Bapu (director)

Film director from India (1933-2014)

Bapu

Bapu when conferred with the "Viswa Vikhyata Darsaka Maharshi" award in 2014

Born|

Sattiraju Lakshminarayana

(1933-12-15)15 December 1933

Narasapuram, Madras Presidency, British India
(now in Andhra Pradesh, India)

Died| 31 August 2014(2014-08-31) (aged 80)

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Alma mater| University of Madras
Spouse| Bhagyavathi
Awards| Padma Shri (2013)
Website| bapuartcollection.com

Sattiraju Lakshminarayana (15 December 1933 – 31 August 2014), known professionally as Bapu, was an Indian film director, painter, illustrator, cartoonist, screenwriter, music artist, and designer known for his works in Telugu cinema, and Hindi cinema.[1] In 2013, he was awarded the Padma Shri, for his contribution to Indian art and cinema.[2] He has garnered two National Honors, two National Film Awards, seven state Nandi Awards, two Filmfare Awards South, a Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South.

Bapu's directorial venture Sakshi (1967) was showcased at Tashkent International film festival in 1968.[3] Seeta Kalyanam (1976) was screened at the BFI London Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, San Reno and Denver International Film Festivals in 1978, and is part of the course at the British Film Institute.[4] Tyagayya (1981) and Pelli Pustakam (1991) were premiered at the Indian Panorama of the International Film Festival of India.[5] Bapu's 2011 film, Sri Rama Rajyam, had a special screening at International Film Festival of India on 28 November 2011.[6]

In 1996, he appeared in the Doordarshan Documentary Eminent Cartoonists of India, and was awarded Lifetime Achievement from Indian Institute of Cartoonists in 2001. He gained international recognition through his art works viz., Bapu Bomma, The Navarasas, and the Indian Dances etc., which were held at the National Film Theatre, London, in 1978 and at the innumerable Telugu Conferences in the United States.[7] He has worked as a graphic artist for J Walter Thomson, Efficient Publicities and F. D. Stewarts, Chennai.[8]

In 1964, he was a delegate at the UNESCO sponsored seminar in Bangalore on Children's Books. The same year, he gave demonstrations for the training course programme on book illustrations and cover designs sponsored by UNESCO in Chennai. In the 1960s he has served as art Consultant for Ford Foundation sponsored The Southern Language Book Trust. He has designed and illustrated several books for leading publishers in South India out of which, five received Government Awards. He has also done the same for innumerable works drawn from Puranas and folklore.[8]

## Early life and background

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Bapu was born on 15 December 1933,[9] in Narsapuram, in present-day West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India to Sattiraju Venugopala Rao and Suryakantam. He has worked as a political cartoonist for the newspaper Andhra Patrika in 1945. He holds B.Com (1953) and BL (1955) from University of Madras.[8]

## Painting

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Bapu's paintings focus on Hindu mythological characters, and he has painted the Hindu epic Ramayana as a pictorial story. His character portrayals, such as Shiva, Bhima, Duryodhana, look distinctly male with wide chests, large jaws and large biceps; while Krishna and Rama are more feminine in build.

His paintings have decorated the cover pages of many magazines in India and Abroad. Telugu Naadi Magazine published from US for Telugu audience have published Bapu's great paintings. Bapu also later served on their advisory board to guide and have an outstanding content for the magazine that catered to Telugu people.

## Association with Ramana

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Bapu & Ramana gari statue on the banks of River Godavari during Pushkaram.

Bapu's family was staying in Madras and in 1942, when the Japanese bombed Madras, there was a panic exodus and Bapu's family moved to Narasapuram and stayed there till 1945, when the Second World War ended. Bapu studied in Taylor High School, Narasapuram during these years.

Mullapudi Venkataramana's father, who was working as a Sub-Registrar was posted at Narasapuram during the years 1942-45 and so, Venkataramana also studied in Taylor high School, Narasapram, during those years. They were classmates during those three years and that is how their association started. They continued schooling at Kesari High School, Madras. Ramana's first short story 'Amma Maata Vinakapote' was published in 1945 in 'Bala', a children's magazine published by Radio Annayya (Nyayapathi Raghava Rao), he was 14 then. Bapu illustrated the story. That was the beginning of their career as a writer-producer -illustrator- filmmaker duo".

Started as an illustrator-story writer team and then turning into a film-director-writer duo, they have contributed immensely to the enrichment of Telugu cultural ethos through literature and cinema. When one mentions Bapu, then one is bound to mention Ramana's name too and vice versa. The most notable achievement in his movie making is his success in capturing the nativity of Telugu people and translating it great on-screen visuals.

Ventures like Sampoorna Ramayanam, Ramanjaneya Yuddham and Seeta Kalyanam have been the milestones of Telugu cinema, while historical films like Thyagayya, Bhakta Kannappa and Shreenatha kavisarvabhouma have been hugely successful. Bapu-Ramana combination has created movie magic on the large screen with some of the path breaking films in Telugu cinema and are ever remembered for films like Radha kalyanam, Velugu needalu, Bharyabhartalu, Bhogimanta, Mutyala Muggu, 'Sakshi, Mr. Pellam', Pelli Pustakam. The duo directed Mana Voori Pandavulu (1978) which won the Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu.

## Hindi cinema

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Bapu is known for his classic movies in Indian cinema, Bapu has directed Hindi films such as Hum Paanch, Bezubaan, Woh Saat Din, Mohabbat, Pyari Behna, Mera Dharam, Diljalaa, Prem Pratigyaa and Paramaatma.

