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Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Sonu Nigam Named for National Lata Mangeshkar Awards

They head the 2024–25 honorees in music as Madhya Pradesh’s Culture Department finalizes its eight national awards programme

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.