Gummadi (actor)

Gummadi
Gummadi
	File:Gummadi-Venkateswara-Rao-pic.jpg
Born	Gummadi Venkateswara Rao; 9 July 1927; Ravikampadu, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	26 January 2010 (aged 82); Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1950–2010
Awards	Padma Shri ; Rashtrapati Award
Website	gummadi.com

Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (9 July 1927 – 26 January 2010) was an Indian actor and producer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and a few Tamil films. Known as one of the finest method actors, Gummadi starred in around five hundred feature films. He received critical recognition for his work in Thodu Dongalu (1954) and Mahamantri Timmarusu (1962), for which he has received the erstwhile Rashtrapati Award.^[1]^[2] Gummadi was an official member of the Indian delegation from South India to the Tashkent Film Festival in 1978 and 1982.^[3]

Gummadi served as a jury member thrice for the 28th, 33rd and 39th National Film Awards.^[4]^[5]^[6] He served twice on the state Nandi Awards Committee.^[7] In 1977, he was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian honor Padma Shri for his contributions to Indian cinema.^[8]^[9] He is widely known for his roles in films such as Maya Bazar (1957), Maa Inti Mahalakshmi (1959), Kula Daivam (1960), Kula Gothralu (1962), Jyothi (1976), Nelavanka (1981), Maro Malupu (1982), Ekalavya (1982), Ee Charitra Ye Siraatho? (1982), Gaaju Bommalu (1983) and Pelli Pustakam (1991). In 2008 he starred in Jagadguru Sree Kasi Nayana Charitra which is his last film.^[10]

Early life[edit]

He was born in Ravikampadu near Kollur mandal, in the erstwhile Madras Presidency (now Andhra Pradesh), India. According to one of his interviews, he studied in ZP High School, Kollur and Hindu College, Guntur.

Early career[edit]

Gummadi's acting career extended from 1950 onwards for almost six decades and he worked with three generations of people in the film industry. Though young, he played dignified older people at the beginning. He was a versatile character actor in sociopolitical and mythological movies. He acted in nearly 500 movies. He played the role of father to many lead actors in old Telugu films.

Gummadi Venkateswara Rao first appeared as an actor in 1942, where he played the role of an old man on the stage. He began his cinema career with Adrushtadeepudu (1950) and continued on for about 500 more films portraying roles ranging from the hero, the villain and the character artiste, to roles with a slight comedic bent, such as his guest appearance in Missamma (1955).

Characters played by him[edit]

Lawyer
Munasabu
Nanda
Parashurama
Police officer
Pothana
Principal
Satrajit
Timmarusu
Vishwamitra
Yudhishthira
Zamindar

Personal life[edit]

Gummadi Venkateswara Rao memorial near Potharlanka.

Gummadi was married and had five daughters and two sons. He died of multiple organ failure at Care hospital, Hyderabad on 26 January 2010.^[11] His last public appearance was at the screening of Maya Bazar, which had been colourised. Here he expressed his happiness and said that "Watching this great movie in colour probably could have been the only reason for me to have stayed alive for so long."^[12]

Written works[edit]

Gummadi has written his memoirs of Telugu cinema in Teepi Gurthulu and Chedu Gnapakalu.

Awards[edit]

Civilian honors

Padma Shri - Government of India - 1977 ^[13]

Rashtrapati Awards

Best acting for Mahamantri Timmarusu (1963)

Nandi Awards^[14]

Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for contribution to Telugu cinema (1998)
Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actor - Maro Malupu (1982)

Other Honors

1963 - Honorary Doctorate - Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University
1976 - Filmfare Special Award for Excellent Performance^[15] - Jyothi & Sita Kalyanam

Selected filmography[edit]

