Akkineni Nageshwara Rao gets Padma Vibhushan

Akkineni Nageshwara Rao

New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Veteran Telugu actor A. Nageshwara Rao, who has worked in more than 250 movies in his not far off from seven-decade-long career, was named in place of the Padma Vibhushan, the nation's flash highest civilian honor, on the eve of Republic Day Tuesday.

The 86-year-old has worked in mythological and social dramas and selected of his well-known movies are 'Tenali Rama Krishna', 'Kalidasu', 'MayaBazaar', 'Missamma', 'Dasara Bullodu', 'Prem Nagar' and 'Premabhishekam'.

He is the recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri as well.