NTR National Award

The NTR National Award is an annual award presented by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to recognize people for their lifetime achievements and contributions to the Cinema of India. It is an honorary Nandi Award in the honour of N. T. Rama Rao, actor and politician who also served as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. The Award carries a cash prize of ₹ 500,000/- and a memento.

Recipients
The recipients of the awards are as follows:






 * 1996: Akkineni Nageswara Rao
 * 1997: Dilip Kumar
 * 1998: Sivaji Ganesan
 * 1999: Lata Mangeshkar
 * 2000: Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
 * 2001: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
 * 2002: Dr. Rajkumar
 * 2003: Ghattamaneni Krishna
 * 2004: Ilayaraja
 * 2005: Ambareesh
 * 2006: Waheeda Rehman
 * 2007: Dasari Narayana Rao
 * 2008: Jamuna
 * 2009: B. Saroja Devi
 * 2010: Sharada
 * 2011: Amitabh Bachchan
 * 2012: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
 * 2013: Hema Malini
 * 2014: Kamal Haasan
 * 2015: K. Raghavendra Rao
 * 2016: Rajinikanth
 * 2017: Dwarakish