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Playback singer Asha Bhosle has been selected for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2000.
The award carries a cash price of Rs 200,000, a shawl and a swarna kamal [golden lotus], an official announcement said on Thursday.
The award was instituted in 1969 to commemorate the outstanding contribution to the Indian film industry of the late Dadasaheb Phalke, the country's first filmmaker.
President K R Narayanan will give away the prestigious award at Rashtrapati Bhavan later this year.
Born on September 8, 1935, Asha Bhosle was initiated into music by her father, the renowned Marathi stage actor-singer Dinanath Mangeshkar. Having sung her first song for a Marathi film in 1944, she celebrated her 57th year in the entertainment industry this year.
Bhosle has the distinction of having sung nearly 12,000 songs in practically every major Indian language. The versatility of her voice and talent have been acknowledged through a host of awards conferred on her, including the National Award twice, the prestigious Filmfare Award eight times, the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001, several state governments awards, the MTV award and the Channel [V] award five times.
She is also the first Indian singer to have been nominated for a Grammy Award.
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