70,000 turn up for star-spangled show at Vizag

Visakhapatnam: Over 70,000 people filled the Port Stadium to view a galaxy of actors from Tollywood and Bollywood on Saturday for the TSR-TV9 national film awards show. Speaking at the inaugural, Rajya Sabha member and Chairman of TSR Cultural Foundation T. Subbarami Reddy, said his desire to take the event to the people led him to hold the function in a stadium. “Film functions are held in closed auditoriums, but this is the first time I decided to have the event in an open space to showcase all of Tollywood to Vizag,” he said. Actors like Chiranjeevi, Mohan Babu, Nagarjuna and Balakrishna appreciated Dr Reddy’s work.