Akkineni Nageshwar Rao National Award

ANR Award inspires me to work harder, says Rajamouli

Question-Who was awarded with the Akkineni Nageshwar Rao (ANR) National Award for 2017?

(a) Rajkumar Hirani
(b) A.R. Rahman
(c) S. S.  Rajamouli
(d) Rajkumar Santoshi

Answer: (c)
Related Facts:

  • On September 17th, 2017, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu honored famous film producer S. S. Rajamouli with the Akkineni Nageshwar Rao (AHR) National Award for the year 2017.
  • Rajamouli has been awarded this award for his outstanding contributions to the Telugu film industry.
  • It is known that this award is provided annually by Akkineni Nageshwar Rao International Foundation.
  • For the first time, the award was given in the year 2006 to the evergreen actor Dev Anand among the best actors of the Indian film industry.

Reference:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/anr-award-inspires-me-to-work-harder-says-rajamouli/article19704764.ece
http://ptinews.com/news/9078766_S-S-Rajamouli-receives-ANR-award