## Death

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Bapu had suffered heart attacks many times throughout his career. He was admitted into a hospital at Chennai in mid August 2014. He suffered from a cardiac arrest on 31 August 2014, and died later on the same day.[10]

He was given a state funeral by the Government of Tamil Nadu.[11]

## Awards and honours

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The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shree Award to Shri S. Lakshminarayana (Bapu), at an Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 05, 2013

Civilian honours

* Padma Shri – Government of India – 2013

National honours

* Life Time Achievement Award from Indian Institute of Cartoonists – 2001
* President of India Rashtrapati Award from the Academy of Fine Arts, Tirupati

National Film Awards

* National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu – Mutyala Muggu
* National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu – Mister Pellam

Filmfare Awards South

* Filmfare Best Director Award (Telugu) – Seeta Kalyanam (1976)
* Filmfare Best Director Award (Telugu) – Vamsa Vruksham (1980)
* Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South – (2012)

Nandi Awards

* Raghupathi Venkaiah Award – Life Time Achievement in Telugu cinema – 1986

Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (director)

* 1971: Balaraju Katha
* 1973: Andala Ramudu
* 1975: Mutyala Muggu
* 1991: Pelli Pustakam
* 1993: Mr. Pellam
* 2011: Sri Rama Rajyam

Other Honours

* Asthana Vidwan by Andhra Pradesh Academy of Arts.
* South Indian Film Director's Association Award for Best direction – Sampoorna Ramayanam – 1972
* Visishta Puraskaramu from Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University – 2002
* Life Time Achievement Award from Telugu Association of North America
* "Shiromani" award fromBooks: American Telugu Association – 1992
* Honorary Doctorate "Kala Prapoorna" from Andhra University – 1991
* Raja-Lakshmi Award in 1982 from Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation, Chennai – 1982[9]

## Filmography

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1. Sakshi (1967)
2. Bangaaru Pichika (1968)
3. Buddhimantudu (1969)
4. Inti Gowravam (1970)
5. Balaraju Katha (1970)
6. Sampoorna Ramayanamu (1972)
7. Andala Ramudu (1973)
8. Sri Ramanjaneya Yuddham (1975)
9. Mutyala Muggu (1975)
10. Sita Kalyanam (1976)
11. Sri Rajeswari Vilas Coffee Club (1976)
12. Bhakta Kannappa (1976)
13. Sneham (1977)
14. Mana Voori Pandavulu (1978)
15. Gorantha Deepam (1978)
16. Toorpu Velle Railu (1979)
17. Vamsa Vruksham (1980)
18. Rajadhi Raju (1980)
19. Pandanti Jeevitam (1980)
20. Kaliyuga Ravanaasurudu (1980)
21. Hum Paanch* (1980)
22. Tyagayya (1981)
23. Radha Kalyanam (1981)
24. Bezubaan* (1982)
25. Krishnaavataram (1982)
26. Pelleedu Pillalu (1982)
27. Neethi Devan Mayakkam (1982)
28. Edi Dharmam Edi Nyayam? (1982)
29. Mantri Gari Viyyankudu (1983)
30. Woh Saat Din* (1983)
31. Seethamma Pelli (1984)
32. Mohabbat* (1985)
33. Pyari Behna* (1985)
34. Bullet (1985)
35. Jackie (1985)
36. Kalyana Tamboolam (1986)
37. Mera Dharam* (1986)
38. Diljalaa* (1987)
39. Prem Pratigyaa* (1989)
40. Pelli Pustakam (1991)
41. Mr. Pellam (1993)
42. Srinatha Kavi Sarvabhowmudu (1993)
43. Pelli Koduku (1994)
44. Paramaatma* (1994)
45. Rambantu (1995)
46. Xtra (2004) (as music director)
47. Radha Gopalam (2005)
48. Sundarakanda (2008)
49. Sri Rama Rajyam (2011)

Those marked as * are Hindi films

## Bibliography

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1. Ramayanam, co-written with Ramana. This book was published in Telugu, English and French languages.[12]
2. Maha Bharatam, co-written with Ramana[12]
3. Bapu Ramaneeyam, co-written with Ramana[12]
4. Koti Kommachi, along co-written Ramana[12]
5. (Im)Koti Kommachi, co-written with Ramana[12]
6. Kosaru Kommachi, Bapu Ramaneeyam along with Ramana[12]
7. Bapu Cartoonulu -1[12]
8. Bapu Cartoonulu -2[12]
9. Bommalu Geeyandi[12]
10. Budugu, co-written with Ramana[12]

## See also

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* Raghupathi Venkaiah Award

## References

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1. ^ "Balakrishna to act in Bapu's mythological film – Oneindia Entertainment". Entertainment.oneindia.in. 29 September 2010. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
2. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
3. ^ Mullapudi leaves behind enduring legacy, The Hindu, 5 March 2011; retrieved 25 January 2013.
4. ^ "Preview: Epic comes full circle". The Hindu. 12 November 2011. Archived from the original on 14 November 2011.
5. ^ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). Iffi.nic.in. 26 May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2011.
6. ^ "Sri Rama Rajyam at IFFI". Archived from the original on 27 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Deccan Chronicle (27 November 2011).
7. ^ Bapu art works, Nutan Prasad, secretary – Ravindra Bharathi cultural center, Hyderabad
8. ^ a b c Shivpprasadh, S. (21 February 2013). "Portrait of an artist". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013 - via www.thehindu.com.
9. ^ a b "About Bapu". Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-25.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). bapubomma.com
10. ^ "Celebrities mourn death of Telugu filmmaker Bapu". India Today. 1 September 2014.
11. ^ Rahul, N. (1 September 2014). "State funeral for Bapu on Tuesday". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023 - via www.thehindu.com.
12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Bapu | TeluguBooks.in (Navodaya Book House)". www.telugubooks.in. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

## External links

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* bapuartcollection.com Bapu's Official Website with an extensive art collection
* Bapu at IMDb
* "Bapu: A Multifaceted Artist[permanent dead link‍]"- an article on Bapu

* v
* t
* e

Recipients of Padma Shri in Art

1950s|

* Omkarnath Thakur (1955)
* Sthanam Narasimha Rao (1956)
* Sudhir Khastgir (1957)
* Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (1957)
* Debaki Bose (1958)
* Shambhu Maharaj (1958)
* Nargis (1958)
* Satyajit Ray (1958)
* Devika Rani (1958)

