MP-MUSIC-AWARD

Singer Kalyanpur, music director Singh to get Mangeshkar Award
    Bhopal, Jan 16 (PTI) Noted singer Suman Kalyanpur and
music director Kuldeep Singh have been selected for the Madhya
Pradesh government's prestigious National Lata Mangeshkar
Award for 2017 and 2018, respectively, in recognition of their
contribution in the field of music, an official said on
Thursday.
    Each award winner will get a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh,
shawl, 'shreephal' (coconut) and a citation.
    The state government has decided to confer the
National Lata Mangeshkar Award for 2017 to Kalyanpur and to
music director Kuldeep Singh for 2018, said the official of
the public relations department.
    He said the award, instituted in the honour of Lata
Mangeshkar, will be presented in February at a function in
Indore, the birthplace of the 90-year-old legendary singer.
    The official said the award selection committee, which
included playback singer Suresh Wadkar among others, decided
these names at a meeting held recently in Mumbai.
    The Madhya Pradesh government instituted the award in
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