NTR National Award

The NTR National Award is an annual award presented by the government of Andhra Pradesh to recognize people for their lifetime achievements and contributions to the Cinema of India.^[1] The award is presented in the honour of N. T. Rama Rao, actor and former politician who served as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. The Award carries a cash prize of ₹ 500,000/- and a memento.^[2][3]

NTR National Award
Awarded for	Lifetime achievements and contributions to Indian cinema
Country	India
Presented by	Government of Andhra Pradesh
Reward(s)	₹500,000/-
First award	1996
Website	apsftvtdc.in/index.html

Recipients

The recipients of the awards are as follows:^[1]

The first recipient: Akkineni Nageswara Rao

The first woman recipient: Lata Mangeshkar

The recent recipient: Rajinikanth

• 1996: Akkineni Nageswara Rao
• 1997: Dilip Kumar
• 1998: Sivaji Ganesan
• 1999: Lata Mangeshkar
• 2000: Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
• 2001: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
• 2002: Dr. Rajkumar
• 2003: Ghattamaneni Krishna^[4]
• 2004: Ilayaraja^[4]
• 2005: Ambareesh^[4]
• 2006: Waheeda Rehman
• 2007: Dasari Narayana Rao
• 2008: Jamuna
• 2009: B. Saroja Devi
• 2010: Sharada
• 2011: Amitabh Bachchan
• 2012: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
• 2013: Hema Malini. V. Ravichandran^[5]
• 2014: Kamal Haasan
• 2015: K. Raghavendra Rao
• 2016: Rajinikanth
• 2024: Nandamuri Bala Krishna