LATA MANGESHKAR GETS YASH CHOPRA
MEMORIAL AWARD
Legendary
singer Lata Mangeshkar has been conferred with the first Yash Chopra Memorial
Award for her contribution to cinema.
She
was presented the award by Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari
on saturday, at a function in Mumbai.
Lata, who has been unwell for the last three days, made it a point to attend
the function where industrialist-politician T Subbarami Reddy announced a
national award in the memory of the legendary filmmaker. Reddy produced Hindi
films like 'Vijay', 'Chandni' and 'Lamhe'.
"I am unwell since three days. I have got fever and doctors have asked me
to take rest and not go out anywhere. But I wanted to come here. I have not
come here for the award and Rs ten lakh. Yashji was special and close to my
heart" Lata said.
Chopra's
wife Pamela was also present and became emotional while talking about her late
husband.
A number of Bollywood celebrities including Sridevi, Boney Kapoor, Anushka
Sharma, Anil Kapoor, Jeetendra, Rani Mukherjer, Hema Malini, Akshay Kumar,
Subhash Ghai, Simi Gareval, Sonali Bendre to name a few attended the event.
Lata Mangeshkar is the first recipient of the award constituted by TSR
Foundation of T Subbarami Reddy.
"In our first year, we are giving this (award) to Lata Mangeshkar for her
immense contribution to cinema. She was very close to Yashji and she has sung
for almost all his films," said Reddy.
Yash Chopra (80) died in Mumbai on October 21 last year.
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