Year	Film	Character	Remarks
1950	Adrushta Deepudu		Debut film
1953	Pitchi Pullaiah	Bhopala Rao
1954	Thodu Dongalu	Lokanatham
1955	Kanyasulkam	Sowjanya Rao Pantulu
	Ardhangi	Zameendaar
	Jayasimha	Ranadhir
	Missamma	Employer (guest role)
	Rani Ratnaprabha
1956	Chiranjeevulu	Dr. Krishna
	Edi Nijam	Munusabu
	Ilavelpu	Sekhar's father
	Pennin Perumai
1957	Suvarna Sundari	Tata
	Maya Bazaar	Balarama
	Dampatyam
	Dongallo Dora	Inspector Ram Murthy
	MLA	Damodaram
	Premada Putri
	Preme Daivam
	Sarangadhara
	Sati Anasuya
	Veera Kankanam
	Vinayaka Chaviti	Satrajit
1958	Aadapettanam
	Chenchu Lakshmi	Durvasa
	Dongalunnaru Jagratha
	Ettuku Pai Ettu	Govindaiah
	Intiguttu
1959	Illarikam	Zamindar
	Jayabheri	Viswanatha Sastri
	Krishna Leelalu
	Maa Inti Mahalakshmi
	Nammina Bantu	Zamindar Bhujanga Rao
	Pelli Sandadi
	Raja Makutam	Prachandudu
	Sabhash Ramudu
	Sati Tulasi
	Sipayi Kooturu
1960	Deepavali	Nagadattudu
	Harishchandra	Vishwamitra Maharshi
	Pelli Kaanuka
	Renukadevi Mahatyam
	Sahasra Siracheda Apoorva Chinthamani
	Shantinivasam
	Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam	Bhrigu Maharshi
1961	Bharya Bharthalu	Anand's father
	Iddaru Mitrulu	Bhanoji Rao
	Rishyashringar
	Rushyashrunga
	Santa
	Sri Seetha Rama Kalyanam	Vishwamitra Maharshi
	Tandrulu Kodukulu
	Vagdanam	Ranganatham
	Velugu Needalu
1962	Aradhana	Principal
	Bhishma	Karna
	Constable Koothuru
	Kalimilemulu
	Khaidi Kannaiah
	Kula Gothralu	Bhushaiah
	Mahamantri Timmarusu	Mahamantri Timmarusu
	Siri Sampadalu	Jagapati Naidu
1963	Chaduvukunna Ammayilu	Venkat Rangayya
	Irugu – Porugu
	Lakshadhikari	Seetayya
	Mooga Manasulu	Zamindar
	Paruvu Prathishta
	Punarjanma	Zamindar
	Savati Koduku
	Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham	Yudhishthira
	Tirupathamma Katha
1964	Aatmabalam	Psychiatrist
	Aggimeedha Guggilam	as king
	Dr. Chakravarthy	Inspector Sridhar
	Manchi Manishi
	Murali Krishna
	Pooja Phalam	Diwan Ramakrishnaiah
	Ramadasu	Kabir
	Varasatwam
1965	Pandava Vanavasam	Yudhishthira
	Aatma Gowravam	Ramaiah
	Antastulu	Zamindar
	Chandrahasa
	CID	Chalapathi
	Keelu Bommalu
	Naadi Aada Janme
	Preminchi Choodu	Subbarayudu
	Satya Harishchandra
	Visala Hrudayalu	Viswanatham
1966	Aastiparulu	Zamindar
	Bhakta Potana	Pothana
	Kanne Manasulu
	Navarathri	Radha's father
	Palnati Yuddham
	Shri Krishna Pandaviyam
1967	Kambojaraju Katha
	Prana Mithrulu	Diwan
	Private Master	Sundari's father
	Rahasyam	Sriganda Prabhu
	Sudigundalu	Defence Lawyer
1968	Bandhipotu Dongalu	Doctor
	Bangaru Gaajulu	Chandra Shekaram
	Bangaru Sankellu
	Chuttarikalu^[16]
	Govula Gopanna	Chairman Nagaraju
	Mana Samsaram
	Pala Manasulu
1969	Adrushtavanthalu
	Aadarsa Kutumbam
	Aatmiyulu	Jagannadham
	Bhale Rangadu
	Buddhimanthudu	D.E.O
	Manushulu Marali
	Shri Rama Katha
	Tara Sasankam
1970	Agni Pareeksha
	Akka Chellelu	Dharmayya
	Jai Jawan	Madhava Rao
	Maro Prapancham
	Poola Rangadu	Chalapathi
	Sridevi
	Kathanayika Molla
1971	Amayakuralu
	Bhagyavanthudu
	Bharya Biddalu
	Dasara Bullodu	Vasu
	Mosagallaku Mosagadu	Daanala Dharmayya
	Nenu Manishine
	Prem Nagar	Lata's father
	Sampoorna Ramayanam	Dasharadha
	Shri Krishna Satya
	Shrimanthudu
	Sisindri Chittibabu
	Suputhrudu
	Vichithra Dampathyam
