Master Deenanath
Mangeshkar Smruti Pratishthan felicitated legends from the field of music,
drama, art and social work with the prestigious Deenanath Mangeshkar Award and
other awards of the Trust on Wednesday, November, 24, 2021 at Deenanath
Mangeshkar Natyagriha, Vile Parle, Mumbai.
This year, the Master
Deenanath Mangeshkar Award (Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar) for music and art was
conferred upon the legendary Pyarelal Sharma for his dedicated service to the
Indian Music and Cine industry while veteran songstress Usha Mangeshkar was
felicitated with the Deenanath Puraskar for her contribution to music. The
Deenanath Vishesh Puraskar was awarded to veteran singer-composer Meena
Mangeshkar-Khadikar for her contribution to music and Prem Chopra for his
dedicated services in the field of Cinema.
Indian and Marathi
Regional veteran actor Nana Patekar received a well-deserved Deenanath Vishesh
Puraskar for his life-long service to theatre and cinema while MP, Rajya Sabha
and Editor of Saamana, Sanjay Raut was felicitated for his dedicated service in
the field of editorial.
Mala Sinha was awarded
with the same for her dedicated service in the field of Cinema. The Vagvilasini
Puraskar for Literature was awarded to Santosh Anand for his dedicated service
in the field of literary arts while poetess Neeraja was recognized for her
contribution to Poetry and Literature. Dr Pratit Samdani, Dr Rajeev Sharma, Dr
Janardan Nimbolkar, Dr Ashwin Mehta, Dr Nishit Shah and Dr Sameer Jog were
felicitated for their dedicated services in the field of medicine and
healthcare.
“In memory of Master
Deenanathji, whose monumental contributions as singer, musician and stage
artistes have been an inspiration to the people of Maharashtra and India, the
Mangeshkar family organises the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Smruti Pratishthan
Awards to honour legends. We are glad that we have the love and support of the
masses.” echoed Hridaynath Mangeshkar and Usha Mangeshkar.
Established and nurtured
by the Mangeshkar family for the last 31 years, the Pune based registered
public charitable trust organizes the coveted award function on 24th April i.e.
memorial day of Master Deenanath Mangeshkar. However, the function for the last
two years on 24th April, 2020 and 24th April, 2021 could not be possible due to
worldwide pandemic, so the Mangeshkar family decided to felicitate this on
Wednesday, November, 24, 2021 this year.
The award function
ceremony was followed by an entertaining musical performed by Dr Rahul Deshpande, the Master
of Ceremonies was Harish Bhimani. The
event was presided by Rajiv Khandekar, Executive Editor, ABP Majha.
The 79th Master Deenanath
Mangeshkar Punyatithi was jointly organised by Master Deenanath Mangeshkar
Smruti Pratishthan and Avinash Prabhavalkar of Hridayesh Arts.