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Senior actress Usha Nadkarni presented with Life Achievement Award

In the event held at Vashi

By Dinesh Kamath

NAVI MUMBAI: On the occasion of World Women’s Day, Ashokpushp had organized an event to distribute Women Empowerment Awards. The event took place on Friday 9 March 2018 at Vishnudas Bhave Auditorium. Senior Actress who acts in both Hindi and Marathi films, Usha Nadkarni, was conferred upon the Lifetime Achievement Award.  The women who excelled in other fields were also awarded and felicitated. These women include ‘Majhya Navryachi Bayko’ fame actress Shweta Mehendale, young singer Shubhangi Kedar, deputy police inspector Rani Kale, fish exporter Gunabai Sutar, Minakshi Sharma, Nazneen Shaikh, Jyoti Soni and Sneha Deshpande.

The organizer of this event Umesh Chowdhary said, “These awards were given to women who excelled in various fields. This is to provide women more encouragement to pursue challenging jobs. Ashokpushp has been organizing such events since last seven years.”

Present for this event were actor Surhad Vardekar, actor Sangram Samel, actress Lejan Kelimoha, actress Riddima Pai, director Raju Parsekar, producer Shridhar Chari, Gauri Gujar, music director Swarup Bhalwankar, Sanjiv Kumar, Sunita Ghaitadak, Mohini Shabade, Bindiya Sen, Anjali Varma, Adarsh Shrivastav, Sonia Mayer, Namita Mishra and others.

On this occasion, cultural events were held. A dance was performed in the memory of Late Shridevi by the students of Suraj Dance Academy. Traditional dance was performed by Durgesh Rajpur, Feroz Shaikh, Laiba Mayer’s Imorji Band and Yashaswini Kalamanch.

In her speech, the award winner Usha Nadkarni said, “I am still 16 years old. I want to do still more contribution. I am overwhelmed by the love and affection shown by the audience here and also for having received this prestigious award. I will pursue acting throughout my life.”