HYDERABAD: Ugadi Awards announced by the Telangana government .
Producer-director N Shankar and writer-actor M Bhoopal Reddy who contributed to the Telangana state struggle have been chosen for the awards.
Shankar produced and directed ‘Jai Bolo Telangana’ for which KCR contributed lyrics.
The film was about how the division of the state could make people happy and also help them live together. The movie was a big hit at the box-office in 2011.
Actor M Bhoopal Reddy who has also been selected for the Ugadi puraskarams played the lead role as Gond tribal leader Komaram Bheem in ‘Komaram Bheem’ which was made in 1990. Allani Sridhar got the state government’s Nandi award for the best debut film director award for ‘Komaram Bheem’.
The film also got the Nandi best film award for national integration. “Bhoopal Reddy perfectly suited for the role. It was important for us to make a film on Komaram Bheem,” Allani Sridhar said. Komaram Bheem who died in 1940 had mobilized the tribals and fought against the Nizam to liberate the tribals in Telangana and end their exploitation.
