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Rotary Club of Plainsboro, New Jersey & GOPIO (The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin) â Felicitates Mrs. Anjali Devi, A veteran Telugu film Actress and Producer
Plainsboro, NJ, 7/29/08 â Rotary Club of Plainsboro, New Jersey and The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) felicitated Mrs. Anjali Devi a veteran Artist from Telugu Movie industry. The event was well attended by Indians living in Plainsboro, South Brunswick, Monroe and Princeton areas. Mrs. Anjali Devi a veteran Telugu actress and producer, acted in over 360 films and well known for her mythological role as Sita in Lava Kusa and glamorous roles in movies like Suvarna Sundari and Anarkali. Mrs. Anjali Devi received various Awards, including Raghupathi Venkaiah Award in 2005 for her life time service to Telugu film industry; she was conferred with Ramineni Award given for 2006 in fine arts sections. She won the prestigious ANR National Award for 2007.
The event started off with an introduction of the Rotary Club of Plainsboro by Andy Iyengar, Past President of the Club, Mr. Dinesh Mittal, President of the club shared some of the community projects undertaken by Rotary Club of Plainsboro. Mr. Darshan Doshi, President Elect talked about some of the new projects that the club will be undertaking in this fiscal year, some of the projects include Serving the needy at Soup Kitchens, Jaipur Limb Project, Diwali with Elders at Old Age Home, Toys for Tots, Dictionary Project, Adopting a stretch of highway,
Mr. Suresh Reddy introducing Mrs. Anjali Devi said, he was very fortunate to introduce Mrs. Devi who hails from Peddapuram, East Godavari District in Andhra Pradesh, India. Mr. Reddy said Mrs. Devi acted in Lava Kusa, a milestone film and the first color film in Telugu film industry in 1963. Mr. Dinesh Mittal, President of the Rotary Club of Plainsboro along with Rajeev Mehta President of the GOPIO Central Jersey Chapter presented a Plaque to Mrs. Anjali Devi. Plaque read â Rotary Club of Plainsboro & GOPIO felicitate Mrs. Anjali Devi, for her relentless contribution to the Telugu/Indian film Industryâ.
Speaking at the event Mrs. Anjali Devi talked about her family, her career as an artist and philanthropy work that she is doing. Mrs. Devi was very passionate of the social projects that Rotary Clubs around the world take up and she wanted to participate in Rotary Club of Plainsboroâs, âJaipur Limb Projectâ. Mrs. Anjali Devi donated some money for Jaipur Limb Project at the event. It was a great event that ended with many pledges towards Rotary social projects.
