The Mohammed Rafi Award, instituted by an NGO headed by Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar, bestowed upon late music composer Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and playback singer Usha Timothy.Kudalkar, of the Laxmikant-Pyarelal duo, was given the Mohammed Rafi Lifetime Achievement Award consisting of Rs 1 lakh and a trophy. The award was received by his daughter.Timothy was honoured with the Mohammed Rafi Award and Rs 51,000 at a programme held in suburban Bandra

Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar

• Lakshmikant Shantaram Kudalakar was born on 03 November 1937 in Mumbai.
• Laxmikant started his film career as a child actor in the Hindi film Bhakta Pundalik (1949) and Aankhen (1950). He also worked in some Gujarati films.
• Lakshmikant Shantaram Kudlakar worked closely with Pyarelal in Bollywood.
• Laxmikant-Pyarelal duo composed famous songs like "Bindiya Chhadgee", "I Shihir Nahin", "Laughing Nourani Faces" Laxmikant-Pyarelal is famous as a popular Indian composer duo.
• Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar composed music for 635 Hindi films from 1963 to
• He worked for almost all notable filmmakers of the time, including Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, BR Chopra, Shakti Samanta, Manmohan Desai, Yash Chopra, Subhash Ghai and Manoj Kumar were involved.
• He died on May 25, 1998 at the age of 60

Usha Timothy

• Usha Timothy was born in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
• Usha Timothy is the backbone of Bollywood.
• Usha Timothy gave her voice to more than a thousand songs in Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Bhojpuri and Marathi.
• Usha Timothy started her career in the film Himalaya's Godmine.
• Usha Timothy began to learn classical music at the age of three. His older brother used to be a stoofer at All India Radio.
• Usha Timothy sang the song 'Captain Bulbul' on All India Radio at the age of