Nagarjuna has announced that the Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR) award for the year 2017 will be conferred on Baahubali director S.S. Rajamouli on September 17 for his excellence in cinema.
“We are very honored to announce the ANR award will be given to our own Rajamouli for his excellence in cinema in the presence of honorable Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu September 17, 4.30 pm in Shilpa Kala Vedhika,” Nagarjuna tweeted.
Rajamouli said it’s an honor to receive the prestigious award.
Its an honour to recieve the prestigious ANR award sir and privilege to be alongside the legends who received it before 🙂 https://t.co/RzZT6jC2I8
— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) September 8, 2017
Dev Anand, Shabana Azmi, Anjali Devi, Vyjayanatimala Bali, Lata Mangeshkar, K. Balachander, Hema Malini, Shyam Benegal and Amitabh Bachchan were the earlier recipients of the coveted trophy which was incorporated in 2005.