1960s|

* K. K. Hebbar (1961)
* Bismillah Khan (1961)
* Raghunath Krishna Phadke (1961)
* Ashok Kumar (1962)
* Mehboob Khan (1963)
* Melville de Mellow (1963)
* Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar (1964)
* Adi Pherozeshah Marzban (1964)
* P. C. Sorcar (1964)
* Guru Kunchu Kurup (1965)
* V. Nagayya (1965)
* Ravishankar Raval (1965)
* Mrinalini Sarabhai (1965)
* Sivaji Ganesan (1966)
* M. F. Husain (1966)
* Sumitra Charat Ram (1966)
* P. Bhanumathi (1966)
* Daji Bhatawadekar (1967)
* Vasant Desai (1967)
* Siddheshwari Devi (1967)
* Mohammed Rafi (1967)
* Sashadhar Mukherjee (1967)
* Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (1967)
* M. R. Acharekar (1968)
* Begum Akhtar (1968)
* Sharan Rani Backliwal (1968)
* Nikhil Banerjee (1968)
* Sunil Dutt (1968)
* Durga Khote (1968)
* Yamini Krishnamurthy (1968)
* Shankar–Jaikishan (1968)
* Ayodhya Prasad (1968)
* Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1968)
* N. T. Rama Rao (1968)
* Devi Lal Samar (1968)
* Vyjayanthimala (1968)
* Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1969)
* David Abraham Cheulkar (1969)
* N. S. Bendre (1969)
* S. D. Burman (1969)
* B. Saroja Devi (1969)
* Indrani Rahman (1969)
* Balraj Sahni (1969)
* S. N. Swamy (artist) (1969)

1970s|

* Sukumar Bose (1970)
* Prem Dhawan (1970)
* Ratna Fabri (1970)
* Gemini Ganesan (1970)
* Ritwik Ghatak (1970)
* Damayanti Joshi (1970)
* Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (1970)
* Karl Jamshed Khandalavala (1970)
* Madhaviah Krishnan (1970)
* Rajendra Kumar (1970)
* Pankaj Mullick (1970)
* Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair (1970)
* Relangi (1970)
* Gummadi (1970)
* Vijay Raghav Rao (1970)
* V. Satyanarayana Sarma (1970)
* Maisnam Amubi Singh (1970)
* K. B. Sundarambal (1970)
* Avinash Vyas (1970)
* M. Balamuralikrishna (1971)
* Sankho Chaudhuri (1971)
* Manna Dey (1971)
* Tripti Mitra (1971)
* Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair (1971)
* Chenganoor Raman Pillai (1971)
* K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai (1971)
* Shanta Rao (1971)
* Ravi (1971)
* Sahir Ludhianvi (1971)
* Siyaram Tiwari (musician) (1971)
* Chiranjeet Chakraborty (1972)
* Girija Devi (1972)
* Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1972)
* Sunil Janah (1972)
* Lalgudi Jayaraman (1972)
* Bhimsen Joshi (1972)
* Mahendra Kapoor (1972)
* Ram Kumar (artist) (1972)
* Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1972)
* Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai (1972)
* Samta Prasad (1972)
* M. K. Radha (1972)
* Raghu Rai (1972)
* Krishna Reddy (1972)
* Waheeda Rehman (1972)
* Juthika Roy (1972)
* Suchitra Sen (1972)
* Gubbi Veeranna (1972)
* Sitara Devi (1973)
* T. N. Krishnan (1973)
* Kishan Maharaj (1973)
* Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy (1973)
* Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1973)
* Uma Sharma (1973)
* S. G. Thakur Singh (1973)
* Kaifi Azmi (1974)
* Pushkar Bhan (1974)
* Mani Madhava Chakyar (1974)
* Bindhyabasini Devi (1974)
* Naina Devi (1974)
* Girish Karnad (1974)
* Shriram Lagoo (1974)
* Kelucharan Mohapatra (1974)
* Nutan (1974)
* M. D. Ramanathan (1974)
* Som Nath Sadhu (1974)
* Emani Sankara Sastry (1974)
* Kripal Singh Shekhawat (1974)
* Manik Varma (1974)
* M. S. Gopalakrishnan (1975)
* Jasraj (1975)
* Amjad Ali Khan (1975)
* Gopi Krishna (1975)
* Sanjukta Panigrahi (1975)
* Basavaraj Rajguru (1975)
* Kalyanam Raghuramayya (1975)
* M. S. Sathyu (1975)
* K. G. Subramanyan (1975)
* Gitchandra Tongbra (1975)
* K. J. Yesudas (1975)
* Shyam Benegal (1976)
* Raghunath Mohapatra (1976)
* Ram Narayan (1976)
* K. V. Narayanaswamy (1976)
* R. Nagendra Rao (1976)
* S. Somasundaram (1976)
* Parveen Sultana (1976)
* Dhanraj Bhagat (1977)
* Bhupen Hazarika (1977)
* Sheik Chinna Moulana (1977)
* Alla Rakha (1977)
* Jehangir Sabavala (1977)
* Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1977)

