Padma Bhushan Gopaldas Neeraj known for his super hit
numbers in the known feature films of Indian Film Industry awarded Life Time
Achievement Award by 6th Global Film Festival Noida 2013 in front of
large charged film, TV and Media persons on the first day of the festival.
Popularly known for his hindi and urdu poems Gopaldas
Neeraj wrote mainly for music directors Shanker Jaikishan and S.D. Burman. His
songs have been sung by the complete singing fraternity including Lata
Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Mohd. Rafi, Sadhna Sargam, Manhar Udas.
“In writing for more than 50 years of his life and providing
unmatched literature to the World of cinema we feel honored to hand over the Life Time
Achievement Global Award to Gopaldas Neeraj” said Sandeep Marwah President of
the festival.