	Pavitra Hrudayalu	Nagendra Babu
1972	Bangaru Babu	Ranganatham
	Bala Mitrula Katha	Kotaiah
	Iddaru Ammayilu	Ramanujam
	Kalam Marindi
	Koduku Kodalu	Srihari Rao
	Neethi Nijayathi
	Pandanti Kapuram
	Tata Manavadu	Paramatma Rao
	Vichitra Bandham	Ahobila Rao
	Attanu Diddina Kodalu
1973	Jeevana Tarangalu	Venugopal Rao
	Kannavari Kala
	Mallamma Katha
	Marapurani Manishi	Ananda Rao
	Minaru Babu
	Samsaram Sagaram
	Vichitra Vivaham
	Vintha Katha
1974	Alluri Seetharama Raju
	Ammayi Pelli
	Anaganaga Oka Thandri
	Bhoomikosam
	Devadasu
	Dora Babu
	Gali Patalu	Inspector Sekhar
	Intinti Katha
	Khaidi Babai
	Manushullo Devudu	Father
1975	Moguda Pellama	Dharma Rao
	Babu
	Samsaram
	Saubhagyavati
	Soggadu	Simhadri
	Yashoda Krishna	Nanda
	Zamindarugari Ammayi
	Lakshmana Rekha	Lawyer
1976	Ramarajyamlo Rakthapasam
	Neram Nadi Kadu Akalidi
	Manchiki Maro Peru
	Oka Deepam Veligindhi
	Padavoyi Bharatheeyuda
	Secretary
	Sita Kalyanam	Dasaradh
	Sita Swayamvar	Dasarath
	Yavanam Katesindi
1977	Aalu Magalu	Ranga Rao
	Chakradhari
	Janma janmala bandham
	Daana Veera Soora Karna	Parasu Ramudu
	Indradhanusu
	Kalpana
	Kurukshetram	Bhishma
	Seeta Rama Vanavasam
	Savasagallu^[17]
1978	Chal Mohana Ranga
	Sati Savitri
	Akbar Saleem Anarkali
	Devadasu Malli Puttadu	Sripathi Raja
	Sahasavanthudu
1979	Captain Krishna
	Ganga Bhavani
	Intinti Ramayanam
	Karthika Deepam
	Khiladi Krishnudu
	Mande Gundelu
	Muddula Koduku	Raobahadoor Ranga Rao
	Naa Illu Naa Vaalu
	Shri Tirupati Venkateswara Kalyanam	Hathiram Bhavaji
1980	Mosagadu
	Chandipriya
	Buchi Babu	Buchi Babu's grandfather
	Dharma Chakram
	Gajadonga
	Gharana Donga
	Gopala Krishnudu
	Heema Hemeelu
	Kaksha
	Kotha Jeevithalu
	Sardar Papa Rayudu
	Shri Vasavi Kannika Parameshwari Mahatyam
	Sreevari Muchatlu
1981	Agni Poolu	Rajeshwari's father
	Alludugaru Zindabad
	Asha Jyoti
	Bhoga Bhagyalu
	Premabhishekam	Dr. Venkateswarulu
	Prema Mandiram	Bhupati Raja
	Sandhya Ragam
	Jathagadu	Rangaiah
1982	Mondighatam
	Gruha Pravesam
	Anuraga Devatha	Priest
	Bangaru Kanuka
	Ee Charitra Ae Siratho
	Ekalavya
	Jagannatha Rathachakralu
	Kaliyuga Ramudu
	Maro Malupu		Nandi Award for Best Actor
	Raga Deepam
	Swayamvaram
1983	Sangharshana
	Prema Pichollu
	Adavallu Aligithe
	Ee Pillaku Pellavuthundha
	MLA Yedukondalu
	Mundadugu	Lawyer
	Nelavanka	Sitarama Raju
	Pelli Choopulu
	Police Venkataswamy
	Rudrakali
1984	Rustum	Brahmaiah Naidu
1984	Rojulu Marayi
1985	Raktha Sindhuram	Jagannatham
	Shri Datta Darshanam	Jamadagni
	Jwala	IG
1986	Driver Babu	Narayana Rao
	Vikram	Commissioner
	Kiraathakudu	Dharmateja
1987	Pasivadi Pranam
	Thene Manasulu
	Majnu	Alekhya's grandfather
	Muddu Bidda
1988	Kanoon Ki Hathkadee
1988	Anna Chellelu
1990	Bobbili Raja	Sundaraiyah
1991	Pelli Pustakam	Sridhar Rao	Nandi Award for Best Feature Film
1991	Talli Tandrulu	Venkataramaiah
1992	Brundavanam	Jagannadham
1993	Muta Mesthri	Chief Minister
	Gaayam
	Rajendrudu Gajendrudu	Elephant's Master
	Rajeshwari Kalyanam
	Varasudu	Principal
	Srinatha Kavi Sarvabhowmudu
1994	Govinda Govinda	Doorvasa Maharshi
1995	Maya Bazaar	Balarama
1995	Aayanaki Iddaru	Krishna Mohan's father
1996	Dharma Chakram
2008	Jagadguru Sri Kasinayana Charitra	Kasinayana

