Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was honoured with the Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award on Wednesday, which he attended with his actor son Abhishek Bachchan. Visuals from the event showed the screen icon paying respect to Lata Mangeshkar, who passed away in 2022.
Videos from the ceremony show Amitabh Bachchan arriving at the event and bowing down in front of a huge portrait of Lata Mangeshkar with folded hands. The 81-year-old actor then called his son, Abhishek, who also bowed down in front of the portrait for blessings.
Both, father and son, were spotted offering a quick prayer before they made their way to the event, where the Mangeshkar family was in attendance.
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According to a PTI report, the family and the trust instituted the award in the memory of Lata Mangeshkar after the melody queen, who was the eldest of the five Mangeshkar siblings, died in 2022 following multiple organ failure.
Amitabh Bachchan received the award by Usha Mangeshkar on the Memorial Day of Deenanath Mangeshkar, the theatre-music veteran and father of Mangeshkar siblings. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the first recipient of Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar, followed by Asha Bhosle in 2023.
On the work front, the megastar will be next seen in Prabhas starrer Kalki 2898 AD. The actioner also stars Deepika Padukone.
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