- Was awarded the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award by the Government of India for his life-time contribution to Indian cinema in 1983.
- Was the first person to be awarded the prestigious Raghupathy Venkaiah award by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh for his outstanding contribution to Telugu cinema in 1981.
- Acted in Kalidas (1931) - the first Tamil talkie, in Bhakta Prahlada (1932) - the first Telugu talkie, and in The Light of the World (1931) - the first Hindi (Indian) talkie.
- Indian postal department issued a commemorative postal stamp in his honor on September 5, 2006
- Father of A. Ramesh Prasad and grandfather of Sai Prasad.
- Brother of A. Sanjeevi and uncle of A. Sreekar Prasad.
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