Yes, the young actor was awarded a gold medal in the convocation ceremony of his Med school, of course in his upcoming film 'Karthikeya'. The movie is going full throttle about shooting and as a part of the same, the unit setup a graduation ceremony in which the actors including the lead pair and some of their colleagues are awarded with degree certificates and medals. The pic was tweeted by the actor on his page.

Touted as the biggest film in Nikhil’s otherwise erratic career which has taken a matured turn with ‘Swamy Raa Raa’, the film also stars Swathi who accompanied him in SRR as well. The film has almost finished with its shoot and will be going to post production studios.

Tanikella Bharani, Rao Ramesh, Praveen, Tulasi, Kishore, Swamy Raa Raa Satya, Jogi Nayudu and Meena Kumari in key roles. The crew includes Camera: Karthik Ghattamaneni; Editing: Karthika Srinivas; Music: Sekhar Chandra; Lyrics: Krishna Chaitanya; Choreography: Raghu; Art: sahi Suresh; Executive Producer: Gunakala Mallikharjuna.