References[edit]

↑ Ramachandran, T.M. (1973). Film world. Vol. 9.
↑ The Times of India directory and year book including who's who. Times of India Press. 1984.
↑ "Profile of Gummadi - Telugu film actor".
↑ "28th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
↑ "33rd National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
↑ "39th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
↑ "Actor Gummadi passes away". The Hindu.
↑ "Gummadi never forgot his mentor". The New Indian Express.
↑ "Gummadi Awards".
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ Gummadi Venkateswara Rao died Breaking News Views. Retrieved on 26 January 2010.
↑ Gummadi on Mayabazar at YouTube
↑ "List Of Telugu Actors Who Received Civilan Awards From The Government Of India - Wirally". Retrieved 18 September 2021.
↑ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
↑ "The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who". 1979.
↑ "Chuttarikalu on IMdb".
↑ "Savasagallu (1977)". IMDb. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

External links[edit]

Gummadi on IMDb
gummadi.com

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[1] Ramachandran, T.M. (1973). Film world. Vol. 9.

[2] The Times of India directory and year book including who's who. Times of India Press. 1984.

[3] "Profile of Gummadi - Telugu film actor".

[28thawardPDF-4] "28th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 4 October 2011.

[33rdawardPDF-5] "33rd National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 7 January 2012.

[39thawardPDF-6] "39th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 February 2012.

[7] "Actor Gummadi passes away". The Hindu.

[8] "Gummadi never forgot his mentor". The New Indian Express.

[9] "Gummadi Awards".

[10] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[11] Gummadi Venkateswara Rao died Breaking News Views. Retrieved on 26 January 2010.

[12] Gummadi on Mayabazar at YouTube

[13] "List Of Telugu Actors Who Received Civilan Awards From The Government Of India - Wirally". Retrieved 18 September 2021.

[14] "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)

[15] "The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who". 1979.

[16] "Chuttarikalu on IMdb".

[17] "Savasagallu (1977)". IMDb. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

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v t e Raghupathi Venkaiah Award
1980–1990	1980: L. V. Prasad (director and producer) 1981: P. Pullaiah and Santha Kumari (director and producer) 1982: B. A. Subba Rao (director, producer and writer) 1983: M. A. Rahman 1984: Kosaraju Raghavaiah Choudary (lyricist, poet and actor) 1985: Bhanumati (actor, producer, singer, music director, and writer) 1986: Bapu and Mullapudi Venkata Ramana 1987: B. Nagi Reddy (producer) 1988: D. V. S. Raju (producer) 1989: Akkineni Nageswara Rao (actor) 1990: Dasari Narayana Rao (actor, director, and producer)
1991–2000	1991: K. Viswanath (Film director) 1992: S. Rajeswara Rao (composer) 1993: D. Madhusudhana Rao (producer) 1994: Anjali Devi (actress) 1995: K. S. Prakash Rao (actor, cinematographer, director, producer) 1996: Inturi Venkateswara Rao 1997: V. Madhusudhan Rao 1998: Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (actor) 1999: Santha Kumari (actress and producer) 2000: Kanta Rao (actor, producer)
2001–present	2001: Allu Rama Lingaiah (actor) 2002: P. Susheela (playback singer) 2003: V. B. Rajendra Prasad (producer) 2004: Krishnaveni (actress and producer) 2005: M. S. Reddy (producer, writer, and director) 2006: Daggubati Rama Naidu (producer, actor) 2007: Tammareddy Krishna Murthy (producer) 2008: Vijaya Nirmala (actress, producer and director) 2009: K. Ragava (producer) 2010: M. Balaiah (actor, producer and director) 2011: Kaikala Satyanarayana (actor, producer and director) 2012: Kodi Ramakrishna (director) 2013: Vanisri (actress) 2014: Krishnam Raju (actor) 2015: Eswar (publicity designer, writer) 2016: Chiranjeevi (actor, producer)

