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Gummadi (actor)

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Indian actor (1926–2010)

Gummadi

Born	Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (1926-07-09)9 July 1926 Ravikampadu,Madras Presidency,British India
Died	26 January 2010(2010-01-26) (aged 83) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1950–2010
Awards	Padma Shri Rashtrapati Award

Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (born 9 July 1926 – 26 January 2010), knownmononymously by hissurnameGummadi, was an Indian actor and producer, who worked predominantly inTelugu cinema. Known as one of the finest supporting/character actors in Telugu cinema, Gummadi acted in around five hundred feature films. He received critical recognition for his work inThodu Dongalu (1954) andMahamantri Timmarusu (1962), for which he received the erstwhileRashtrapati Award.^[1]^[2] Gummadi was an official member of the Indian delegation from South India to theTashkent Film Festival in 1978 and 1982.^[3]

Gummadi served as a jury member thrice for the28th,33rd and39th National Film Awards.^[4]^[5]^[6] He served twice on the stateNandi Awards Committee.^[7]

In 1977, he was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian honorPadma Shri for his contribution toIndian cinema.^[8]^[9] He is widely known for his roles in films such asMayabazar (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) andPelli Pustakam (1991).

In 2008, he starred inJagadguru Sree Kasinayana Charitra, which would be his last film.^[10]

Early career

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Characters played by him

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Personal life

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Gummadi Venkateswara Rao memorial near Potharlanka.

Gummadi was married and had five daughters and two sons. He died ofmultiple organ failure at Care hospital,Hyderabad on 26 January 2010.^[11] His last public appearance was at the screening ofMaya Bazar, which had been colourised. Here he expressed his happiness and said, "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

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Gummadi wrote his memoirs of Telugu cinema inTeepi Gurthulu and Chedu Gnapakalu.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

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Civilian honors

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

Rashtrapati Awards

Best acting forMahamantri 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]^[16] -Jyothi

