Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was conferred the Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR) award here Saturday for his decades of dedication to Indian cinema at a glittering ceremony at the Annapurna Studios.
The ANR award recognises film artistes whose body of work has made
a lasting impact of outstanding
artistic, cultural and commercial
significance to the field of cinema.
“It is privileged to be part of this
industry. It is stalwarts like ANR who has given the film industry dignity, respectability and grace. Because of people like him that the industry survives,” Big B said in his acceptance speech.
Late legendary actor Nageswara Rao’s son Akkineni Nagarjuna thanked Big B
for accepting the award.
