Saturday, 21 April 2012

Madhuri Benegal bag Raj Kapoor awards

Madhuri Dixit and filmmaker Shyam Benegal will soon receive the Raj Kapoor awards constituted by the Maharashtra government.

Benegal can be conferred with the Raj Kapoor Lifetime Achievement Award-2012, while Dixit could be honoured with the Raj Kapoor Special Contribution Award-2012, informed Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.

While at the other hand, within the Marathi film category, the V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award may be given to veteran actress Leela Gandhi, while the V. Shantaram Special Contribution Award may be conferred to Dilip Prabhavalkar.

Besides this, the awards that were constituted by the Maharashtra government, may even feature a cash prize of Rs.2,00,000, a citation and a memento for every of the winners.