v t e Recipients of Padma Shri in Art
1950s	Omkarnath Thakur (1955) Sthanam Narasimha Rao (1956) Sudhir Khastgir (1957) Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (1957) Debaki Bose (1958) Shambhu Maharaj (1958) Nargis (1958) Satyajit Ray (1958) Devika Rani (1958)
1960s	Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar (1961) Bismillah Khan (1961) Raghunath Krishna Phadke (1961) Ashok Kumar (1962) Mehboob Khan (1963) Melville de Mellow (1963) Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar (1964) Adi Pherozeshah Marzban (1964) P. C. Sorcar (1964) Guru Kunchu Kurup (1965) V. Nagaiah (1965) Ravishankar Raval (1965) Mrinalini Sarabhai (1965) Sivaji Ganesan (1966) M. F. Husain (1966) Sumitra Charat Ram (1966) P. Bhanumathi (1966) Daji Bhatawadekar (1967) Vasant Desai (1967) Siddheshwari Devi (1967) Mohammed Rafi (1967) Sashadhar Mukherjee (1967) Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (1967) M. R. Acharekar (1968) Begum Akhtar (1968) Sharan Rani Backliwal (1968) Nikhil Banerjee (1968) Sunil Dutt (1968) Durga Khote (1968) Yamini Krishnamurthy (1968) Shankar–Jaikishan (1968) Ayodhya Prasad (1968) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1968) N. T. Rama Rao (1968) Devi Lal Samar (1968) Vyjayanthimala (1968) Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1969) David Abraham Cheulkar (1969) Narayan Shridhar Bendre (1969) S. D. Burman (1969) B. Saroja Devi (1969) Indrani Rahman (1969) Balraj Sahni (1969) S. N. Swamy (artist) (1969)
1970s	Sukumar Bose (1970) Prem Dhawan (1970) Ratna Fabri (1970) Gemini Ganesan (1970) Ritwik Ghatak (1970) Damayanti Joshi (1970) Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (1970) Karl Jamshed Khandalavala (1970) Madhaviah Krishnan (1970) Rajendra Kumar (1970) Pankaj Mullick (1970) Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair (1970) Relangi (1970) Gummadi (1970) Vijay Raghav Rao (1970) V. Satyanarayana Sarma (1970) Maisnam Amubi Singh (1970) K. B. Sundarambal (1970) Avinash Vyas (1970) M. Balamuralikrishna (1971) Sankho Chaudhuri (1971) Manna Dey (1971) Tripti Mitra (1971) Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair (1971) Chenganoor Raman Pillai (1971) K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai (1971) Shanta Rao (1971) Ravi (music director) (1971) Siyaram Tiwari (musician) (1971) Chiranjeet Chakraborty (1972) Girija Devi (1972) Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1972) Sunil Janah (1972) Lalgudi Jayaraman (1972) Bhimsen Joshi (1972) Mahendra Kapoor (1972) Ram Kumar (artist) (1972) Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1972) Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai (1972) Samta Prasad (1972) M. K. Radha (1972) Raghu Rai (1972) Krishna Reddy (1972) Waheeda Rehman (1972) Juthika Roy (1972) Suchitra Sen (1972) Gubbi Veeranna (1972) Sitara Devi (1973) T. N. Krishnan (1973) Kishan Maharaj (1973) Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy (1973) Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1973) Uma Sharma (1973) S. G. Thakur Singh (1973) Pushkar Bhan (1974) Mani Madhava Chakyar (1974) Bindhyabasini Devi (1974) Naina Devi (1974) Girish Karnad (1974) Shriram Lagoo (1974) Kelucharan Mohapatra (1974) Nutan (1974) M. D. Ramanathan (1974) Som Nath Sadhu (1974) Emani Sankara Sastry (1974) Kripal Singh Shekhawat (1974) Manik Varma (1974) M. S. Gopalakrishnan (1975) Jasraj (1975) Amjad Ali Khan (1975) Gopi Krishna (1975) Sanjukta Panigrahi (1975) Basavaraj Rajguru (1975) Kalyanam Raghuramaiah (1975) M. S. Sathyu (1975) K. G. Subramanyan (1975) Gitchandra Tongbra (1975) K. J. Yesudas (1975) Shyam Benegal (1976) Raghunath Mohapatra (1976) Ram Narayan (1976) K. V. Narayanaswamy (1976) R. Nagendra Rao (1976) S. Somasundaram (1976) Parween Sultana (1976) Dhanraj Bhagat (1977) Bhupen Hazarika (1977) Sheik Chinna Moulana (1977) Alla Rakha (1977) Jehangir Sabavala (1977) Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1977)
