'NTR Award' for Bhanu Prakash

Hyderabad, Jan 21 (UNI) Veteran stage artist and director Bellampalli Bhanu Prakash has been selected for the Andhra Pradesh Government's 'Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Stage Artist Award-2007.

The Government had instituted the award in 1998 to encourage stage art in the state, an official release here said.

The award carrying a cash prize of Rs 50,000, 'Golden Nandi' and a gold medal, would be presented on January 24, on the concluding day of the 'Nandi Drama Celebrations-2007 at Rajahmundry.

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