Mumbai : The entire world celebrates India’s Father Of The Nation, Mahatma Gandhi ‘s birthday on 2nd October. On this special day to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, various political parties and social service organisations organise various kinds of events and activities as a mark of reverence ! One such organisation, KCF Foundation under the leadership of Dr. Krishna Chouhan had organised Mahatma Gandhi Ratna Award 2022 function at the Mayor Hall, Andheri West for the second year in a row on October 2nd, 2022. The distinguished guests for the evening were actors Ranjeet, director Mehul Kumar, B N Tiwari, music director Dileep Sen, Anil Nagrath, Pankaj Berry, Loksabha member Dr. Sunil Baliram Gaikwad, Union Leader Abhijeet Rane, actress Sujata Mehta, social activist Sundari Thakur, Madhumangal Das, social activist and historian Deendayal Murarka were present on this occasion and they were felicitated with this coveted award as well.
After a successful stint last year, Dr. Krishna Chouhan conferred the Mahatma Gandhi Ratna Award 2022 to various personalities who have excelled in social service and Bollywood. The actor Ranjeet on this occasion said, ” We should follow the path of truth and non violence as shown by Gandhiji and live our lives with love and compassion. I have portrayed the role of villain in movies but I received a lot of love from everyone. “
Mehul Kumar stated that we are forgetting to follow Gandhiji in our lives and the need of the hour is to follow Gandhiji’s principles.
Anil Nagrath expressed that people have become selfish in today’s blind race and we all need each other ‘s support hence we should devote some time to others as well.
Dr. Sunil Baliram Gaikwad said that we should be inspired by Gandhiji and that should reflect in our karma !
The Mahatma Gandhi Ratna Award was presented to actor Nafe Khan, Shyamlal, Rajkumar Kanojia,Zeenat Ehsaan Qureshi, Producer Sandeep Nagrale, social worker Mayank Shekhar, dancer Shirin Farid, actress Seema Suryavanshi, Siya Kali, Bollywood astrologer Preeti Jhingiani, singer Raju Tank, Bright Outdoor Publicity owner Yogesh Lakhani, Publicity designer Shabbir, astrologer Puneet Vora, actress Rutwa Prajapati, anchor Dr. Bharti Chhabria, Pawan Todi dressed as Gandhiji, writer P.K. Gupta, social worker Yogesh Subhas Bhan Sudhakar, Manikrao Kapde, Dr.Archana Deshmukh, Sameera Shaikh, ND Khan, Amir Mulla, Dr. Sunil Sathe, Mayank Agarwal, Rupayan Foundation, lyricist M Prakash.
The audience was mesmerized by the breathtaking performances by Shirin Farhid, Siya Kale and Seema Suryavanshi.
Dr. Krishna Chouhan even felicitated several accomplished journalists with the Mahatma Gandhi Ratna Award 2022 including Santosh Sahu, Sandip Kumar De (S. K. De), Kalidas Pandey, Devendra Khanna, Rajendra Kuril, Dilip Patel, Dinesh Kumar, Chaitanya Padukone, Pankaj Pandey, Rahul Varun, Deepak Sahu, Rajendra Bodare, Upendra Pandit, Naeem Singh, Jayesh Shah, Naveen Pandey, Tinku Chauhan, Naseer Tagle, Mohan Rajput and photographer Rajesh Koril, Dinesh Paresha, Chandra Prakash Manjhi.
Dr. Krishna Chouhan has been working on several Bollywood projects as Director. He has even directed several short films and music videos. His forthcoming project is the horror flick aatma.com and the music director for this movie is Ole Ole song fame and renowned music director Dilip Sen.
Dr. Krishna Chouhan is known as the showman of awards as he has the distinction of having organised
the Bollywood Legend Award, Bollywood Iconic Award, Legend Dadasaheb Phalke Award besides the Mahatma Gandhi Ratna Award since several years.