1980s|

* B. V. Karanth (1981)
* Namagiripettai Krishnan (1981)
* Gambhir Singh Mura (1981)
* Dashrath Patel (1981)
* S. H. Raza (1981)
* Padma Subrahmanyam (1981)
* Allah Jilai Bai (1982)
* Ammannur Madhava Chakyar (1982)
* Jabbar Patel (1982)
* Virendra Prabhakar (1982)
* Gautam Vaghela (1982)
* Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983)
* Gautam Vaghela (1982)
* Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983)
* Sharafat Hussain Khan (1983)
* Nepal Mahata (1983)
* Handel Manuel (1983)
* Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (1983)
* Raghubir Singh (1983)
* Sobha Singh (1983)
* Habib Tanvir (1983)
* Ganga Devi (1984)
* Amitabh Bachchan (1984)
* Purushottam Das (1984)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984)
* Bhupen Khakhar (1984)
* Ben Kingsley (1984)
* Vinay Chandra Maudgalya (1984)
* Roshan Kumari (1984)
* Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair (1984)
* N. Rajam (1984)
* Raja and Radha Reddy (1984)
* Nek Chand (1984)
* Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya (1984)
* Shanti Dave (1985)
* Asa Singh Mastana (1985)
* Laxman Pai (1985)
* Smita Patil (1985)
* Palghat R. Raghu (1985)
* Naseeruddin Shah (1985)
* Shankar Bapu Apegaonkar (1986)
* Kanika Banerjee (1986)
* Subrata Mitra (1986)
* Rajkumar Singhajit Singh (1986)
* Hisam-ud-din Usta (1986)
* K. Balachander (1987)
* Kumudini Lakhia (1987)
* Vijaya Mehta (1987)
* N. Ramani (1987)
* Aparna Sen (1987)
* Naresh Sohal (1987)
* Jitendra Abhisheki (1988)
* Shabana Azmi (1988)
* Teejan Bai (1988)
* Bikash Bhattacharjee (1988)
* Zakir Hussain (1988)
* Chindodi Leela (1988)
* Sudharani Raghupathy (1988)
* Sudarshan Sahoo (1988)
* Kudrat Singh (1988)
* Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (1988)
* Jitendra Abhisheki (1988)
* Adyar K. Lakshman (1989)
* Haku Shah (1989)
* L. Subramaniam (1989)
* Ratan Thiyam (1989)
* Upendra Trivedi (1989)

1990s|

* Mohan Agashe (1990)
* G. Aravindan (1990)
* Prabha Atre (1990)
* Asgari Bai (1990)
* Gulab Bai (1990)
* Balwantrai Bhatt (1990)
* Diwaliben Bhil (1990)
* Raj Bisaria (1990)
* S. M. Ganapathy (1990)
* Kamal Haasan (1990)
* Bishamber Khanna (1990)
* Krishen Khanna (1990)
* Allu Ramalingaiah (1990)
* Tarun Majumdar (1990)
* Madhavi Mudgal (1990)
* Om Puri (1990)
* Kanak Rele (1990)
* Leela Samson (1990)
* Maharajapuram Santhanam (1990)
* Kapila Vatsyayan (1990)
* Ranbir Singh Bisht (1991)
* Bharat Gopy (1991)
* Ghulam Mustafa Khan (1991)
* Hafeez Ahmed Khan (1991)
* Shanno Khurana (1991)
* Pratima Barua Pandey (1991)
* Manu Parekh (1991)
* Shivkumar Sharma (1991)
* Gurcharan Singh (painter) (1991)
* Sharda Sinha (1991)
* Alarmel Valli (1991)
* Jaya Bachchan (1992)
* Pankaj Charan Das (1992)
* Biren De (1992)
* Srirangam Gopalaratnam (1992)
* Sabri Khan (1992)
* Sunita Kohli (1992)
* Madurai N. Krishnan (1992)
* Manoj Kumar (1992)
* Meera Mukherjee (1992)
* Asha Parekh (1992)
* Nataraja Ramakrishna (1992)
* Bhagaban Sahu (1992)
* Anandji Virji Shah (1992)
* Kalyanji Virji Shah (Kalyanji-Anandji) (1992)
* Sundari K. Shridharani (1992)
* Tapan Sinha (1992)
* Muthiah Sthapati (1992)
* K. Viswanath (1992)
* Chitra Visweswaran (1992)
* Dipali Barthakur (1998)
* Mammootty (1998)
* Kunja Bihari Meher (1998)
* Krishnarao Sable (1998)
* Zohra Sehgal (1998)
* K. Ibomcha Sharma (1998)
* U. Srinivas (1998)
* Javed Akhtar (1999)
* Saryu Doshi (1999)
* Sulochana Latkar (1999)
* Sumati Mutatkar (1999)
* Shobha Deepak Singh (1999)
* Jagmohan Sursagar (1999)
* Ram V. Sutar (1999)

