Overview
- Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy will receive the 2024 National Lata Mangeshkar Award and Sonu Nigam will be honoured with the 2025 prize at an Indore ceremony on September 28.
- Prasoon Joshi is the recipient of the 2024 National Kishore Kumar Award and Sanjay Leela Bhansali will be honoured with the 2025 award at the Khandwa event on October 13.
- Anand Dham of Bhopal and Pune’s PunarutthanSamrastaGurukulam have been named for the National Mahatma Gandhi Award carrying a ₹20 lakh prize for 2024 and 2025, respectively.
- The National Information Technology Award, National Nirmal Verma Award and National Hindi Seva Award will be presented in Bhopal on Hindi Day, September 14.
- The awards span film, music, literature, technology and social service to celebrate outstanding contributions under Madhya Pradesh’s cultural policy.