Saturday, September 19, 2015

27th Pune Festival felicitates Shashi Kapoor and Prem Chopra with life time achievement awards


Bollywood actors Shashi Kapoor and Prem Chopra are stalwarts of the Indian cinema and both of them were felicitated with life time achievement awards at the inauguration ceremony of 27th Pune Festival at Ganesh Kala Krida Manch.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 19 September 2015.
Both of them had given memorable performances in their lifetime and, while Shashi Kapoor was known for his sometimes-funny-sometimes-serious roles, Prem Chopra was known for the roles of villains that he portrayed to perfection. Upon insistence from the audience, Prem Chopra uttered his famous monologue, ‘Prem Naam Hai Mera…’
Others who were felicitated were actor Jackie Shroff, Bindu, musicians Ajay Atul, Dr Uma Ganesh Natrajan Abeda Inamdar and Hema Malini.
Hema Malini was honored with a special award for her dedication to the festival for the last 25 years.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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