Selected filmography

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List of Gummadi film credits
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1950	Adrushta Deepudu
1953	Pichi Pullayya	Bhopala Rao
1954	Thodu Dongalu	Lokanatham
1955	Kanyasulkam	Sowjanya Rao Pantulu
	Ardhangi	Zameendaar
	Jayasimha	Ranadhir
	Missamma	Employer (guest role)
	Rani Ratnaprabha	Dharmapala
1956	Chiranjeevulu	Dr. Krishna
	Edi Nijam	Munusabu
	Ilavelpu	Sekhar's father
1957	Suvarna Sundari	Tata
	Manaalane Mangaiyin Baakkiyam	Tata	Tamil film; uncredited
	Maya Bazaar	Balarama
	Dampatyam
	Dongallo Dora	Inspector Ram Murthy
	MLA	Damodaram
	Premada Putri		Kannada film
	Preme Daivam
	Sarangadhara
	Sati Anasuya
	Veera Kankanam
	Vinayaka Chaviti	Satrajit
1958	Aadapettanam
	Chenchu Lakshmi	Durvasa
	Dongalunnaru Jagratha
	Ettuku Pai Ettu	Govindaiah
	Intiguttu	Tirumala Rao
1959	Illarikam	Zamindar
	Jayabheri	Viswanatha Sastri
	Krishna Leelalu^[17]	Vasudeva
	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 Chintamani^[18]	Evil sorcerer
	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
	Loguttu Perumallukeruka^[19]	Chidambaram
	Kanne Manasulu
	Navarathri	Radha's father
	Palnati Yuddham
	Shri Krishna Pandaviyam
1967	Kambojaraju Katha
	Poola Rangadu	Chalapathi
	Prana Mithrulu	Diwan
	Pattukunte Padivelu^[20]	Satyamurthy
	Private Master	Sundari's father
	Rahasyam	Sriganda Prabhu
1968	Bandhipotu Dongalu	Doctor
	Sudigundalu	Defence Lawyer
	Bangaru Gaajulu	Chandra Shekaram
	Bangaru Sankellu
	Chuttarikalu^[21]
	Govula Gopanna	Chairman Nagaraju
	Mana Samsaram
	Aggi Meeda Guggilam^[22]
	Pala Manasulu
1969	Sri Rama Katha^[23]	Makaradhwaja Maharaju
	Adrushtavanthalu
	Aadarsa Kutumbam
	Aatmiyulu	Jagannadham
	Bhale Abbayilu^[24]	Koteswara Rao
	Bhale Rangadu
	Jagath Kiladeelu	Commissioner Sinha
	Buddhimanthudu	D.E.O
	Manushulu Marali
	Shri Rama Katha
	Tara Sasankam
1970	Agni Pareeksha
	Akka Chellelu	Dharmayya
	Jai Jawan	Madhava Rao
	Jagath Jetteelu^[25]	S.P. Chandrashekhar
	Amma Kosam^[26]	Raghurama Rao
	Maro Prapancham
	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
	Kalavari Kutumbam^[27]	Madhava Rao
	Manchi Rojulu Vachayi^[28]	Seethanna
	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
	Meena^[29]	Hanumantha Rao
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^[30]	Zamindar Srikrishna Rajendra Mahipathi
	Lakshmana Rekha	Lawyer
1976	Padi Pantalu^[31]	Seshayya
	Ramarajyamlo Rakthapasam
	Neram Nadi Kadu Akalidi
	Manchiki Maro Peru
	Oka Deepam Veligindhi
	America Ammayi
	Padavoyi Bharatheeyuda
	Secretary
	Sita Kalyanam	Dasaradh
	Yavanam Katesindi
1977	Aalu Magalu	Ranga Rao
	Chakradhari
	Eetharam Manishi^[32]	Vishwanatham
	Janma janmala bandham
	Daana Veera Soora Karna	Parasu Ramudu
	Indradhanusu
	Kalpana
	Kurukshetram	Bhishma
	Seetha Rama Vanavasam
	Savasagallu^[33]
1978	Indradhanussu^[34]	Rajasekharam
	Chal Mohana Ranga
	Sati Savitri
	Akbar Saleem Anarkali
	Devadasu Malli Puttadu	Sripathi Raja
	Sahasavanthudu
	Dudu Basavanna	Yadaiah
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
	Gharana Donga^[35]	Raghupathi, Devi's father
	Dharma Chakram
	Gajadonga
	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	Raja Bhupathi Rao
	Asha Jyoti
	Bhoga Bhagyalu
	Premabhishekam	Dr. Venkateswarulu
	Prema Mandiram	Bhupati Raja
	Sandhya Ragam
	Jathagadu	Rangaiah
1982	Bangaru Bhoomi^[36]	Dharma Rao
	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
	Idhi Kaadu Mugimpu^[37]	Defence Counsel
	Prema Pichollu
	Adavallu Aligithe
	Ikanaina Marandi
	Ee Pillaku Pellavuthundha
	MLA Yedukondalu	Gopalakrishnaiah
	Mundadugu	Lawyer
	Nelavanka	Sitarama Raju
	Pelli Choopulu
	Police Venkataswamy
	Rudrakali
	Dharma Poratam	Justice Jagannath
1984	Rustum	Brahmaiah Naidu
	Bharatamlo Sankharavam
	Rojulu Marayi
	Devanthakudu	Bapineedu
	Adigo Alladigo
	Dandayatra
	Kanchu Kagada	Rangaiah Panthulu
	E Chaduvulu Makodu
1985	Raktha Sindhuram	Jagannatham
	Shri Datta Darshanam	Jamadagni
	Bangaru Chilaka^[38]	Lawyer Madhava Rao
	Kattula Kondayya
	Jwala	IG
1986	Driver Babu	Narayana Rao
	Vikram	Commissioner
	Muddula Manavarallu
	Prathibhavanthudu
	Kiraathakudu	Dharmateja
	Vijrumbhana^[39]	Dharma Rao
1987	Pasivadi Pranam
	Thene Manasulu
	Majnu	Alekhya's grandfather
	Ajeyudu
	Muddu Bidda
	Makutamleni Maharaju	Sivaram Prasad
1988	Marana Mrudangam
1988	Anna Chellelu
1989	State Rowdy
	Krishna Gari Abbayi
	Simha Swapnam
	Rajakeeya Chadarangam
1990	Mamasri	Sundara Ramaiah
	Inspector Rudra
	Bobbili Raja	Sundaraiah
1991	Pelli Pustakam	Sridhar Rao	Nandi Award for Best Feature Film
	Bhargav
	Brahmarshi Viswamitra	Vashista
	Talli Tandrulu	Venkataramaiah
1992	Brundavanam	Jagannadham
1993	Muta Mesthri	Chief Minister
	Gaayam
	Major Chandrakanth
	Naga Jyothi
	Rajendrudu Gajendrudu	Elephant's Master
	Rajeswari Kalyanam
	Varasudu	Principal
	Srinatha Kavi Sarvabhowmudu
1994	Govinda Govinda	Doorvasa Maharshi
	Neram
	Subhalagnam	Lawyer
1995	Maya Bazaar	Balarama
1995	Aayanaki Iddaru	Krishna Mohan's father
1996	Dharma Chakram
2001	Repallelo Radha
2008	Jagadguru Sri Kasinayana Charitra	Kasinayana
2022	Pratibimbalu		Posthumous film

