Veteran Hindi film music composer Rajesh Roshan was honoured with the Lata Manageshkar award by the Madhya Pradesh government on 8 February 2012. The Lata Manageshkar award for 2010-11 contained Rs two lakh in cash and a scroll of honour.
The award was presented to Roshan by the State Culture Minister Laxmikant Sharma. During his career spanning 36 years, he had never before accepted an award from any state government.
The award was instituted by the state government in 1984 and since its inception it has been given away to 27 personalities including legends like late Jagjit Singh, Asha Bhonsle and Naushad.
About Rajesh Roshan
Rajesh Roshan shot to fame with the score for Julie for which he won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award. The first break for him was given by Mehmood. He is the first music director who made Amitabh Bachchan to sing.
He also composed the song Jaane Tamanna for the internationally acclaimed film Valley of Flowers (2006) by Pan Nalin.
Rajesh Roshan was given a big break by Mehmood for Kunwara Baap (1974) and then by Dev Anand in three back to back hit films: Des Pardes, Man Pasand, and Lootmaar. He also composed melodious tunes and made Kishore Kumar sing them in films like Doosra Aadmi, Muqaddar, Swami, Khatta Meetha
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