2000s|

* Kanhai Chitrakar (2000)
* Shekhar Kapur (2000)
* Hema Malini (2000)
* Anjolie Ela Menon (2000)
* Shubha Mudgal (2000)
* Alyque Padamsee (2000)
* A. R. Rahman (2000)
* Ramanand Sagar (2000)
* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2001)
* Aamir Raza Husain (2001)
* Padmaja Phenany Joglekar (2001)
* Mohammed Tayab Khan (2001)
* Sunil Kothari (2001)
* Nerella Venu Madhav (2001)
* Mohanlal (2001)
* Shobha Naidu (2001)
* D. V. S. Raju (2001)
* Avadhanam Sita Raman (2001)
* Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao (2001)
* Thota Tharani (2001)
* W. D. Amaradeva (2002)
* Raj Begum (2002)
* Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (2002)
* Pushpa Bhuyan (2002)
* Rajan Devadas (2002)
* Darshana Jhaveri (2002)
* Abdul Latif Khan (2002)
* Mani Krishnaswami (2002)
* Fazal Mohammad (2002)
* Manorama (2002)
* Govind Nihalani (2002)
* Mani Ratnam (2002)
* Kiran Segal (2002)
* Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri (2002)
* Saroja Vaidyanathan (2002)
* T. H. Vinayakram (2002)
* Jahnu Barua (2003)
* Danny Denzongpa (2003)
* Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi (2003)
* Rita Ganguly (2003)
* Ranjana Gauhar (2003)
* Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar (2003)
* Rakhee Gulzar (2003)
* Nemi Chandra Jain (2003)
* O. P. Jain (2003)
* Aamir Khan (2003)
* Shafaat Ahmed Khan (2003)
* T. M. Soundararajan (2003)
* Sukumari (2003)
* Satish Vyas (2003)
* Bharathiraja (2004)
* Maguni Charan Das (2004)
* Manoranjan Das (2004)
* D. K. Datar (2004)
* Kadri Gopalnath (2004)
* Hariharan (singer) (2004)
* Purshottam Das Jalota (2004)
* Krishn Kanhai (2004)
* Heisnam Kanhailal (2004)
* Anupam Kher (2004)
* Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela (2004)
* Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair (2004)
* Sudha Ragunathan (2004)
* Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel (2004)
* Veernala Jayarama Rao (2004)
* Bharati Shivaji (2004)
* Singh Bandhu (2004)
* Bhajan Sopori (2004)
* Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (2004)
* Muzaffar Ali (2005)
* Shameem Dev Azad (2005)
* M. Boyer (2005)
* K. S. Chithra (2005)
* Yumlembam Gambhini Devi (2005)
* Shah Rukh Khan (2005)
* Ghulam Sadiq Khan (2005)
* Kavita Krishnamurti (2005)
* Chaturbhuj Meher (2005)
* Kumkum Mohanty (2005)
* Punaram Nishad (2005)
* Kedar Nath Sahoo (2005)
* Sougaijam Thanil Singh (2005)
* Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (2005)
* Komala Varadan (2005)
* Puranchand Wadali (2005)
* Ileana Citaristi (2006)
* Mehmood Dhaulpuri (2006)
* Shree Lal Joshi (2006)
* Surinder Kaur (2006)
* Rashid Khan (musician) (2006)
* Vasundhara Komkali (2006)
* Yashodhar Mathpal (2006)
* Madhup Mudgal (2006)
* Kavungal Chathunni Panicker (2006)
* Shyama Charan Pati (2006)
* Gayatri Sankaran (2006)
* Prasad Sawkar (2006)
* Aribam Syam Sharma (2006)
* Shobana (2006)
* Kanaka Srinivasan (2006)
* Pankaj Udhas (2006)
* Mohan Babu (2007)
* Geeta Chandran (2007)
* Astad Deboo (2007)
* Neelamani Devi (2007)
* Remo Fernandes (2007)
* P. Gopinathan (2007)
* Pushpa Hans (2007)
* Shanti Hiranand (2007)
* Ananda Shankar Jayant (2007)
* Govardhan Kumari (2007)
* Sonam Tshering Lepcha (2007)
* Balachandra Menon (2007)
* Shashikala (2007)
* Gajendra Narayan Singh (2007)
* Thingbaijam Babu Singh (2007)
* Pannuru Sripathy (2007)
* Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam (2007)
* Waman Thakre (2007)
* P. R. Thilagam (2007)
* Tom Alter (2008)
* Moozhikkulam Kochukuttan Chakyar (2008)
* Jonnalagadda Gurappa Chetty (2008)
* Meenakshi Chitharanjan (2008)
* Madhuri Dixit Nene (2008)
* Kekoo Gandhy (2008)
* Helen Giri Syiem (2008)
* Jatin Goswami (2008)
* Hans Raj Hans (2008)
* Sabitri Heisnam (2008)
* Gokulotsavji Maharaj (2008)
* P. K. Narayanan Nambiar (2008)
* Gennadi Mikhailovich Pechinkov (2008)
* Gangadhar Pradhan (2008)
* M. Night Shyamalan (2008)
* Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram (2008)
* Jawahar Wattal (2008)
* Ameena Ahmad Ahuja (2009)
* Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2009)
* Hemi Bawa (2009)
* Brahmanandam (2009)
* Devayani (dancer) (2009)
* Suresh Dutta (2009)
* Kalamandalam Gopi (2009)
* Niranjan Goswami (2009)
* Geeta Kapur (2009)
* Nirmal Singh Khalsa (2009)
* Hashmat Ullah Khan (2009)
* Helen (2009)
* S. Krishnaswamy (2009)
* Akshay Kumar (2009)
* Iravatham Mahadevan (2009)
* Hridaynath Mangeshkar (2009)
* Penaz Masani (2009)
* Shaoli Mitra (2009)
* Udit Narayan (2009)
* Govind Ram Nirmalkar (2009)
* Leela Omchery (2009)
* Pratapaditya Pal (2009)
* Aruna Sairam (2009)
* Mattannoor Sankarankutty (2009)
* Kumar Sanu (2009)
* Kiran Seth (2009)
* Gurumayum Gourakishor Sharma (2009)
* Skendrowell Syiemlieh (2009)
* Thilakan (2009)
* K. P. Udayabhanu (2009)
* Vivek (actor) (2009)

