Today marks the 100th birth anniversary of the late legendary actor-filmmaker Akkineni Nageswara Rao. To mark the occasion, a golden statue of the later star was unveiled at the Annapurna Studios in Hyderabad. The statue was unveiled by India's Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu in the presence of several film celebrities including Nagarjuna, Naga Chaitanya, Akhil Akkineni, Ram Charan, Mahesh Babu and wife Namrata Shirodkar and others. 

ANR's legacy was taken forward by his son Akkineni Nagarjuna and his grandsons Naga Chaitanya and Akhil Akkineni. The event was hosted by the Akkineni family. On the occasion, Nagarjuna was seen in a printed yellow and grey shorts while Naga Chaitanya adopted for kurta pyjama.