Allu Ramalingaiah award is special: Kota Srinivasa Rao
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Veteran
Telugu
actor
Kota
Srinivasa
Rao
says
the
Allu
Ramalingaiah
Kalapeetam
award,
which
he
will
receive
on
September
30
in
Hyderabad
for
his
contribution
to
Telugu
cinema,
is
special
because
actor
Allu
is
one
of
his
role
models.
Late
Telugu
actor
Allu
Ramalingaiah
is
touted
to
be
the
only
Telugu
actor
to
have
starred
in
over
1,000
films.
He
was
also
a
Padma
Shree
awardee.
"I
have
received
several
state
awards,
but
this
one
in
particular
is
special
because
of
the
Allu
tag.
I
grew
up
watching
his
films
and
he
has
personally
had
a
lot
of
effect
on
me.
This
is
definitely
a
very
special
award
and
I'm
honoured
to
be
chosen
for
it," IANS
quotes
Kota
Srinivasa
Rao
as
saying.
Kota
has
bagged
the
Allu
Ramalingaiah
Kalapeetam
award
for
this
year.
Writer-actor
Tanikella
Bharani
was
conferred
with
the
same
award
in
2012.
Having
starred
in
over
300
Telugu
films,
Kota
has
previously
bagged
the
prestigious
Nandi
award
six
times
and
one
Filmfare
award.
However,
he
is
yet
to
receive
any
central
government
recognition.
He
has
acted
in
a
few
Bollywood
films
too.
He
is
best
known
for
his
role
'Silver'
Mani
in
Ram
Gopal
Varma's
Sarkar.
Kota
Srinivasa
Rao
said,
"I
don't
look
forward
to
these
honours.
If
such
awards
come
to
me,
I
may
as
well
accept
them,
but
worrying
about
it
is
not
going
to
change
anything.
I
feel
there
so
many
deserving
actors
across
several
industries
who
deserve
such
recognition."