2010s|

* Gul Bardhan (2010)
* Carmel Berkson (2010)
* Wasifuddin Dagar (2010)
* Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi (2010)
* Nemai Ghosh (2010)
* Sumitra Guha (2010)
* Ulhas Kashalkar (2010)
* Saif Ali Khan (2010)
* Mukund Lath (2010)
* Ram Dayal Munda (2010)
* Arundathi Nag (2010)
* Raghunath Panigrahi (2010)
* Resul Pookutty (2010)
* Arjun Prajapati (2010)
* Rajkumar Achouba Singh (2010)
* Shobha Raju (2010)
* Mayadhar Raut (2010)
* Rekha (2010)
* Ajoy Chakrabarty (2011)
* Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry (2011)
* Makar Dhwaja Darogha (2011)
* Mahasundari Devi (2011)
* Gajam Govardhana (2011)
* Sunayana Hazarilal (2011)
* S. R. Janakiraman (2011)
* Jayaram (2011)
* Kajol (2011)
* Shaji N. Karun (2011)
* Girish Kasaravalli (2011)
* Irrfan Khan (2011)
* Tabu (2011)
* Kalamandalam Kshemavathy (2011)
* Peruvanam Kuttan Marar (2011)
* Jivya Soma Mashe (2011)
* Dadi Pudumjee (2011)
* M. K. Saroja (2011)
* Khangembam Mangi Singh (2011)
* Prahlad Tipanya (2011)
* Usha Uthup (2011)
* Satish Alekar (2012)
* Satish Alekar (2012)
* Vanraj Bhatia (2012)
* Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi (2012)
* Gopal Prasad Dubey (2012)
* Gundecha Brothers (2012)
* Chittani Ramachandra Hegde (2012)
* Anup Jalota (2012)
* Moti Lal Kemmu (2012)
* Shahid Parvez (2012)
* Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar (2012)
* Sakar Khan (2012)
* Joy Michael (2012)
* Minati Mishra (2012)
* Na Muthuswamy (2012)
* R. Nagarathnamma (2012)
* Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (2012)
* Priyadarshan (2012)
* Priyadarshan (2012)
* Vijay Sharma (2012)
* Laila Tyabji (2012)
* Yamunabai Waikar (2012)
* S. Shakir Ali (2013)
* Gajam Anjaiah (2013)
* Bapu (2013)
* Pablo Bartholomew (2013)
* Purna Das Baul Samrat (2013)
* G. C. D. Bharti (2013)
* Apurba Kishore Bir (2013)
* Ghanakanta Bora (2013)
* B. Jayashree (2013)
* Hildamit Lepcha (2013)
* Madhu (actor) (2013)
* Sudha Malhotra (2013)
* Kailash Chandra Meher (2013)
* Brahmdeo Ram Pandit (2013)
* Nana Patekar (2013)
* Rekandar Nageswara Rao (2013)
* Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz (2013)
* Jaymala Shiledar (2013)
* Ramesh Sippy (2013)
* Sridevi (2013)
* Suresh Talwalkar (2013)
* Mahrukh Tarapor (2013)
* Balwant Thakur (2013)
* Rajendra Tiku (2013)
* Mohammad Ali Baig (2014)
* Vidya Balan (2014)
* Musafir Ram Bhardwaj (2014)
* Sabitri Chatterjee (2014)
* Biman Bihari Das (2014)
* Sunil Das (2014)
* Elam Endira Devi (2014)
* Supriya Devi (2014)
* Vijay Ghate (2014)
* Nayana Apte Joshi (2014)
* Elam Endira Devi (2014)
* Supriya Devi (2014)
* Vijay Ghate (2014)
* Nayana Apte Joshi (2014)
* Rani Karnaa (2014)
* Bansi Kaul (2014)
* Moinuddin Khan (musician) (2014)
* Geeta Mahalik (2014)
* Paresh Maity (2014)
* Ram Mohan (2014)
* Sudarsan Pattnaik (2014)
* Paresh Rawal (2014)
* Kalamandalam Satyabhama (2014)
* Anuj Sharma (actor) (2014)
* Santosh Sivan (2014)
* Sooni Taraporevala (2014)
* Naresh Bedi (2015)
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015)
* Rahul Jain (2015)
* Ravindra Jain (2015)
* Prasoon Joshi (2015)
* A. Kanyakumari (2015)
* Prafulla Kar (2015)
* Tripti Mukherjee (2015)
* Neil Nongkynrih (2015)
* Kota Srinivasa Rao (2015)
* Shekhar Sen (2015)
* Pran Kumar Sharma (2015)
* Mahesh Raj Soni (2015)
* Malini Awasthi (2016)
* Madhur Bhandarkar (2016)
* Tulsidas Borkar (2016)
* Mamta Chandrakar (2016)
* Priyanka Chopra (2016)
* Ajay Devgn (2016)
* Bhikhudan Gadhvi (2016)
* Laxma Goud (2016)
* Saeed Jaffrey (2016)
* Venkatesh Kumar (2016)
* Naresh Chander Lal (2016)
* Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe (2016)
* Nila Madhab Panda (2016)
* Michael Postel (2016)
* Pratibha Prahlad (2016)
* S. S. Rajamouli (2016)
* Gulabo Sapera (2016)
* Prakash Chand Surana (2016)
* Basanti Bisht (2017)
* Baua Devi (2017)
* Jitendra Haripal (2017)
* Kailash Kher (2017)
* Sadhu Meher (2017)
* Aruna Mohanty (2017)
* T. K. Murthy (2017)
* Mukund Nayak (2017)
* Anuradha Paudwal (2017)
* Parassala B. Ponnammal (2017)
* Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (2017)
* Purushottam Upadhyay (2017)
* Doddarangegowda (2018)
* Manoj Joshi (actor) (2018)
* Pran Kishore Kaul (2018)
* Vijay Kichlu (2018)
* Prabhakar Maharana (2018)
* Sisir Mishra (2018)
* Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan (2018)
* Gobardhan Panika (2018)
* R. Sathyanarayana (2018)
* Bhajju Shyam (2018)
* Ibrahim Sutar (2018)
* Rudrapatnam Brothers (2018)
* Baba Yogendra (2018)
* Anup Ranjan Pandey (2019)
* Manoj Bajpayee (2019)
* Pritam Bhartwan (2019)
* Jyoti Bhatt (2019)
* Swapan Chaudhuri (2019)
* Dinyar Contractor (2019)
* Thanga Darlong (2019)
* Prabhu Deva (2019)
* Godawari Dutta (2019)
* Joravarsinh Jadav (2019)
* Fayaz Ahmad Jan (2019)
* K. G. Jayan (2019)
* Waman Kendre (2019)
* Kader Khan (2019)
* Abdul Gafur Khatri (2019)
* Shankar Mahadevan (2019)
* Narthaki Nataraj (2019)
* Milena Salvini (2019)
* Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (2019)
* Rajeev Taranath (2019)
* Hiralal Yadav (2019)
* Rajeshwar Acharya (2019)

