Madhuri, Benegal Win Raj Kapoor Awards

Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit and veteran director Shyam Benegal will receive this year's Raj Kapoor awards constituted by the Maharashtra government.

While Benegal shall be conferred the Raj Kapoor Lifetime Achievement Award-2012, Dixit will be honored with the Raj Kapoor Special Contribution Award-2012.

In the Marathi film industry category, the prestigious V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award for this year will be given to veteran actress Leela Gandhi. The V Shantaram Special Contribution Award will be conferred on stage and film actor Dilip Prabhavalkar, famous as Mahatma Gandhi in "Lage Raho Munnabhai."

Constituted by the Maharashtra government, each award carries a cash prize of Rs 200,000, a citation and a memento and shall be conferred at a public function.