Popular Telugu actor Kota Srinivasa Rao has been conferred with the Padma Shri award.Kota has received the honour from Indian President Pranab Mukherjee.
Government of india announced Padma Shri award for Kota on Republic Day.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Delhi CM Aravind Kejriwal and other ministers like Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh were among the dignitaries present at the event.Along with the Tollywood big wigs, many of the industry celebrities expressed their happiness over the happening.
Kota says that the recognition is a surprise for him as he had never expected to get the fourth highest civilian award in India
Born in 1947, Kota, who started his acting career in theatre, made his cinematic debut in 1978 Telugu film “Pranam Khareedu”.
Having started his career in brief character and comic roles, Kota went on to become one of the finest villains and supporting actor of Telugu filmdom.
Kota Srinivasa Rao has worked with all leading actors, directors and producers of the Telugu film industry.
He is the recipient of six Andhra Pradesh state government Nandi awards
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