Award instituted in memory of Yash Chopra; Lata Mangeshkar’s the first recipient

The T Subbarami Reddy Foundation has instituted an award in the memory of the late Yash Chopra, the reputed Bollywood film maker. To be known as the National Yash Chopra Memorial Award, it carries prize money of Rs 10 lakhs in cash and a citation. The first personality, who would be presented with the award would be legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar. The jury, headed by Reddy and comprising film personalities like Hema Malini, Anil Kapoor and Simi Garewal decided to present the 'National Yash Chopra Memorial Award' to Lata Mangeshkar. The award ceremony is to be held in Mumbai on 19 October (2013). T Subbarami Reddy, who was a close associate of Yash Chopra, jointly made films like Vijay, Chandni, and Lamhe. Talking of Chopra, Reddy said that that the noted filmmaker has been one of the biggest makers of the country by continuously giving musical, classical and romantic films for six decades. Incidentally, his films like Deewar, Kabhi Kabhi have been found as one of the best films in Indian Film History