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v t e Raghupathi Venkaiah Award
1980–1990	L. V. Prasad (1980) P. Pullayya (1981) B. A. Subba Rao (1982) M. A. Rahman (1983) Kosaraju (1984) Bhanumathi (1985) Bapu andRamana (1986) Nagi Reddi (1987) D. V. S. Raju (1988) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1989) Dasari Narayana Rao (1990)
1991–2000	K. Viswanath (1991) S. Rajeswara Rao (1992) D. Madhusudhana Rao (1993) Anjali Devi (1994) K. S. Prakash Rao (1995) Inturi Venkateswara Rao (1996) V. Madhusudhana Rao (1997) Gummadi (1998) Santha Kumari (1999) Kantha Rao (2000)
2001–2010	Allu Ramalingaiah (2001) P. Susheela (2002) V. B. Rajendra Prasad (2003) Krishnaveni (2004) M. S. Reddy (2005) Daggubati Rama Naidu (2006) Tammareddy Krishna Murthy (2007) Vijaya Nirmala (2008) K. Raghava (2009) M. Balayya (2010)
2011–present	Kaikala Satyanarayana (2011) Kodi Ramakrishna (2012) Vanisri (2013) Krishnam Raju (2014) Eswar (2015) Chiranjeevi (2016)

v t e Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actor
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1981–1990	Sarath Babu (1981) Gummadi (1982) P. L. Narayana (1983) Nutan Prasad (1984) Suthi Velu (1985) P. L. Narayana (1986) Thathaji (1987) Sarath Babu (1988) Sarath Babu (1989) M. Prabhakar Reddy (1990)
1991–2000	Vinod Kumar (1991) Nutan Prasad (1992) Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao (1993) Brahmanandam (1994) D. Appa Rao (1995) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1996) Surya Kumar Bhagvandas (1997) Jagapathi Babu (1998) K. Viswanath (1999) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2000)
2001–2010	Murali Mohan (2001) Prakash Raj (2002) Murali Mohan (2003) Shashank (2004) Srihari (2005) Prakash Raj (2006) Jagapathi Babu (2007) Allari Naresh (2008) Ramjagan (2009) P. Sai Kumar (2010)
2011–present	Prakash Raj (2011) Ajay (2012) Prakash Raj (2013) Naga Chaitanya (2014) Posani Krishna Murali (2015) Mohanlal (2016)
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1960s	K. K. 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. Nagayya (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) N. S. 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 (1971) Sahir Ludhianvi (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) Kaifi Azmi (1974) 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 Raghuramayya (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) Parveen 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 Mahata (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 (Kalyanji-Anandji) (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) 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 (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) Puranchand Wadali (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) Govardhan 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 Nene (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 Tiku (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) Priyanka Chopra (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) S. S. Rajamouli (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) Purushottam Upadhyay (2017) Doddarangegowda (2018) Manoj Joshi (actor) (2018) Pran Kishore Kaul (2018) Vijay Kichlu (2018) Prabhakar Maharana (2018) Sisir Mishra (2018) Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan (2018) Gobardhan Panika (2018) R. Sathyanarayana (2018) Bhajju Shyam (2018) Ibrahim Sutar (2018) Rudrapatnam Brothers (2018) Baba Yogendra (2018) Anup Ranjan Pandey (2019) 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) Rajeshwar Acharya (2019)
