The TSR Lalitha Kala Parishad’s Film Awards for years 2011 and 2012 will be presented at a glittering ceremony to be held here on April 20.
The national-level awards were instituted by the T Subbarami Reddy Lalitha Kala Parishad, founded by parliamentarian and industrialist T Subbarami Reddy in 2010.
Subbarami Reddy, chairman of the awards committee, along with its members Akkineni Nageswara Rao, C Narayana Reddy, D Rama Naidu, P Suseela, Jayasudha and Sobhana Kamineni addressed the media here on Saturday in this connection.
Veteran film stars Hema Malini, Sharmila Tagore, Jitendra, Rani Mukherjee, Zeenat Aman, Sridevi, Shatrughan Sinha and Anil Kapoor, along with reigning stars in Bollywood (Hindi), Tollywood (Telugu), Kollywod (Tamil), Mollywood (Malyalam) and Sandalwood (Kanada) will grace the occasion.
There are 14 categories in which the awards will be given away _ best actor, best hero, best actress, best heroine, best director, best film, best producer, best villain, best character artiste, best comedian, best music director, best playback singer (male), best playback singer (female), special awards and special jury awards.
Winners will be decided on public opinion collected through SMS and letters to TV9 till April 17. The results will be announced on April 18 and the awards will be presented on April 20.
Jayasudha suggested institution of awards in two more categories _ best comedienne and best female character artiste.
Ugadi Puraskarams: The Parishad will honour eminent personalities from diverse fields with Ugadi Puraskarams at a function in Visakhapatnam on April 11 on the occasion of the Telugu New Year Day. Veteran actor Rajendra Prasad will be conferred with Viswa Visishta Nata Praveena title on the occasion.
DV Subbarao (law), SV Adinarayana Rao (sports), Madhusudan Babu (medicine), Gollapudi Maruti Rao (writing & acting), IVL Sastry (music), Megada Ramalingaswamy (drama), D Surya Rao (literature), Dakshina Murthy (teaching), Kasim Mohadi (social service), AP Chowdary (industry), Bhagavati (singing), Lakshmi Mohanty (dance), Satyanand (dance training), Chilka Padmaraju (sports), K Srinivas Chakaravarthy (sports), S Gopalkrishna (sports), C Pratap Kumar (sports), DV Reddy (sports) and Ch Narasimha Rao (sports journalism) will be honoured on the occasion.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Andhra Pradesh / by Express News Service – Hyderabad / April 07th, 2013