PICS: Nana Patekar, Mala Sinha, Pyarelal Sharma and Prem Chopra felicitated With Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Awards

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. Mala Sinha was awarded with the same for her dedicated service in the field of Cinema. "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.The award function ceremony was followed by an entertaining musical performed by Dr Rahul Deshpande, the Master of Ceremonies was Harish Bhimani. The 79th Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Punyatithi was jointly organised by Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Smruti Pratishthan and Avinash Prabhavalkar of Hridayesh Arts.