Lata Mangeshkar Award

The Lata Mangeshkar Award is a national-level award instituted to honour works in the field of music. Various state governments of India present awards with this name. The state Government of Madhya Pradesh started this award in 1984.[1] The award consists of a certificate of merit and a cash prize. There is also a Lata Mangeshkar Award issued by the Government of Maharashtra starting from 1992. This is also officially known as "Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement". Another award is given by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Post death of Mangeshkar in 2022, new award was started in her name by the charitable trust managed by Mangeshkar family. The recipients of the various Lata Mangeshkar Awards are as below.

Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Smriti Pratishthan

The Mangeshkar family and the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Smriti Pratishthan charitable trust decided to institute the award 2022 onwards, in the honour and memory of Lata Mangeshkar, who died in February 2022 following multiple organ failure. Then she was 92.

Awarded by the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Smriti Pratishthan
YearRecipientNotes
2022Narendra Modi[2]Prime Minister
2023Asha Bhosle[3]Singer
2024Amitabh Bachchan[4]Actor
2025Kumar Mangalam BirlaBusinessman

Government of Maharashtra

The award presented by the Maharashtra government, the Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement, consisted of a cash reward of ₹500,000, a citation, a trophy and a shawl.[5]

Issued by Government of Maharashtra
YearRecipientNotes
1992Manik VarmaSinger
1993Shrinivas KhaleMusic Director
1994Gajanan WatveMusic Director
1995Datta DavjekarMusic Director
1996Jitendra AbhishekiMusic Director
1997Hridaynath MangeshkarMusic Director
1998Anil BiswasMusic Director
1999Asha BhosleSinger
2001Sudhir PhadkeMusic Director
2002PyarelalMusic Director
2004Snehal BhatkarMusic Director
2005Manna DeySinger
2006Jaymala ShiledarSinger
2009Suman KalyanpurSinger
2010Sulochana ChavanSinger
2011Yashwant DevMusic Director
2012AnandjiMusic Director
2014Krishna KalleSinger
2017Pushpa PagdhareSinger
2018RaamlaxmanMusic Director
2019Usha KhannaMusic Director
2020Usha MangeshkarSinger
2022Suresh WadkarSinger
2023Anuradha PaudwalSinger
2024Bhimrao PanchaleSinger

Government of Madhya Pradesh

Awarded by Government of Madhya Pradesh
YearRecipientNotes
1984NaushadMusic Director
1985Kishore KumarSinger
1986JaidevMusic Director
1987Manna DeySinger
1988KhayyamMusic Director
1989Asha BhosleSinger
1990Laxmikant–PyarelalMusic Directors
1991K. J. YesudasSinger
1992R. D. BurmanMusic Director
1993Sandhya MukherjeeSinger
1994Anil BiswasMusic Director
1995Talat MahmoodSinger
1996Kalyanji–AnandjiMusic Directors
1997Jagjit SinghSinger
1998IlaiyaraajaMusic Director
1999S. P. BalasubrahmanyamSinger
2000Bhupen HazarikaMusic Director
2001Mahendra Kapoor[6]Singer
2002Ravindra JainMusic Director
2003Suresh Wadkar[1]Singer
2004A. R. RahmanMusic Director
2005Kavita KrishnamurthySinger
2006Hridaynath MangeshkarMusic Director
2007O. P. NayyarMusic Director
2008Ravi[7]Music Director
2009Anuradha Paudwal[7]Singer
2010Rajesh Roshan[8]Music Director
2011Hariharan[9]Singer
2012Usha KhannaMusic Director
2013Alka YagnikSinger
2014Bappi LahiriMusic Director
2015Udit Narayan[10]Singer
2016Anu MalikMusic Director
2017Suman KalyanpurSinger
2018Kuldeep Singh[11]Music Director
2019Shailendra SinghSinger
2020Anand–Milind[12]Music Directors
2021Kumar SanuSinger
2022Uttam SinghMusic Director
2023K. S. ChithraSinger
2024Shankar–Ehsaan–LoyMusic Directors
2025Sonu NigamSinger
  • O. P. Nayyar was selected for the award in 2007, but refused to accept.

Government of Andhra Pradesh

Issued by Government of Andhra Pradesh
YearRecipientNotes
2011Shankar Mahadevan[13]Music Director
2011K. S. Chithra[14]Singer

References

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  2. ↑ The Hindu (22 April 2022). "PM Modi to receive inaugural Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  3. ↑ Times of India (19 April 2023). "Asha Bhosle to be honoured with Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar". Times of India. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  4. ↑ The Hindu (25 April 2024). "Amitabh Bachchan receives Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar, says feels fortunate to be honoured". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
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  10. ↑ "Lata Mangeshkar Samman given to Usha Khanna, Udit Narayan and Anu Malik". NDTV. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
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  13. ↑ Lisa Antao (1 Oct 2011). "Lata Mangeshkar Award for Shankar Mahadevan". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 August 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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