Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan, the brand ambassador of the Film Heritage Foundation (FHF), on Thursday unveiled the official poster for ANR 100 — King Of The Silver Screen, a film festival set to celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR).

The festival, organised by FHF, will pay tribute to the Telugu cinema legend’s legacy with a retrospective of 10 restored films from his illustrious career. The screenings will be held from September 20-24 in 25 cities across India, including major metros like Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Bengaluru, as well as smaller cities like Warangal, Tumkur and Kakinada.

A collaboration with the National Film Archive of India (NFDC) and PVR-Inox, ANR 100 will feature iconic ANR performances in landmark Telugu films Devadasu (1953), Missamma (1955), Mayabazar (1957), Gundamma Katha (1962), Bhary a Bharthalu (1961), Doctor Chakravarthi (1964), Sudigundalu (1968), Prem Nagar (1971), Premabhishekam (1981) and Manam (2014).

ANR’s son Nagarjuna Akkineni expressed excitement over the film festival and recalled his father’s versatility as an actor. “I am thrilled that FHF is celebrating the 100th birth anniversary of my father with a festival of his landmark films across the country. He was rightly called ‘Natasamrat for his amazing ability to play a range of roles from a saint to an alcoholic to a romantic hero in a way that has stayed in people’s hearts and minds for decades,” he said.

Speaking about the significance of the festival, FHF director Shivendra Singh Dungarpur said, “After the success of our retrospectives on Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar, and Dev Anand, we are thrilled to honour ANR with a festival that showcases his extraordinary range as an actor. These films, spanning from 1953 to 2014, highlight why his legacy endures.”