in sanskrit literature his work mandakini shot him to fame and won him laurels in india and abroad vijayasarath also has the distinction of using the maximum number of dhatus in his poems in the year 2017 chief minister k chandrashekhar rao had honored him with the sanskrit scholar award on the eve of independence day at golconda fort the family recalls with pride several literary scholars and fans of vijayasarathis work expresses joy over the award being presented to the scholar download films or watch them on dvds and even cell phones says jakatdarbut the asian film festival that aashay introduced in the city in 2004 began to receive positive response it went on till 2008 attended by over 3000 delegates this year we are planning to organise it in december he sayson the occasion of its 25th year the 1800odd members of aashay have other programmes to look forward to for instance a festival on films adapted from the works of nobel laureate rabindranath tagore and screenings of other european classics