2020s|

* Shashadhar Acharya (2020)
* Indira P. P. Bora (2020)
* Bombay Sisters (2020)
* Vajira Chitrasena (2020)
* Puru Dadheech (2020)
* Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh (2020)
* Sarita Joshi (2020)
* Kangana Ranaut (2020)
* Ramzan Khan (2020)
* Manilal Nag (2020)
* Dalavai Chalapathi Rao (2020)
* Adnan Sami (2020)
* Suresh Wadkar (2020)
* V. K. Munusamy (2020)
* Yadla Gopalarao (2020)
* Dulari Devi (2021)
* Bombay Jayashri (2021)
* KC Sivasankaran (2021)
* Rewben Mashangva (2021)
* Sanjida Khatun (2021)
* Annavarapu Rama Swamy (2021)
* Nidumolu Sumathi (2021)
* Biren Kumar Basak (2021)
* Narayan Debnath (2021)
* Bhuri Bai (2021)
* Vinayak Khedekar (2021)
* Manjamma Jogathi (2021)
* Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous) (2022)
* Lalita Vakil (2022)
* H. R. Keshava Murthy (2022)
* Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (2022)
* Arjun Singh Dhurve (2022)
* Ram Sahay Panday (2022)
* Durga Bai Vyam (2022)
* Sulochana Chavan (2022)
* Sonu Nigam (2022)
* Lourembam Bino Devi (2022)
* Konsam Ibomcha Singh (2022)
* Shyamamani Devi (2022)
* Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan (2022)
* Chandraprakash Dwivedi (2022)
* Ram Dayal Sharma (2022)
* Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia (2022)
* S. Ballesh (2022)
* Sowcar Janaki (2022)
* R Muthukannammal (2022)
* A. K. C. Natarajan (2022)
* Darshanam Mogilaiah (2022)
* Sakini Ramachandraih (2022)
* Gaddam Padmaja Reddy (2022)
* Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana (duo) (2022)
* Shivnath Mishra (2022)
* Sheesh Ram (2022)
* Ajita Srivastava (2022)
* Madhuri Barthwal (2022)
* Kaajee Singh (2022)
* Jodhaiya Bai Baiga (2023)
* Premjit Baria (2023)
* Usha Barle (2023)
* Hemant Chauhan (2023)
* Bhanubhai Chitara (2023)
* Hemoprova Chutia (2023)
* Subhadra Devi (2023)
* Hem Chandra Goswami (2023)
* Pritikana Goswami (2023)
* Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain (2023)
* Dilshad Hussain (2023)
* Mahipat Kavi (2023)
* M. M. Keeravani (2023)
* Parshuram Komaji Khune (2023)
* Maguni Charan Kuanr (2023)
* Domar Singh Kunvar (2023)
* Risingbor Kurkalang (2023)
* Rani Machaiah (2023)
* Ajay Kumar Mandavi (2023)
* Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa (2023)
* Ramesh and Shanti Parmar (2023)
* Krishna Patel (2023)
* K Kalyanasundaram Pillai (2023)
* Kapil Dev Prasad (2023)
* Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri (2023)
* C. V. Raju (2023)
* Pareshbhai Rathwa (2023)
* Mangala Kanti Roy (2023)
* K.C. Runremsangi (2023)
* Ritwik Sanyal (2023)
* Kota Satchidananda Sastry (2023)
* Neihunuo Sorhie (2023)
* Moa Subong (2023)
* Raveena Tandon (2023)
* Coomi Nariman Wadia (2023)
* Ghulam Muhammad Zaz (2023)
* Khalil Ahamad (2024)
* Badrappan M (2024)
* Kaluram Bamaniya (2024)
* Rezwana Choudhury Bannya (2024)
* Naseem Bano (2024)
* Ramlal Bareth (2024)
* Gita Roy Barman (2024)
* Som Dutt Battu (2024)
* Takdira Begum (2024)
* Drona Bhuyan (2024)
* Ashok Kumar Biswas (2024)
* Smriti Rekha Chakma (2024)
* A Velu Ananda Chari (2024)
* Ghulam Nabi Dar (2024)
* Mahabir Singh Guddu (2024)
* Anupama Hoskere (2024)
* Jankilal (2024)
* Ratan Kahar (2024)
* Dasari Kondappa (2024)
* Jordan Lepcha (2024)
* Binod Maharana (2024)
* Uma Maheshwari D (2024)
* Ram Kumar Mallick (2024)
* Surendra Mohan Mishra (2024)
* Ali Mohammed & Ghani Mohammed (2024)
* Kiran Nadar (2024)
* Narayanan E P (2024)
* Bhagabat Padhan (2024)
* Sanatan Rudra Pal (2024)
* Binod Kumar Pasayat (2024)
* Silbi Passah (2024)
* Shanti Devi Paswan & Shivan Paswan (2024)
* Romalo Ram (2024)
* Nirmal Rishi (2024)
* Pran Sabharwal (2024)
* Gaddam Sammaiah (2024)
* Machihan Sasa (2024)
* Omprakash Sharma (2024)
* Godawari Singh (2024)
* Seshampatti T Sivalingam (2024)
* Urmila Srivastava (2024)
* Nepal Chandra Sutradhar (2024)
* Gopinath Swain (2024)
* Laxman Bhatt Tailang (2024)
* Jagdish Trivedi (2024)
* Balakrishnan Sadanam Puthiya Veetil (2024)
* Babu Ram Yadav (2024)
* Adwaita Gadanayak (2025)
* Achyut Ramchandra Palav (2025)
* Arijit Singh (2025)
* Ashok Saraf (2025)
* Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (2025)
* Barry Godfray John (2025)
* Batool Begam (2025)
* Bharat Gupt (2025)
* Bheru Singh Chouhan (2025)
* Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara (2025)
* Durga Charan Ranbir (2025)
* Farooq Ahmad Mir (2025)
* Gokul Chandra Das (2025)
* Guruvayur Dorai (2025)
* Harchandan Singh Bhatty (2025)
* Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale (2025)
* Hassan Raghu (2025)
* Jaspinder Narula (2025)
* Joynacharan Bathari (2025)
* K. Omanakutty (2025)
* Madugula Nagaphani Sarma (2025)
* Mahavir Nayak (2025)
* Mamata Shankar (2025)
* Miriyala Apparao (2025)
* Naren Gurung (2025)
* Nirmala Devi (2025)
* P Datchanamoorthy (2025)
* Pandi Ram Mandavi (2025)
* Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai (2025)
* Purisai Kannappa Sambandan (2025)
* Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy (2025)
* Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar (2025)
* Ratan Parimoo (2025)
* Rebakanta Mahanta (2025)
* Ricky Kej (2025)
* Shyam Bihari Agrawal (2025)
* Tejendra Majumdar (2025)
* Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi (2025)
* Vasudeo Kamath (2025)
* Velu Aasaan (2025)
* Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar (2025)

