MUMBAI: Doordarshan's Marathi channel Sahyadri has announced the winners of the Navratna Awards. The awards honour Maharashtrians, who have excelled in a particular field of interest.
This year the awards will be presented to eleven prominent personalities in their field of interest namely music, films, drama, sports, social work, journalism, women, industrialist and literature.
This year the Godrej No.1 Sahyadri Awards would be presented to Ulhas Kashalkar for music, Amol Palekar for films, Mohan Wagh for drama, Sachin Tendulkar for sports, Ms Madakini and Prakash Amte for social work, Pratapsingh Jadhav for journalism. Ms Nasima Hurzul in the woman’s category. Ajit Gulabchand for industrialist and Mangesh Padgaonkar for literature.
The jury members included Chandrashekhar Dharmadhikari, Kiran Shantaram, Prabhakar Panshikar, Dr Prabha Atre, Madhukar Bhave, Ms Rupa Shah, V.V. Karmarkar, Vijaya Rajadhyaksha and Chandrakant Salunkhe.