Bollywood actors Juhi Chawla and Nawazuddin Siddiqui are among seven prominent personalities from different fields named for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Memorial Award 2015.
The other awardees include international athlete Kavita Raut; first woman editor of a Marathi daily Punyanagri, Rahi Bhide; author Kavita Mahajan; academician Farida Lambay and industrialist Megha Phansalkar.
Well known actor Nawazuddin, who played the lead role in the film “Manjhi: The Mountain Man” is the only male selected in this year’s list, said Mumbai Congress President Sanjay Nirupam.
“Two prominent personalities – former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, the first woman to hold the august post, and All India Congress Committee general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi, who both worked with late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for many years, shall be the chief guests and felicitate all the awardees,” Nirupam told IANS.
The honour carries no cash award or other benefits. The birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi is celebrated by felicitating leading personalities from different walks of life for their achievements, he added.
The function will be held at Y.B. Chavan Auditorium here on Thursday on the occasion of Indira Gandhi’s 98th birth anniversary in the presence of top Congress leaders, former union ministers and past and present lawmakers.
IANS
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Indicine didn’t post seventh day box office collection of PRDP which is still in double figures 10.80 as compared to HNY which collection falls to single digit on sixth day itself…..
Totally Deserved !
Srk would like to take those awards.
#AwardWapsi2
Nawajuddin deserves all the awards unlike the the TAX CHOR award buyer street dancer…!!!
Waiting for some comments of queen fans calling the award fake one like they do for National award!!!
Srk: Make sure I get nominated for every award for Dilwale.
Agent: But it is a poor movie, will be critically rejected. Your performance is nothing special.
Srk: But I want to be nominated, I cant give highest grosser of the year, at least I can get awards, hook ya crook.Agent: Dont worry, I will transfer money to every major award organisers. You will be nominated, even if every critic gives your film 0 stars.
Srk: Aren’t my 4000 twitter fan accounts being well financed? Get the best agency and double the number of accounts. I want my tweets to trend whenever I post any.
Agent: Fine.
Hope they don’t return their awards after getting inspired by Dibaker:)
Congrays to all who get awards in the ceremony.