Madhya Pradesh Government is organising the National lata Mangeshkar Award to honour the celebrities in the field of music for their contribution. This time the award for year 2012 to 2016 will be given to the awardees.
It is to be noted that a grand award ceremony will be held at Indore’s Brilliant Convention Centre on October 26. It is to be noted that the lata Mangeshkar Award is a national-level award instituted to honour works in the field of music. Various State Governments of India present awards with this name. The State Government of MP started this award in 1984. The award consists of a certificate of merit and a cash prize. This time the maestros receiving the award include music director Usha Khanna for the year 2012, Singer Alka Yagnik for the year 2013, Music Director Bhappi lahiri for 2014, Singer Udit Narayan for 2015 and Music Director Anu Malik for the year 2016 will be conferred with National lata Mangeshkar Award. It is noteworthy that all the awardees are well known for their immense contribution in the field of music. Each artist will be given an amount of Rs 2 lakh, a memento and a shawl. This honor is once again provided to the vocal singer and music director for lifetime creation and excellence.
The award ceremony will be held in the presence of dignitaries, the celebrated artist singers. Besides, singer Sudesh Bhosale will present smooth music with his team during the award ceremony.