Mumbai: Maharashtra Government on Thursday stated legendary singer Asha Bhosle has been chosen for the Maharashtra Bhushan award, the state government’s highest honour.
A committee chaired by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray determined to choose Bhosle for the award for the 12 months 2020.
The award, instituted in 1996 by the state authorities to recognise distinguished work and achievements of eminent individuals from the state, representing totally different walks of life, carries a money prize of Rs 10 lakh and a quotation. Bhosle, whose sister Lata Mangeshkar received the award in 1997, stated she obtained to know from Uddhav Thackeray that she has been chosen for the award for 2020.
“I thank him that he thought of choosing me for the award,” Bhosle stated.
“People of Maharashtra have loved me a lot and have treated me as part of their family over these many years,” she stated. Asked what does it really feel to be in her mid-80s, Bhosle stated, “Age is just a number. I feel I am as old as my mind.”
Born on September 8, 1933, in Maharashtra’s Sangli district, Bhosle was initiated into music by her father, the famend Marathi stage actor-singer Dinanath Mangeshkar.
Having sung her first tune for a Marathi movie in 1944, she has the excellence of getting sung hundreds of songs in virtually each main Indian language.Â
The versatility of her voice and expertise has been acknowledged by means of a bunch of awards conferred on her, together with the National Award twice, the celebrated Filmfare Award eight occasions, and the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
in 2001.
Bhosle acquired the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2000. The first Maharashtra Bhushan awardee was Marathi author P L Deshpande and the final winner of this award was historian Babasaheb Purandare who obtained it for the 12 months 2015.
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