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] It is an honorary Nandi Award in the honour of N. T. Rama Rao, actor and politician who also 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 achivements and contributions to Indian cinema
Country	India
Presented by	Government of Andhra Pradesh
Reward(s)	₹500,000/-
First awarded	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^[5]
• 2014: Kamal Haasan
• 2015: K. Raghavendra Rao
• 2016: Rajinikanth
• 2017: Dwarakish

References

1. "N.T.R. NATIONAL FILM AWARDEES". APSFTVTDC. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
2. "Governor gives away NTR awards". The Hindu. 11 February 2010. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010.
3. "Amitabh Bachchan receives NTR National film award". The Times of India. 15 January 2017.
4. "Ilayaraja, Ambarish, Krishna get NTR award". The Hindu, Business Line. Hyderabad. 30 August 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
5. Correspondent, Special (5 April 2017). "S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Hema Malini bag NTR awards". The Hindu. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)