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NTR Rangasthala Puraskaram for Chatla Sreeramulu

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NTR Rangasthala Puraskaram for Chatla Sreeramulu
NTR Rangasthala Puraskaram for Chatla Sreeramulu

Hyderabad, Feb 6: Noted stage actor and director Chatla Sreeramulu has been selected for the Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Rangasthala Puraskaram-2009, the Andhra Pradesh Film Development Corporation announced on Saturday.The prestigious award has been instituted by Andhra Pradesh Film Development Corporation as a mark of recognising outstanding performances in theatre arts and would be presented to the noted artiste on the concluding day of Nandi Nataka utsav presently ongoing in Khammam.

Sreeramulu has already won the Best Actor Award of the Andhra Nataka Kalaa Parishad twice and also won State Natak Academy Best Director Award.A post-graduate in English Literature from Andhra University, his penchant for the dramatic art made him land in the theatre when he was just 19 in 1951 (born on December 5, 1931). He followed his heart and started to act on stage at that early age.He has acted in and directed more than 100 plays. He also successfully completed the Producer and Teacher certificate course of the British Drama League, London in the 70s.

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