Nandi Awards 2008 Presentation

Lalitha Kala Thoranam was the venue for the grand occasion of Nandi Awards 2008 on March 16th, the auspicious day of Ugadi. Chief Minister K Roshaiah as Chief Guest and Dr J Geeta Reddy, I and PR, Cinematography, FDC and Tourism minister of Andhra Pradesh graced the function to present the awards to the award winners. Special awards like NTR Award to Sr actress Smt Jamuna, Raghupathi Venkaiah Award to Smt Vijaya Nirmala, Nagireddy Chakrapani Award to Sri Ramesh Prasad and BN Reddy Award to Sri KB Tilak were presented along with the regular Nandi Awards.

Addressing the gathering CM Roshaiah said, “Giving away the awards for the year 2008 got delayed. However, Henceforth, we must try to maintain the punctuality and present the Nandi Awards as per the scheduled time. Regarding wiping out of video piracy our Government will definitely take steps and initiate the process as Mr Chiranjeevi also has raised the issue in Assembly. We need to be more determined to implement the laws against this video piracy act.”

The crowd that gathered at the award function were entertained with some interesting colorful programmes on the glitzy night.