
our
governor
and
Chiranjeevi.
Several
other
Telugu
academies
such
as
Yuva
Kala
Vahani
and
Delhi
Telugu
academy
will
also
felicitate
him
for
his
contribution
to
Telugu
industry,"
he
added.
Meanwhile,
popular
southern
composer
M.M.
Keeravani
will
receive
the
ANR
lifetime
achievement
award,
which
was
instituted
by
Rasamayi
Foundation,
a
Telugu
cultural
forum.
"He
will
receive
the
award
in
a
separate
ceremony
on
Saturday
(Sep
21)
in
Ravindra
Bharati.
He
will
be
felicitated
by
Nageswara
Rao
on
the
occasion,"
said
Ramamurthy,
convener
of
Rasamayi
Foundation.