ANR Award: Chiranjeevi Joins an Elite Club of Dev Anand, Amitabh Bachchan
During the centenary celebrations of the legend ANR today, his family members revealed the name of this year’s recipient: Megastar Chiranjeevi. The Akkineni International Foundation has instituted the ANR National Award in honor of Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Nagarjuna Akkineni confirmed the news with the media saying, “We have decided to give the award to Chiranjeevi Garu. When I revealed this to him, he felt so happy and emotional. He thanked us for considering him. He was happy that this is being awarded to him during the centenary year.”
On the other hand, the family members are going to organize a grand function to felicitate and give the award to Chiranjeevi on the 28th of this month. Amitabh Bachchan will attend the event as a special guest to hand over the award to Chiranjeevi.
Earlier recipients of this coveted award include Rekha, Sridevi, S S Rajamouli, Amitabh Bachchan, Shyam Benegal, K Balachander, Lata Mangeshkar Dev Anand, and others.