Dr Vishnu National Award conferred to Ramesh Aravind

Actor-director Ramesh Aravind was awarded the

Dr Vishnu National Award

on Wednesday at Ravindra Kalakshetra in the city. The event which is a three-day long theatre festival from September 18 to 20 on the occasion of Dr Vishnuvardhan's birthday was organised by

Dr Vishnu Sena Samithi

. The award was conferred to Ramesh by veteran director

T S Nagabharana

, reported an entertainment daily.

Directors S Narayan, V Nagendra Prasad, Ravi Srivatsa, VSS president Veerakaputra Srinivas, actor Mandya Ramesh and many other big names were present at the felicitation.