PIX: Amitabh Bachchan Awarded the 2nd Yash Chopra National Memorial Award

By Goher Iqbal Punn, Film Critic & Entertainment Analyst, Showbiz Bites

Arjan Bajwa and Elli AvramAmitabh Bachchan awarded the 2nd Yash Chopra National Memorial Award at a recently held ceremony where the who’s who came to attend and adorn the event. The event was held at JW Marriot in Mumbai. This award was instituted by the famed statesman and MP, Dr. T Subbarami Reddy in the memory of late well-known Director Yash Chopra in association with Anu and Shashi Ranjan. Amitabh was much excited by receiving this honor, as the legendary actor has worked with the late director in many movies in his long career.

This award is conferred every year to the notable personality of the industry for his or her marvellous contribution to the entertainment fraternity. This year the jury comprising of Anil Kapoor, Hema Malini, Dr. Reddy and Simi Grewal decided Amitabh Bachchan’s name for the award. Last year, the award was conferred to the legendary Bollywood singer Lata Mangeshkar.

shiv Kumar Sharma amitabh bacchan and Elli Avram

Jaya Pradha solo

Anushka Ranjan with Amitabh Bachchan

It was a real nostalgic moment when the Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan was crowned with this prestigious award. The personalities who came to this event included Shri Ch. Vidyasagar Rao (Governor of Maharashtra), Former Union Minister Shri Susheel Kumar Shinde, Union Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar along with the other guests of honour Shri V N Dhoot (Chairman & Managing Director, Videocon Industries Ltd.) and a host of celebrities from TV and Film industry.

Anushka Ranjan

Himalaya and Bhagyashree Dassani

Poonam Dhillon

The celebrities who adorned this nostalgic event included Mrs. Pamela Chopra, Simi Garewal, Anushka Ranjan, Jaya Pradha, Jugnu with Amitabh Gupta, Madhoo Shah, cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin, Himalaya with Bhagyashree Dassani, Ellie Aviram, Kiran Shantaram, Arjun Bajwa, Rumi Jaffery, Adnan Sami with Roya Farabhi and many others.

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Roya Faryabi and Adnan Sami

Madhoo Shah Solo

Sashi Ranjan and Anu Ranjan

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Goher Iqbal Punn is a famed Hindi Film Critic, Hindi Music Reviewer, Entertainment Columnist and Bollywood Analyst. His creative and analytical writings are well-received and liked. Mr. Punn is a film trade expert as well and his Box Office Reports are always loved to read and appreciated. His other expertise includes analyzing the small screen of India (Indian television soaps & its celebrities). He has worked with the media giants like BBC (London), Screen (Indian Express, Delhi/Mumbai), Bollywood Hungama (Mumbai), Indiainfo (Mumbai/Bangalore) Daily Times (Lahore) and The Post (Lahore) respectively. In addition to these big wheels of the media industry, Mr. Punn has also been associated with plenty of other coveted online entertainment publications such as Nowrunning (New York), Galmsham (Mumbai), Radio Sargam (Leeds), One India (Bangalore/Mumbai), Bollygraph (Katmandu), Sulekha (Aston), Planet Bollywood (New York) and to name a few. Goher also shares a good rapport with Bollywood and Indian television fraternities. He is often approached for his expert views on Hindi cinema and its celebrities. Media tycoons like The Times (Sunday Times, London), The Christian Science Monitor (Boston), Newsweek of USA and to name a few have interviewed him. Goher also helps the students researching on Bollywood, the most notable being the one he did with a student of Spanish University. Mr. Punn is the most experienced writer with more than 20 years of journalistic experience to his credit. He is contactable at goher.iqbal.punn@showbizbites.com & goher.punn@gmail.com Read Goher Iqbal Punn’s write-ups for Showbiz Bites by visiting this link http://www.showbizbites.com/author/goheriqbalpunn/