Raghupathi Venkaiah Award

The Raghupathi Venkaiah Award is an award issued by the Indian state government of Andhra Pradesh to recognise lifetime achievements in Telugu cinema. The award was introduced in 1981 in honour of Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu, one of India's film pioneers regarded as the "father of Telugu cinema".^[2][3] The winner is presented a Golden Nandi (named after a bull in Hindu mythology), a gold medal, a citation and a cash prize of ₹50,000 (US$590) at the Nandi Awards functions.

Raghupati VenkaiahAward
Award for contributions to Telugu Cinema
Awarded for	Lifetime Achievement
Sponsored by	Government of Andhra Pradesh
Reward(s)	₹50,000 (US$590)
First award	1981[1]
Highlights
Total awarded	38
First winner	L. V. Prasad
Recent winner	Yandamuri Veerendranath

Recipients

The namesake of the award: Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu

The first recipient: L. V. Prasad

The first woman recipient: Bhanumathi Ramakrishna

The recent recipient: Chiranjeevi

List of award recipients

Year	Recipient	Field of work	Ref.
1980	L. V. Prasad	Director, producer
1981	P. Pullayya	Director, producer
1982	B. A. Subba Rao	Director, producer
1983	M. A. Rahman	Cinematographer
1984	Kosaraju Raghavayya	Lyricist, poet, actor
1985	Bhanumathi	Actor, producer, singer, music director, director, writer
1986	Bapu	Director
	Mullapudi Venkata Ramana	Writer
1987	B. Nagi Reddy	Producer
1988	D. V. S. Raju	Producer
1989	Akkineni Nageswara Rao	Actor
1990	Dasari Narayana Rao	Director, producer, actor
1991	K. Viswanath	Director
1992	S. Rajeswara Rao	Composer
1993	D. Madhusudhana Rao	Producer
1994	Anjali Devi	Actress
1995	K. S. Prakash Rao	Actor, cinematographer, director, producer
1996	Inturi Venkateswara Rao	Film journalist
1997	V. Madhusudhana Rao	Director, producer, screenwriter
1998	Gummadi	Actor
1999	Santha Kumari	Actress, producer
2000	Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao	Actor, producer	[4]
2001	Allu Ramalingaiah	Actor	[5]
2002	P. Susheela	Playback singer	[6]
2003	V. B. Rajendra Prasad	Producer
2004	Krishnaveni	Actress, producer	[7]
2005	M. S. Reddy	Director, producer, writer	[8]
2006	D. Ramanaidu	Producer, actor	[9]
2007	Tammareddy Krishna Murthy	Producer	[10]
2008	Vijaya Nirmala	Actress, director, producer	[11]
2009	K. Raghava	Producer
2010	M. Balaiah	Director, producer
2011	Kaikala Satyanarayana	Actor, director, producer
2012	Kodi Ramakrishna	Director
2013	Vanisri	Actress	[12]
2014	Krishnam Raju	Actor
2015	Eswar	Writer, publicity designer
2016	Chiranjeevi	Actor

See also

• Dadasaheb Phalke Award