Various events have been organized by Marathi and Hindi Cinema fans clubs and groups to celebrate legendary ‘Father of Indian Cinema‘ Dadasaheb Dhundiraj Govind Phalke’s 154th anniversary ( April 30th) On April 27th the Dadasaheb Phalke Chitra Nagari (Film City) Awards were organized and convened at a glittering evening event by impresario- singer Raju Tank ( founder-'Bombay Entertainment') at the Veda Kunba theatre-auditorium in Mumbai. A galaxy of eminent Movie and TV veteran stars and young stars and noted non-filmy celebs, as well as some talented newcomers, were felicitated on stage with different categories-sizes of Dadasaheb Phalke C N trophies.
The list of celebs and stars honored with Phalke C-N (F-C)Trophies Awardees included dynamic head-honcho of Pearl Group of Companies and publisher-chief editor Ronnie Rodrigues ( of popular ‘CineBuster’ mag), Chandrasekhar Pusalkar-Jee (grandson of Dadasaheb Phalke), (Versova) MLA Dr. Bharti Lavekar, veteran actor-model Deepak Parashar, , ex-ACP and ‘CSO’ of Film City Shri Sanjay Patil (also amazing singer ), senior actor-director-producer Deepak Tijori ('Tipppsy'), former ‘Miss India Earth’ and 'Tipppsy' movie- star actress Alankrita Sahai, celeb DJ model-actress Sonia Birje ( daughter of actor Hemant -‘Tarzan’- Birje), singer-producer Bhaumik Patel, Sangram Shirke ( President WIFPA), B N Tiwari (President Film Federation, actress-social activist Tina Ghai, veteran film-maker Ashok Shekhar, senior actor Pankaj Berry, Vijayshree Chaudhary (choreographer), actor Ali Khan, actor Bhupesh Raseen, TV actress Nyra Banerjee, veteran composer Dilip Sen, senior actress Sahila Chadha, Dilip Dalvi, Sadashiv Dhotre, stand-up comedian-actor Sunil Pal, senior composer Nikhil Kamat, Gurpreet Kaur, singer-entrepreneur Lalitya Munshaw, actress-model Sanya Verma and Dr.Sundari Thakur ( Founder-President of ‘Women Respect Foundation’ and many others.
Dadasaheb Phalke C-N (F-C) Awards-event organizer Raju Tank seemed sentimentally happy with the wonderful support that he got from his Celeb-invitees and thanked each of them.
Accompanied by ‘CineBuster’ Senior Editor Keerti Kadam, the Phalke-C-N celeb Awardee Ronnie Rodrigues was asked by news media as to ‘who’ was his inspiration. The benevolent Ronnie known for his acts of philanthropy replied instantly, that he always derives “inspiration from poor people,-- because they give me their heartfelt blessings and good wishes !”
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