Veteran scriptwriter Rumy Jaffery and renowned lyricist Yogesh will get Madhya Pradesh Government’s prestigious National Kishore Kumar Award for creative writing for the year 2015 and 2016 respectively. The award carries a cash prize of `two lakh, a shawl and a citation.
It is to be noted that the selection committee has already decided whom to give this award for the year 2015 and 2016. The Kishore Kumar award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government in 1997, is given away for direction, acting, script writing and lyrics every year. Past recipients of the prestigious award are Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Gulzar, Shyam Benegal and Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar and even Yash Chopra.
This year, the award is being given to Rumi Jaffery who is a renowned writer of Bollywood.
Notably, Bhopal city has produced great artists who have built a golden fortune for themselves in the Bollywood industry. One of the names is of the writer turned director Rumi Jaffery. This Bhopalite has made it large in the Bollywood film industry. He has been in the industry for a long time and has worked with many experienced producers and actors of the industry.
Having worked with the big names like Salman Khan, Big B Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar and Govinda, the Bhopalite Rumi Jaffery began his career with the theatre industry. Rumi has worked on many comedy scripts.
Similarly lyricist Yogesh has given many hit tracks to Bollywood. He is known for his movies like Chhoti Si Baat, Anand, Baato Baato Me, Rajnigandha, Manzil and many more.