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To honour the thespian
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The man from theatre who made it good in movies.
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Felicitations At the function.
The 84th birthday celebrations of filmstar Akkineni Nageswara Rao took off to a great start with many organisations vying with each other to outdo the other. Reminding us that ANR’s moorings were in the theatre as he was a stage artiste before
he forayed into Telugu cinema, Yuvakala Vauhini kickstarted the mood and momentum by holding a five-day drama festival named after the actor, at Ravindra Bharati auditorium.
Akkineni Nageswara Rao as an experienced thespian had expressed that his experience as theatre person kept his head cool and happy when he gave good entertainment to the audience. “Stage artistes may not earn much money but would sure live a satisfied life,” he said. To a question elsewhere on another medium as to who was his best heroine ANR quipped that it was himself in a female role! As his most memorable roles were musical love themes, the events held at different venues were marked by musical bonanza, presenting a selection of hit songs from his films. Raga Sapta Swaram held a function and presented Swarna Kankanas to chosen persons from various fields including medicine, cinema and music. In another function organised by Aradhana, ANR felicitated dancer Alekhya and Vamsee Ramaraju of Vamsee International, with golden bracelets named as ‘ANR-Aradhana Swarna Kankanas’. This was followed by ‘Cine hits of ANR films’ rendered by singers, Amani, Venkatrao, Subhash and Radhika.
In yet another function held at Ravindra Bharati, Vamsee International presented ANR-VAMSEE awards to a select few that carried a Swarna Kankanam (golden bracelet) and a shawl. The awardees included V.S.Ramadevi, former Governor of Karnataka, industrialist G. V. Krishna Reddy, Paruchuri Hanumantha Rao of Pragati Art Printers, writer Ramalakshmi Arudra and an NRI, Tummala Madhava Rao of USA, at function. A Ghantasala song session followed. Rasamayi, an old literary and cultural organization also held a function at Ravindra Bharati on another day and marked the event with staging of a ballet titled ‘Mahanatudu Akkineni’ specially written by Rasamayi’s founder M. K. Ramu, for the occasion. It featured a 20-member dance troupe. A paintings exhibition titled ‘Profile of a Legend’ was also put on view in Ravindra Bharati. The subject of these paintings was ANR in different films. Kinnera Art Theatres organised a musical show at Thyagarya Gana Sabha, choosing 84 songs as if each song was a tribute to each year of ANR’s 84 years of life.
G.S
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