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Raghupathi Venkaiah Award

1980–1990|

* L. V. Prasad (1980)
* P. Pullayya (1981)
* B. A. Subba Rao (1982)
* M. A. Rahman (1983)
* Kosaraju (1984)
* Bhanumathi (1985)
* Bapu and Ramana (1986)
* Nagi Reddi (1987)
* D. V. S. Raju (1988)
* Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1989)
* Dasari Narayana Rao (1990)

1991–2000|

* K. Viswanath (1991)
* S. Rajeswara Rao (1992)
* D. Madhusudhana Rao (1993)
* Anjali Devi (1994)
* K. S. Prakash Rao (1995)
* Inturi Venkateswara Rao (1996)
* V. Madhusudhana Rao (1997)
* Gummadi (1998)
* Santha Kumari (1999)
* Kantha Rao (2000)

2001–2010|

* Allu Ramalingaiah (2001)
* P. Susheela (2002)
* V. B. Rajendra Prasad (2003)
* Krishnaveni (2004)
* M. S. Reddy (2005)
* Daggubati Rama Naidu (2006)
* Tammareddy Krishna Murthy (2007)
* Vijaya Nirmala (2008)
* K. Raghava (2009)
* M. Balayya (2010)

2011–present|

* Kaikala Satyanarayana (2011)
* Kodi Ramakrishna (2012)
* Vanisri (2013)
* Krishnam Raju (2014)
* Eswar (2015)
* Chiranjeevi (2016)

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Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Director

1972–1980|

* K. V. Reddy (1972)
* T. Rama Rao (1973)
* K. Viswanath (1974)
* K. Viswanath (1975)
* Bapu (1976)
* K. Raghavendra Rao (1977)
* K. Balachander (1978)
* Dasari Narayana Rao (1979)
* Bapu (1980)

1981–1990|

* Dasari Narayana Rao (1981)
* K. Viswanath (1982)
* K. Viswanath (1983)
* Jandhyala (1984)
* Singeetam Srinivasa Rao (1985)
* K. Viswanath (1986)
* K. Viswanath (1987)
* M. V. Raghu (1988)
* Mani Ratnam (1989)
* K. Raghavendra Rao (1990)

1991–2000|

* Kranthi Kumar (1991)
* K. Viswanath (1992)
* K. Raghavendra Rao (1993)
* S. V. Krishna Reddy (1994)
* K. Viswanath (1995)
* Krishna Vamsi (1996)
* Dasari Narayana Rao (1997)
* Krishna Vamsi (1998)
* B. Gopal (1999)
* K. Vijaya Bhaskar (2000)

2001–2010|

* Teja (2001)
* Krishna Vamsi (2002)
* Gunasekhar (2003)
* Sukumar (2004)
* Trivikram Srinivas (2005)
* Puri Jagannadh (2006)
* Sekhar Kammula (2007)
* Krish (2008)
* S. S. Rajamouli (2009)
* Krish (2010)

2011–2018|

* Srinu Vaitla (2011)
* S. S. Rajamouli (2012)
* Trivikram Srinivas (2013)
* Vikram Kumar (2014)
* S. S. Rajamouli (2015)
* Vamshi Paidipally (2016)
* S. S. Rajamouli (2017)
* Nag Ashwin (2018)

2020–present|

* Sukumar (2020–2021)
* S. S. Rajamouli (2022)
* Venu Yeldandi (2023)

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Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South

1983–1989|

* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1983)
* Sowcar Janaki (1984)
* Sivaji Ganesan (1985)
* Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1986)
* P. Bhanumathi (1987)
* Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1988)
* Ilaiyaraaja (1989)

1990–1999|

* Padmini (1990)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1991)
* L. V. Prasad (1992)
* Gemini Ganesan (1993)
* K. Balachander, K. Viswanath, B. Saroja Devi, Madhu, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Soumitra Chatterjee (1994)
* Nagesh & Manorama (1995)
* Krishna & Sharada (1996)
* Nedumudi Venu & S. Janaki (1997)
* Allu Ramalingaiah & Lakshmi (1998)
* Pandari Bai & Mugur Sundar (1999)
* D. Ramanaidu & Sheela (2000)

2001–2010|

* M. S. Viswanathan & Dasari Narayana Rao (2001)
* K. Raghavendra Rao & Vishnuvardhan (2002)
* K. J. Yesudas & Vijayashanti (2003)
* K. R. Vijaya & Ramoji Rao (2004)
* Thilakan & Sukumari (2005)
* Krishnam Raju & P. Susheela (2006)
* Sivakumar & Jaya Prada (2007)
* Veturi (2008)
* Ambareesh & K. P. A. C. Lalitha (2009)
* Chiranjeevi & Jayasudha (2010)

2011–2018|

* S. P. Muthuraman & Seema (2011)
* Bapu & Vani Jairam (2012)
* Balu Mahendra & Jayabharathi (2013)
* I. V. Sasi & Radhika Sarathkumar (2014)
* Mohan Babu (2015)
* Vijaya Nirmala (2016)
* Kaikala Satyanarayana (2017)
* Hariharan (2018)

2020–present|

* Puneeth Rajkumar and Allu Aravind (2020–2021)
* Srinath (2023)

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* ISNI
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* Germany
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