♦ Amitabh Bachchan will be honoured with the Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2024 for his career and contribution to the film industry.

♦ Previous recipients of this esteemed award include Prime Minister Narendra Modi and popular singer Asha Bhosale.

♦ This award was established by the Deenanath Mangeshkar Smriti Pratishthan in memory of the late Bharat Ratna awardee and legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar on February 6, 2022.

♦ The Pratishthan decided to honour several others with the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar award: music director AR Rahman and veteran Marathi actor Ashok Saraf for music; Padmini Kolhapure for films; singer Roopkumar Rathod for Indian music; actor        Atul Parchure for Marathi theatre; and retired teacher and author Manjiri Phadke for literature. Additionally, actor, producer, and director Randeep Hooda received a special award for his contributions to cinema.