Madhur Bhandarkar, the maker of many power-packed films in Bollywood, has been awarded with the Presidential Award, Gangasharan Singh Award, by President Pratibha Patil at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.

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Madhur Bhandarkar receives Presidential Award

Madhur Bhandarkar, the maker of many power-packed films in Bollywood, has been awarded with the Presidential Award, Gangasharan Singh Award, by President Pratibha Patil at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.

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The Ministry of Human Resource Development, India wanted to acknowledge Madhur’s contributions to Hindi language cinema under the Hindi Service Awards Scheme.

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In 2002 and 2005, Dr APJ Kalam gave him the presidential award for 'Chandni Bar' and 'Page 3' respectively, and in 2006 Smt. Patil gave him the presidential award for making 'Traffic Signal'.

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Jubiliated Madhur said: "Over the years not just the audience or the industry but also the Government of our country has supported and acknowledged my work. I am honoured and thankful to the HRD ministry for finding me befitting for this award."

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The award comprises of a certificate and a cheque of Rupees One Lakh.