Earlier this year, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy announced that the government would confer the people who excel in the film industry with the Gaddar Awards, replacing the old Nandi Awards.
In the latest development, the government appointed veteran filmmaker B Narsing Rao as the chairman of a committee formed to formulate the modalities, rules, and regulations, including the nomenclature and logo for Gaddar Awards.
The government issued an order that included the names of some celebrities who would act as advisory members of the committee. In a government order issued by Telangana Film Television and Theatre Development Corporation, Tollywood director Dil Raju has been appointed as the vice-chairman of the committee.
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The list includes the following personalities. K Raghavendra Rao, Ande Sree, Tammareddy Bharadwaja, Allu Aravind, Gummadi Vennela, Tanikella Bharani, D Suresh Babu, K Chandra Bose, R Narayana Murthy, Vandematharam Srinivas, Allani Sridhar, Sana Yadi Reddy, Harish Shankar and Yeldandi Venu have been appointed as the advisory members of the committee.
The film industry personalities are also in discussion with the government of Andhra Pradesh to resume the initiation of Nandi Awards for the film personalities.
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