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N.T. Rama Rao film award for Raj Kumar

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD Dec. 17. The Kannada thespian Raj Kumar, has been selected for the N.T. Rama Rao national film award for the year 2002, it was announced here today. The award, which carries Rs. 5 lakhs, a citation and memento, will be presented to the 74-year-old living legend of the Karnataka silver screen at a function here shortly.

Named after the former Chief Minister and Telugu film icon, the award is instituted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The previous recipients are Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Dilip Kumar, the late Shivaji Ganesan, Lata Mangeshkar, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Bhanumathi Ramakrishna.

Rajkumar, who has won honours such as the Dadasaheb Phalke award and Karnataka Ratna, has played a variety of roles in a career spanning 50 years and 200-plus films. Endowed with a mellifluous voice, he is also an acclaimed singer having won the national award for the best playback singer for a song in ``Jeevana Chaitra", according to an official press note.

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