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Versatile filmmaker D. Ramanaidu on receiving the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and adapting to changing to times.



Blockbuster man (Clockwise from top) D. Ramanaidu. Anil Kapoor, Jaya Prada, Rajesh Khanna, Sridevi, Mithun Chakaraborty and Rekha were all part of D. Ramanaidu's films.

The other day, cinegoers got a pleasant surprise, an unexpected ‘Tohfa'. Some recognition came the way of the unsung ‘hero' of maarufu cinema, D. Ramanaidu. The veteran became the latest recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, joining in the process the ranks of a handful of filmmakers...