Limca Book of Records has honoured cine stars
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The
Limca Book of Records 2013 was launched in New Delhi by Information and
Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari, along with Atul Singh, President
and CEO Coco Cola India and South West Asia and Vijaya Ghose, Editor,
Limca Book of Records.
The
award ceremony also paid a special tribute to 25 late screen legends of
Indian cinema including Dev Anand, Jaspal Bhatti, Yash Chopra, Shammi
Kumar and others.
Shabana,
one of the awardees who was felicitated at this ceremony, said such
awards encourage her to put her best foot forward. "Indian cinema
completing 100 years is a landmark and I am a small part of it. I am
happy that this time the record is celebrating the achievement and
thankful to them for giving me this honour," said Shabana, a five-time
National Award winner.
Leading
film editor Sreekar Prasad, who has edited over 200 films in 12
languages, said, "I would like to dedicate this award to all those
editors of Indian cinema whose work goes unnoticed. They contribute a
lot."
Choreographer-actor-director
Prabhu Deva did a brief performance on his hit number from the 1990s,
'Muqabla', before accepting his award.
National
award winner Assamese filmmaker Barua said cinema is not just a source
of entertainment and business but also a mission to safeguard humanity.
Iconic
documentary filmmaker Mike Pandey, a three-time winner of Green Oscar
award, stressed on the need of channels showing short films.
"I
am deeply humbled that documentaries have found a platform but I feel
that there should be channels to telecast them. Documentaries carry
important information. They are also an agent of change," he said.
The
event came to an end with an entertaining skit by dynamic duo Mahmood
Farooqui and Danish Hussain celebrating Indian cinema.
First
published in 1990, Limca Book Of Records aims to felicitate people
ranging from agriculture, literature, education to music, communication,
sports and medical science among others.
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