Limca Book of Records has honoured cine stars
The Popular Limca Book of Records 2013 was launched in New Delhi
by Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari, along with Atul
Singh, President and CEO Coco Cola India and South West Asia and Vijaya
Ghose, Editor, Limca Book of Records.The award ceremony paid a special
tribute to 25 late screen legends of Indian cinema including Dev Anand,
Jaspal Bhatti, Yash Chopra, Shammi Kumar and others.
Shabana, one of the awardees who was felicitated at this ceremony,
said such awards encourage her to put her best foot forward. “Indian
cinema completing 100 years is a landmark and I am a small part of it. I
am happy that this time the record is celebrating the achievement and
thankful to them for giving me this honour,” said Shabana, a five-time
National Award winner.
Special mention to the leading film editor Sreekar Prasad, who has
edited over 200 films in 12 languages, said, “I would like to dedicate
this award to all those editors of Indian cinema whose work goes
unnoticed. They contribute a lot.” Southern Superstar
Choreographer-actor-director Prabhu Deva did a brief performance on his
hit number from the 1990s, ‘Muqabla’, before accepting his award.
National award winner Assamese filmmaker Barua said cinema is not
just a source of entertainment and business but also a mission to
safeguard humanity.Iconic documentary filmmaker Mike Pandey, a
three-time winner of Green Oscar award, stressed on the need of
exclusive channels showing short films.
“I am deeply humbled that documentaries have found a platform but I
feel that there should be exclusive channels to telecast them.
Documentaries carry education and important information. They are also
an agent of change,” he said.
The event came to an end with an entertaining skit by dynamic duo Mahmood Farooqui and Danish Hussain celebrating Indian cinema.
First published in 1990, Limca Book Of Records aims to felicitate
people ranging from agriculture, literature, education to music,
communication, sports and medical science among others.
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