As per the well-placed sources, Bollywood veterans, director Shyam Benegal and actress Madhuri Dixit are all set to be granted this year’s Raj Kapoor awards constituted by the Maharashtra government. The announcement has been made by none another than Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan himself.
While Benegal shall be conferred the Raj Kapoor Lifetime Achievement Award-2012, Dixit will be honoured with the Raj Kapoor Special Contribution Award-2012, Chavan informed the state legislature Friday.
In the Marathi film industry category, the prestigious V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award for this year will be given to veteran actress Leela Gandhi. The V. Shantaram Special Contribution Award will be conferred on stage and film actor Dilip Prabhavalkar, famous as Mahatma Gandhi in Lage Raho Munnabhai.
Constituted by the Maharashtra government, each award carries a cash prize of Rs.200,000, a citation and a memento and shall be conferred at a public function. Our heartily congratulation to the recipients!
We hope that in future many more achievements come their way!
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