Raghupathi Venkaiah Award

Raghupati Venkaiah Award
Awarded by Government of Andhra Pradesh
Category	Telugu Cinema
Description
Description	Lifetime Achievement award
Statistics
Instituted	1981
First awarded	1981
Total awarded	33
Cash award	₹ 50,000
First awardee(s)	1981
Last awardee(s)	2011

The Raghupathi Venkaiah Award is Telugu cinema's highest award introduced to annually recognize people for their lifetime achievements and contributions to the Telugu film industry. The State Government incorporated this prestigious award in 1981 in honor of Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu, a pioneer of Indian film industry. The winner is felicitated and presented a Golden Nandi, a Gold medal, citation and cash prize of ₹ 50,000 at the state government's Nandi Awards functions.

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