Dinanath Mangeshkar memorial awards announced

MUMBAI: Renowned Sarangi player Ustad Sultan Khan, actor Shammi Kapur and actor Hema Malini among others, would be the recipients of 17th Dinanath Mangeshkar Smriti awards.

The awards, consisting of a cash prize of Rs 50,000 and a statuette, are given by the Dinanath Smriti Pratishthan, set up in the memory of renowned vocalist and Marathi actor Dinanath Mangeshkar, also the father of Lata Mangeshkar.

The other awardees include producer Mohan Wagh for his Marathi play 'Sonpankhi', an Alandi-based NGO 'Aple Ghar' which works for child welfare, Marathi writer Sarojini Vaidya, and veteran actor Bhalchandra Pendharkar.

Veteran actor Shammi Kapur will be given a special award.

The awards would be given away in a ceremony in Pune on April 24, Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, well known composer and Dinanath's son, announced here on Wednesday.

A newly-instituted award for poetry, consisting of Rs 25,000, which is sponsored by late Marathi poetess and lyricist Shanta Shelke, will be given from this year and Sudhir Moghe would be its first recipient, Mangeshkar said.