2020s	Shashadhar Acharya (2020) 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) V. K. Munusamy (2020) Yadla Gopalarao (2020) Dulari Devi (2021) Bombay Jayashri (2021) KC Sivasankaran (2021) Rewben Mashangva (2021) Sanjida Khatun (2021) Annavarapu Rama Swamy (2021) Nidumolu Sumathi (2021) Biren Kumar Basak (2021) Narayan Debnath (2021) Bhuri Bai (2021) Vinayak Khedekar (2021) Manjamma Jogathi (2021) Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous) (2022) Lalita Vakil (2022) H. R. Keshava Murthy (2022) Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (2022) Arjun Singh Dhurve (2022) Ram Sahay Panday (2022) Durga Bai Vyam (2022) Sulochana Chavan (2022) Sonu Nigam (2022) Lourembam Bino Devi (2022) Konsam Ibomcha Singh (2022) Shyamamani Devi (2022) Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan (2022) Chandraprakash Dwivedi (2022) Ram Dayal Sharma (2022) Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia (2022) S. Ballesh (2022) Sowcar Janaki (2022) R Muthukannammal (2022) A. K. C. Natarajan (2022) Darshanam Mogilaiah (2022) Sakini Ramachandraih (2022) Gaddam Padmaja Reddy (2022) Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana (duo) (2022) Shivnath Mishra (2022) Sheesh Ram (2022) Ajita Srivastava (2022) Madhuri Barthwal (2022) Kaajee Singh (2022) Jodhaiya Bai Baiga (2023) Premjit Baria (2023) Usha Barle (2023) Hemant Chauhan (2023) Bhanubhai Chitara (2023) Hemoprova Chutia (2023) Subhadra Devi (2023) Hem Chandra Goswami (2023) Pritikana Goswami (2023) Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain (2023) Dilshad Hussain (2023) Mahipat Kavi (2023) M. M. Keeravani (2023) Parshuram Komaji Khune (2023) Maguni Charan Kuanr (2023) Domar Singh Kunvar (2023) Risingbor Kurkalang (2023) Rani Machaiah (2023) Ajay Kumar Mandavi (2023) Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa (2023) Ramesh and Shanti Parmar (2023) Krishna Patel (2023) K Kalyanasundaram Pillai (2023) Kapil Dev Prasad (2023) Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri (2023) C. V. Raju (2023) Pareshbhai Rathwa (2023) Mangala Kanti Roy (2023) K.C. Runremsangi (2023) Ritwik Sanyal (2023) Kota Satchidananda Sastry (2023) Neihunuo Sorhie (2023) Moa Subong (2023) Raveena Tandon (2023) Coomi Nariman Wadia (2023) Ghulam Muhammad Zaz (2023) Khalil Ahamad (2024) Badrappan M (2024) Kaluram Bamaniya (2024) Rezwana Choudhury Bannya (2024) Naseem Bano (2024) Ramlal Bareth (2024) Gita Roy Barman (2024) Som Dutt Battu (2024) Takdira Begum (2024) Drona Bhuyan (2024) Ashok Kumar Biswas (2024) Smriti Rekha Chakma (2024) A Velu Ananda Chari (2024) Ghulam Nabi Dar (2024) Mahabir Singh Guddu (2024) Anupama Hoskere (2024) Jankilal (2024) Ratan Kahar (2024) Dasari Kondappa (2024) Jordan Lepcha (2024) Binod Maharana (2024) Uma Maheshwari D (2024) Ram Kumar Mallick (2024) Surendra Mohan Mishra (2024) Ali Mohammed & Ghani Mohammed (2024) Kiran Nadar (2024) Narayanan E P (2024) Bhagabat Padhan (2024) Sanatan Rudra Pal (2024) Binod Kumar Pasayat (2024) Silbi Passah (2024) Shanti Devi Paswan & Shivan Paswan (2024) Romalo Ram (2024) Nirmal Rishi (2024) Pran Sabharwal (2024) Gaddam Sammaiah (2024) Machihan Sasa (2024) Omprakash Sharma (2024) Godawari Singh (2024) Seshampatti T Sivalingam (2024) Urmila Srivastava (2024) Nepal Chandra Sutradhar (2024) Gopinath Swain (2024) Laxman Bhatt Tailang (2024) Jagdish Trivedi (2024) Balakrishnan Sadanam Puthiya Veetil (2024) Babu Ram Yadav (2024) Adwaita Gadanayak (2025) Achyut Ramchandra Palav (2025) Arijit Singh (2025) Ashok Saraf (2025) Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (2025) Barry Godfray John (2025) Batool Begam (2025) Bharat Gupt (2025) Bheru Singh Chouhan (2025) Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara (2025) Durga Charan Ranbir (2025) Farooq Ahmad Mir (2025) Gokul Chandra Das (2025) Guruvayur Dorai (2025) Harchandan Singh Bhatty (2025) Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale (2025) Hassan Raghu (2025) Jaspinder Narula (2025) Joynacharan Bathari (2025) K. Omanakutty (2025) Madugula Nagaphani Sarma (2025) Mahavir Nayak (2025) Mamata Shankar (2025) Miriyala Apparao (2025) Naren Gurung (2025) Nirmala Devi (2025) P Datchanamoorthy (2025) Pandi Ram Mandavi (2025) Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai (2025) Purisai Kannappa Sambandan (2025) Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy (2025) Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar (2025) Ratan Parimoo (2025) Rebakanta Mahanta (2025) Ricky Kej (2025) Shyam Bihari Agrawal (2025) Tejendra Majumdar (2025) Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi (2025) Vasudeo Kamath (2025) Velu Aasaan (2025) Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar (2025)