The Telugu film industry is celebrating its Diamond Jubilee Celebrations to mark the completion of 75 years amidst several stalwarts of the Telugu cinema for the past three days.
On January 28, the valedictory of the celebrations were also held on a grand scale. Several artistes, technicians were present at the function. Firstly the artistes from London gave an aerobic performance. Later the photographs of Legends were displayed. Chief Minister YS Rajasekhar Reddy, prominent guests Union Minister Dasari Narayana Rao, State minister Shabbir Ali, Film Development Corporation Chairman G Adiseshagiri Rao attended the programme.
Shabbir Ali says, 'Because the industry is celebrating the Diamond Jubilee marking the completion of 75 years, the entire world in general and Telugu people in particular are looking at the industry. We are very happy in this regard.'
Later Dasari Narayana Rao was felicitated by Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy and Minister Shabbir Ali. Afterwards, senior artiste Anjali Devi was felicitated by YS Rajasekhar Reddy and Dasari Narayana Rao. Then it was the turn of Chiranjeevi, who was felicitated by Roja, Suhasini. Then YS Rajasekhar Reddy, Dasari Narayana Rao, Shabbir Ali felicitated Balakrishna.
Speaking on the occasion Dasari Narayana Rao says, 'Our film industry had completed 75 years. We have to review the history of the Telugu film history. It is LV Prasad who had produced Hindi films and almost 12 of his films had celebrated 100 days in Bollywood. He is a Telugu man. It is our own Telugu stars, Sridevi, Jayaprada and Hemamalini who created ripples in the Bollywood. Dr D Ramanaidu, who had produced over 100 films and entered the Guinness Book of World Records, Vijayanirmala, who had directed 43 films and entered the records books as a woman director, BN Reddy, SP Balasubrahmanyam who had rendered over 10,000 songs, K Raghavendra Rao, who is on par with Raj Kapoor, above all our own Chiranjeevi, who is proud to be a Telugu artiste and is lauded by the entire country. All such great personalities are from our own Telugu film industry. All of them had helped in the development of the Telugu film industry. However, we should also look at the small budget films. We should ensure that the resources provided by the government are being utilized fully.'
After Dasari's speech, Dr Mohanbabu danced to the tune of 'Punya Bhoomi Naa Desam'' song, Vishnu shook legs for the song 'Vennelave' Vennelave'' and then Manoj danced to the tune of 'Manmadha Rajaa''.
Later Mohanbabu says, 'I have an attachment with the film industry for 42 years. I thank one and all who cooperated with me so far.'
Those who rendered dance performances include, Ali, Kamna Jethmalani, Baladitya, Poonam Bajwa, Saikiran, Farjana, Chitram Srinu, Suhasini, Sivabalaji, Madhushalini, Navaneeth Kaur, Veda, Nataraj, Priyamani, Swapna Madhuri. Yuva Samrat Nagarjuna also shook his legs for the title song of 'Mass' and enthralled the audiences.
Bollywood heroine Tabu and Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam felicitaed Jayaprada and Jayasudha. Afterwards, again Poonam Bajwa, Kamna Jethmalani, Sunayana, Baladitya, Priyamani, Farjana, Gouri Munjal rendred the songs. Next, it is the turn of B Sarojadevi, who was felicitated by Pawan Kalyan, while Nirmalamma was feted by Sneha. Nutan Prasad and Ramaprabha were also felicitated. Afterwards Devisri Prasad performed for 'Kannulu Moose Kala Gantaru'' .
The other show were felicitated included Ramesh Prasad, Kodi Ramakrishna, Yuva Ratna Balakrishna, Puri Jagannath, Jayasudha. Publicity designer Eswar and Fight Mater Vijayan were also felicitated. Then Sunil and Gouri Munjal together performed the song 'Dayi Dayi Daamma', while Prabhudeva and Sridevi performed for Raakhi title song. After this break, Gitanjali, Rojaramani, Purna Pictures Viswanath, Karnachary were felicitated by FDC chairman G Adiseshagiri Rao, Srihari, Jagapatibabu and Anushka.
Still photographer Bhushan, Himayallu, Gollapudi Maruthi Rao and others were felicitated by Paruchuri Brothers, Srikanth, Brahmanandam, Kota Srinivasa Rao and Nayanatara. Then it is Raghava Lawrence enthralled the audiences with his dance performance along with four of his troupe.
Tammareddy Bharadwaja was celebrated by Dr D Ramanaidu, Dasari Narayana Rao, Roja and Ramyakrishna. Then comes the young batch. Stylish Star Arjun gave an excellent dance performance. Then Balakrishna, Navaneeth Kaur, Suhasini, Madhushalini, Kamna Jethmalani, Sunayana, Priyamani, Farjana and Poonam Bajwa gave another good dance performance.
Then come Vadde Naveen, Poonam Bajwa, Sridevi, Sivabalaji, Sunayana, Madhushalini, Nataraj, Rohit, Veda, Kamna Jethmalani performed a fantastic dance. Mega Star Chiranjeevi, Power Star Pawan Kalyan danced for the title song of 'Shankar Dada MBBS'.
There was a huge applause from the audiences to the dance. After finishing the dance, Chiranjeevi gave a brief speech, in which he thanked the Diamond Jubilee Committee for making the programme a grand success. Finally, a song ' 'We are the one, We will be one' 'choreographed on all the heroes and heroines of the Telugu film industry was exhibited. Noted director and Diamond Jubilee Celebrations Committee convener KS Rama Rao delivered a vote of thanks.
