Legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan has had almost every respectable title and adage attached to his name over the years. Now the megastar has yet another feather added to his hat post being conferred with the Andhra state award. It is learnt that Bachchan has been chosen for NTR National Film Award for the year-2011, which carries a cash component of Rs. 5 lakh besides a memento and a citation.

A committee comprising Telugu film personalities Tammareddi Bharadwaja, M. Balayya and K. C. Sekhar Babu chose Amitabh Bachchan for the NT Rama Rao National Film Award for 2011 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema. Apart from Bachchan the Committee also chose film director Shyam Benegal for the B. N. Reddy National Award that carries a reward of Rs. 2 lakh, a citation and a memento. Previous recipients of the award include Akkineni Nageswara Rao, a contemporary of late NTR, Bollywood great Dilip Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, thespian Sivaji Ganesan, music maestro Ilaiyaraja, Kannada actor Raj Kumar, director Hrishikesh Mukherjee and actress Waheeda Rehman among others. The awards will be presented on Ugadi, the Telugu New Year's Day, on April 11.