Veteran Indian cinema singer Lata Mangeshkar was called the pride of India, even today people like to listen to her songs. Recently, Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar Award ceremony was organized in Mumbai and everyone present there remembered Lata ji. This award was established by Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Smriti Pratishthan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the first to receive this honour.
Why is this award given?
Let us tell you that those who do some good work for the nation and society are given Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar Award. People are honored with this award for their leading contribution to the society. In this award ceremony held recently, veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan was given the Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar Award. Many celebs participated in this function. Read More – Kriti Sanon revealed about the failure of films, said – It doesn’t matter anymore…
Amitabh Bachchan honored with ‘Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar Award’
On April 24, actor Amitabh Bachchan was honored with ‘Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar Award’. He received this award on the memorial day of theater-music veteran and father of Mangeshkar siblings Dinanath Mangeshkar. Amitabh Bachchan gave life to those characters with his brilliant acting in films like ‘Zanjeer’, ‘Deewar’, ‘Sholay’, ‘Chupke-Chupke’, ‘Mohabbatein’, and ‘Piku’. The megastar said that he is feeling honored to receive this award today.
Receiving the award, Amitabh Bachchan said, ‘I never considered myself worthy of such an award, but Hridaynath (Mangeshkar) ji tried very hard for me to come here. Last year he had also invited me for this function. He further said, ‘Hridaynath ji, I apologize to you for the last time. I told you then that I was unwell. I was healthy but did not want to come here. This year I had no excuse, so I had to come here. Read More – Kriti Sanon revealed about the failure of films, said – It doesn’t matter anymore…
Lata ji was the eldest among the five Mangeshkar siblings, who died in the year 2022. After her death, the family and trust established this award in the memory of Sur Samragini. Singer Usha Mangeshkar, the third among the Mangeshkar siblings, presented the award to Bachchan. Earlier, Mangeshkar’s other sister and famous singer Asha Bhosle was to present the award, but this time she could not attend the event due to ill health. Mangeshkar’s youngest brother and musician Hridaynath Mangeshkar presides over the function every year. Stars like Padmini Kolhapuri, Randeep Hooda, AR Rahman and Abhishek Bachchan also participated in this event.