1980s	B. V. Karanth (1981) Namagiripettai Krishnan (1981) Gambhir Singh Mura (1981) Dashrath Patel (1981) S. H. Raza (1981) Padma Subrahmanyam (1981) Allah Jilai Bai (1982) Ammannur Madhava Chakyar (1982) Jabbar Patel (1982) Virendra Prabhakar (1982) Gautam Vaghela (1982) Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983) Gautam Vaghela (1982) Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983) Sharafat Hussain Khan (1983) Nepal Mahato (1983) Handel Manuel (1983) Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (1983) Raghubir Singh (1983) Sobha Singh (1983) Habib Tanvir (1983) Ganga Devi (1984) Amitabh Bachchan (1984) Purushottam Das (1984) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984) Bhupen Khakhar (1984) Ben Kingsley (1984) Vinay Chandra Maudgalya (1984) Roshan Kumari (1984) Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair (1984) N. Rajam (1984) Raja and Radha Reddy (1984) Nek Chand (1984) Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya (1984) Shanti Dave (1985) Asa Singh Mastana (1985) Laxman Pai (1985) Smita Patil (1985) Palghat R. Raghu (1985) Naseeruddin Shah (1985) Shankar Bapu Apegaonkar (1986) Kanika Banerjee (1986) Subrata Mitra (1986) Rajkumar Singhajit Singh (1986) Hisam-ud-din Usta (1986) K. Balachander (1987) Kumudini Lakhia (1987) Vijaya Mehta (1987) N. Ramani (1987) Aparna Sen (1987) Naresh Sohal (1987) Jitendra Abhisheki (1988) Shabana Azmi (1988) Teejan Bai (1988) Bikash Bhattacharjee (1988) Zakir Hussain (1988) Chindodi Leela (1988) Sudharani Raghupathy (1988) Sudarshan Sahoo (1988) Kudrat Singh (1988) Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (1988) Jitendra Abhisheki (1988) Adyar K. Lakshman (1989) Haku Shah (1989) L. Subramaniam (1989) Ratan Thiyam (1989) Upendra Trivedi (1989)
1990s	Mohan Agashe (1990) G. Aravindan (1990) Prabha Atre (1990) Asgari Bai (1990) Gulab Bai (1990) Balwantrai Bhatt (1990) Diwaliben Bhil (1990) Raj Bisaria (1990) S. M. Ganapathy (1990) Kamal Haasan (1990) Bishamber Khanna (1990) Krishen Khanna (1990) Allu Ramalingaiah (1990) Tarun Majumdar (1990) Madhavi Mudgal (1990) Om Puri (1990) Kanak Rele (1990) Leela Samson (1990) Maharajapuram Santhanam (1990) Kapila Vatsyayan (1990) Ranbir Singh Bisht (1991) Bharat Gopy (1991) Ghulam Mustafa Khan (1991) Hafeez Ahmed Khan (1991) Shanno Khurana (1991) Pratima Barua Pandey (1991) Manu Parekh (1991) Shivkumar Sharma (1991) Gurcharan Singh (painter) (1991) Sharda Sinha (1991) Alarmel Valli (1991) Jaya Bachchan (1992) Pankaj Charan Das (1992) Biren De (1992) Srirangam Gopalaratnam (1992) Sabri Khan (1992) Sunita Kohli (1992) Madurai N. Krishnan (1992) Manoj Kumar (1992) Meera Mukherjee (1992) Asha Parekh (1992) Nataraja Ramakrishna (1992) Bhagaban Sahu (1992) Anandji Virji Shah (1992) Kalyanji Virji Shah (1992) Sundari K. Shridharani (1992) Tapan Sinha (1992) Muthiah Sthapati (1992) K. Viswanath (1992) Chitra Visweswaran (1992) Dipali Barthakur (1998) Mammootty (1998) Kunja Bihari Meher (1998) Shahir Krishnarao Sable (1998) Zohra Sehgal (1998) K. Ibomcha Sharma (1998) U. Srinivas (1998) Javed Akhtar (1999) Saryu Doshi (1999) Sulochana Latkar (1999) Sumati Mutatkar (1999) Shobha Deepak Singh (1999) Jagmohan Sursagar (1999) Ram V. Sutar (1999)
2000s	Kanhai Chitrakar (2000) Shekhar Kapur (2000) Hema Malini (2000) Anjolie Ela Menon (2000) Shubha Mudgal (2000) Alyque Padamsee (2000) A. R. Rahman (2000) Ramanand Sagar (2000) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2001) Aamir Raza Husain (2001) Padmaja Phenany Joglekar (2001) Mohammed Tayab Khan (2001) Sunil Kothari (2001) Nerella Venu Madhav (2001) Mohanlal (2001) Shobha Naidu (2001) D. V. S. Raju (2001) Avadhanam Sita Raman (2001) Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao (2001) Thota Tharani (2001) W. D. Amaradeva (2002) Raj Begum (2002) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (2002) Pushpa Bhuyan (2002) Rajan Devadas (2002) Darshana Jhaveri (2002) Abdul Latif Khan (2002) Mani Krishnaswami (2002) Fazal Mohammad (2002) Manorama (Tamil actress) (2002) Govind Nihalani (2002) Mani Ratnam (2002) Kiran Segal (2002) Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri (2002) Saroja Vaidyanathan (2002) T. H. Vinayakram (2002) Jahnu Barua (2003) Danny Denzongpa (2003) Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi (2003) Rita Ganguly (2003) Ranjana Gauhar (2003) Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar (2003) Rakhee Gulzar (2003) Nemi Chandra Jain (2003) O. P. Jain (2003) Aamir Khan (2003) Shafaat Ahmed Khan (2003) T. M. Soundararajan (2003) Sukumari (2003) Satish Vyas (2003) Bharathiraja (2004) Maguni Charan Das (2004) Manoranjan Das (2004) D. K. Datar (2004) Kadri Gopalnath (2004) Hariharan (singer) (2004) Purshottam Das Jalota (2004) Krishn Kanhai (2004) Heisnam Kanhailal (2004) Anupam Kher (2004) Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela (2004) Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair (2004) Sudha Ragunathan (2004) Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel (2004) Veernala Jayarama Rao (2004) Bharati Shivaji (2004) Singh Bandhu (2004) Bhajan Sopori (2004) Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (2004) Muzaffar Ali (2005) Shameem Dev Azad (2005) M. Boyer (2005) K. S. Chithra (2005) Yumlembam Gambhini Devi (2005) Shah Rukh Khan (2005) Ghulam Sadiq Khan (2005) Kavita Krishnamurti (2005) Chaturbhuj Meher (2005) Kumkum Mohanty (2005) Punaram Nishad (2005) Kedar Nath Sahoo (2005) Sougaijam Thanil Singh (2005) Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (2005) Komala Varadan (2005) Wadali Brothers (2005) Ileana Citaristi (2006) Mehmood Dhaulpuri (2006) Shree Lal Joshi (2006) Surinder Kaur (2006) Rashid Khan (musician) (2006) Vasundhara Komkali (2006) Yashodhar Mathpal (2006) Madhup Mudgal (2006) Kavungal Chathunni Panicker (2006) Shyama Charan Pati (2006) Gayatri Sankaran (2006) Prasad Sawkar (2006) Aribam Syam Sharma (2006) Shobana (2006) Kanaka Srinivasan (2006) Pankaj Udhas (2006) Mohan Babu (2007) Geeta Chandran (2007) Astad Deboo (2007) Neelamani Devi (2007) Remo Fernandes (2007) P. Gopinathan (2007) Pushpa Hans (2007) Shanti Hiranand (2007) Ananda Shankar Jayant (2007) Govardan Kumari (2007) Sonam Tshering Lepcha (2007) Balachandra Menon (2007) Shashikala (2007) Gajendra Narayan Singh (2007) Thingbaijam Babu Singh (2007) Pannuru Sripathy (2007) Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam (2007) Waman Thakre (2007) P. R. Thilagam (2007) Tom Alter (2008) Moozhikkulam Kochukuttan Chakyar (2008) Jonnalagadda Gurappa Chetty (2008) Meenakshi Chitharanjan (2008) Madhuri Dixit (2008) Kekoo Gandhy (2008) Helen Giri Syiem (2008) Jatin Goswami (2008) Hans Raj Hans (2008) Sabitri Heisnam (2008) Gokulotsavji Maharaj (2008) P. K. Narayanan Nambiar (2008) Gennadi Mikhailovich Pechinkov (2008) Gangadhar Pradhan (2008) M. Night Shyamalan (2008) Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram (2008) Jawahar Wattal (2008) Ameena Ahmad Ahuja (2009) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2009) Hemi Bawa (2009) Brahmanandam (2009) Devayani (dancer) (2009) Suresh Dutta (2009) Kalamandalam Gopi (2009) Niranjan Goswami (2009) Geeta Kapur (2009) Nirmal Singh Khalsa (2009) Hashmat Ullah Khan (2009) Helen (2009) S. Krishnaswamy (2009) Akshay Kumar (2009) Iravatham Mahadevan (2009) Hridaynath Mangeshkar (2009) Penaz Masani (2009) Shaoli Mitra (2009) Udit Narayan (2009) Govind Ram Nirmalkar (2009) Leela Omchery (2009) Pratapaditya Pal (2009) Aruna Sairam (2009) Mattannoor Sankarankutty (2009) Kumar Sanu (2009) Kiran Seth (2009) Gurumayum Gourakishor Sharma (2009) Skendrowell Syiemlieh (2009) Thilakan (2009) K. P. Udayabhanu (2009) Vivek (actor) (2009)
2010s	Gul Bardhan (2010) Carmel Berkson (2010) Wasifuddin Dagar (2010) Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi (2010) Nemai Ghosh (2010) Sumitra Guha (2010) Ulhas Kashalkar (2010) Saif Ali Khan (2010) Mukund Lath (2010) Ram Dayal Munda (2010) Arundathi Nag (2010) Raghunath Panigrahi (2010) Resul Pookutty (2010) Arjun Prajapati (2010) Rajkumar Achouba Singh (2010) Shobha Raju (2010) Mayadhar Raut (2010) Rekha (2010) Ajoy Chakrabarty (2011) Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry (2011) Makar Dhwaja Darogha (2011) Mahasundari Devi (2011) Gajam Govardhana (2011) Sunayana Hazarilal (2011) S. R. Janakiraman (2011) Jayaram (2011) Kajol (2011) Shaji N. Karun (2011) Girish Kasaravalli (2011) Irrfan Khan (2011) Tabu (2011) Kalamandalam Kshemavathy (2011) Peruvanam Kuttan Marar (2011) Jivya Soma Mashe (2011) Dadi Pudumjee (2011) M. K. Saroja (2011) Khangembam Mangi Singh (2011) Prahlad Tipanya (2011) Usha Uthup (2011) Satish Alekar (2012) Satish Alekar (2012) Vanraj Bhatia (2012) Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi (2012) Gopal Prasad Dubey (2012) Gundecha Brothers (2012) Chittani Ramachandra Hegde (2012) Anup Jalota (2012) Moti Lal Kemmu (2012) Shahid Parvez (2012) Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar (2012) Sakar Khan (2012) Joy Michael (2012) Minati Mishra (2012) Na Muthuswamy (2012) R. Nagarathnamma (2012) Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Vijay Sharma (2012) Laila Tyabji (2012) Yamunabai Waikar (2012) S. Shakir Ali (2013) Gajam Anjaiah (2013) Bapu (2013) Pablo Bartholomew (2013) Purna Das Baul Samrat (2013) G. C. D. Bharti (2013) Apurba Kishore Bir (2013) Ghanakanta Bora (2013) B. Jayashree (2013) Hildamit Lepcha (2013) Madhu (actor) (2013) Sudha Malhotra (2013) Kailash Chandra Meher (2013) Brahmdeo Ram Pandit (2013) Nana Patekar (2013) Rekandar Nageswara Rao (2013) Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz (2013) Jaymala Shiledar (2013) Ramesh Sippy (2013) Sridevi (2013) Suresh Talwalkar (2013) Mahrukh Tarapor (2013) Balwant Thakur (2013) Rajendra Tikku (2013) Mohammad Ali Baig (2014) Vidya Balan (2014) Musafir Ram Bhardwaj (2014) Sabitri Chatterjee (2014) Biman Bihari Das (2014) Sunil Das (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Rani Karnaa (2014) Bansi Kaul (2014) Moinuddin Khan (musician) (2014) Geeta Mahalik (2014) Paresh Maity (2014) Ram Mohan (2014) Sudarsan Pattnaik (2014) Paresh Rawal (2014) Kalamandalam Satyabhama (2014) Anuj Sharma (actor) (2014) Santosh Sivan (2014) Sooni Taraporevala (2014) Naresh Bedi (2015) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015) Rahul Jain (2015) Ravindra Jain (2015) Prasoon Joshi (2015) A. Kanyakumari (2015) Prafulla Kar (2015) Tripti Mukherjee (2015) Neil Nongkynrih (2015) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2015) Shekhar Sen (2015) Pran Kumar Sharma (2015) Mahesh Raj Soni (2015) Malini Awasthi (2016) Madhur Bhandarkar (2016) Tulsidas Borkar (2016) Mamta Chandrakar (2016) Ajay Devgn (2016) Bhikhudan Gadhvi (2016) Laxma Goud (2016) Saeed Jaffrey (2016) Venkatesh Kumar (2016) Naresh Chander Lal (2016) Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe (2016) Nila Madhab Panda (2016) Michael Postel (2016) Pratibha Prahlad (2016) Gulabo Sapera (2016) Prakash Chand Surana (2016) Basanti Bisht (2017) Baua Devi (2017) Jitendra Haripal (2017) Kailash Kher (2017) Sadhu Meher (2017) Aruna Mohanty (2017) T. K. Murthy (2017) Mukund Nayak (2017) Anuradha Paudwal (2017) Parassala B. Ponnammal (2017) Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (2017) Doddarange Gowda (2018) Manoj Joshi (actor) (2018) Pran Kishore Kaul (2018) Vijay Kichlu (2018) Pravakara Maharana (2018) Sisir Mishra (2018) Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan (2018) Gobardhan Panika (2018) R. Sathyanarayana (2018) Bhajju Shyam (2018) Ibrahim Sutar (2018) Rudrapatnam Brothers (2018) Manoj Bajpayee (2019) Pritam Bhartwan (2019) Jyoti Bhatt (2019) Swapan Chaudhuri (2019) Dinyar Contractor (2019) Thanga Darlong (2019) Prabhu Deva (2019) Godawari Dutta (2019) Joravarsinh Jadav (2019) Fayaz Ahmad Jan (2019) K. G. Jayan (2019) Waman Kendre (2019) Kader Khan (2019) Abdul Gafur Khatri (2019) Shankar Mahadevan (2019) Narthaki Nataraj (2019) Milena Salvini (2019) Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (2019) Rajeev Taranath (2019) Hiralal Yadav (2019)
2020s	Shashadhar Acharya (2020) Rajeshwar Acharya (2019) Indira P. P. Bora (2020) Bombay Sisters (2020) Vajira Chitrasena (2020) Puru Dadheech (2020) Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh (2020) Sarita Joshi (2020) Kangana Ranaut (2020) Ramzan Khan (2020) Manilal Nag (2020) Dalavai Chalapathi Rao (2020) Adnan Sami (2020) Suresh Wadkar (2020) Bombay Jayashri (2021) KC Sivasankaran (2021) Rewben Mashangva (2021) Sanjida Khatun (2021) Annavarapu Rama Swamy (2021) Nidumolu Sumathi (2021)