Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar get UK fellowship
7 March 2013 5:46 AM IST
Film actress Shabana Azmi and poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar have been awarded honorary fellowships by the National Indian Students Union (UK).
‘We are really pleased as this is the first time such a fellowship has been instituted. And that it is in honour of our work over the years, is really heart-warming,’ Azmi said.
The fellowships, instituted to mark 100 years of Indian cinema, have been awarded to the couple to celebrate and acknowledge their contributions in shaping the ‘present and future of India’. ‘It is the highest honour that can be bestowed onto a non-member by the NISU and we are delighted to bestow our first honorary fellowships on two individuals whose contributions to Indian cinema and society are unmatched,’ said NISU president Sanam Arora.
‘We are really pleased as this is the first time such a fellowship has been instituted. And that it is in honour of our work over the years, is really heart-warming,’ Azmi said.
The fellowships, instituted to mark 100 years of Indian cinema, have been awarded to the couple to celebrate and acknowledge their contributions in shaping the ‘present and future of India’. ‘It is the highest honour that can be bestowed onto a non-member by the NISU and we are delighted to bestow our first honorary fellowships on two individuals whose contributions to Indian cinema and society are unmatched,’ said NISU president Sanam Arora.
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