ANR National Awards 2019

It was a reunion of sorts for some of the celebrity names in Telugu and Hindi film industries when veteran actor Rekha and late actor Sridevi were felicitated at the ANR (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) National Awards on Sunday, November 17. These awards were conferred on the two celebrated actors for the years 2018 and 2019.

It was a trip down the memory lane for all present filmmaker Boney Kapoor, who received the award on behalf of his late wife Sridevi. Megastar Chiranjeevi, who was the chief guest at the function and Nagarjuna, whose father’s name the award has been instituted.

After receiving the award, an emotional Boney said, “I’m sure she (Sridevi) would have felt humbled to receive this award and I accept this on her behalf with humility.”

For actress Rekha too, it was a homecoming of sorts, as she had starred as a one-year-old child in the Telugu movie Inti Guttu in 1958, the report added. She expressed a desire to do a film in Telugu language and said, “To get fluency in the language, I want to do a Telugu film soon. I have to hone my speaking skills akin to how Sridevi used to deliver her dialogues effortlessly.” Rekha was seen wearing her trademark gold Kanjivaaram sari, the 65-year-old actor made a graceful presence at the awards with her traditional attire.