Amitabh Bachchan to be conferred with Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar award
Amitabh Bachchan to be conferred with Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar award
Bollywood Legend Amitabh Bachchan will be conferred with the Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award in recognition of his contribution to Hindi Cinema on April 24..
This was announced by the Mangeshkar family.
The family and the trust instituted the award in the memory of Lata Mangeshkar, who died on February 6, 2022, following multiple organ failure.
The Senior Bachchan, 81, will receive the recognition on April 24, the memorial day of their father and theatre-music veteran Deenanath Mangeshkar.
This award, acknowledged as the Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar, is given every year to an individual who has made a path-breaking contribution towards the nation, its people and society.
PM Modi was its first recipient, followed by Lata Mangeshkar’s sister Asha Bhosle in 2023.
Music maestro A R Rahman will also receive the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar for contribution to Indian music.
The award will also be presented to non-profit organisation Deepstambh Foundation Manobal for services in the field of social service, while Ashtavinayak Prakashit’s “Galib”, produced by Malhar and Vajreshwari, will be recognised as the best drama of the year.
Marathi writer Manjiri Phadke will receive Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar (Vagvilasini Puraskar) for contribution to literature, while actor Randeep Hooda will be feted with the Vishesh Puraskar for contribution to cinema.
Veteran actors Ashok Saraf and Padmini Kolhapure will be honoured with Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar for their contribution to cinema.
The recipients also include Roopkumar Rathod for his contribution to the field of music, Bhau Torsekar for editorial services and Atul Parchure for services to theatre and drama.
Hridaynath Mangeshkar said at an event that Since 1943, the trust has been celebrating this day without fail. Lata didi is not with us but her blessings and inspiration is with us. We will continue to celebrate this and we are hoping that it should happen every year, even after us. As they all have crossed 90, they have established this trust Deenanath Smruti Pratishthan.
Hridaynath Mangeshkar will preside over the function and the awards will be felicitated by the hands of Asha Bhosle to the awardees.
Singer Roopkumar Rathod said receiving the Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar is bigger than getting an Oscar or a Grammy trophy.
He added that he has been on the path of music for the past 45 years and for him, this award is not less than the Oscar or the Grammy, it is bigger than that… It is like achieving salvation after many births
News Edit K.V.Raman
