ANR Awards: Chiru Recalls Vajrotsavam ‘Legendary Award’ Incident

Megastar Chiranjeevi today received the most prestigious ANR Award from the chief guest of the event Amitabh Bachchan.

Chiranjeevi appeared content and jubilant at the same time and it could be seen in his speech. Chiranjeevi mentions that this ANR award is so precious to him even though he was felicitated with awards like Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan along with many awards earlier. The legendary actor reveals the reason.

While speaking at the event, Chiru recalls the saying ‘Inta Gelichi Racha Gelavatam’ while he mentions that the Padma awards he received are about winning everywhere but the ANR Award is like winning at home, the Telugu Film Industry.

Chiru brings up the controversial ‘Legendary Award’ incident from Vajrotsavam Event. Emphasizing how special is ANR Award for him, Chiranjeevi said he was happy to be felicitaed with the ‘Legendary Award’ back then but did not want to receive it because a few people were not happy with it.

Chiranjeevi then pledged to keep it in a time capsule and receive only when he is eligible for it. Saying that he did not win the appreciation at home (Telugu Industry), Chiru said ‘today, by receiving the ANR Award and that too from the hands of Amitabh Bachchan, and my friend and brother Nagarjuna inviting me to recevive the award, I now feel I have won at home’.

Chiranjeevi reveals how precious and special the ANR Award is for him, though he had won many awards earlier. Chiranjeevi divulging his state of mind and his emotional feeling on receiving the prestigious ANR Award took many film celebrities and viewers back in time to 2007.

It looks like after all these years, Chiru put an end to the Vajrotsavam Legendary Award controversy by giving an answer to Mohan Babu and by receiving the great ANR National Award.

Check out Chiranjeevi’s emotional speech from Telugu cinema Vajrotsavam event.