Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh). On the occasion of the death anniversary of all-rounder artist Kishore Kumar, famous actor Raghuveer Yadav will be decorated with the National Kishore Kumar Award today in the two-day ‘National Kishore Kumar Award Investiture Ceremony and Song-Music Evening’ organized in Khandwa, his birthplace, Madhya Pradesh.
Culture Department Director NP Namdev said that this national honor is given every year by the Madhya Pradesh government in the memory of all-rounder artist Kishore Kumar.
The National Kishore Kumar Award for the year 2026 will be awarded to well-known actor Raghuveer Yadav for the campaign. Namdev said that this function, organized by the Culture Department of the State Government in collaboration with the District Administration at the Police Ground of Khandwa, started with the song-music evening ‘Yeh Shaam Mastani’ on Monday night.
Today, renowned actor Raghuveer Yadav will be honored with the National Kishore Kumar Award for the year 2026. After the investiture ceremony, there will be a musical presentation by well-known singer Sudesh Bhosle and friends, Mumbai. The program will start at 7 pm, entry into which will be free.
National Kishore Kumar Award is being given since 1997
The prestigious National Kishore Kumar Award of Madhya Pradesh Government, Culture Department is being awarded since the year 1997. This honor has been given to 29 personalities so far.
This honor has been established by the department for direction, acting, screenplay and song writing in the field of cinema. This honor is given on the basis of criteria of excellence, long practice and best achievement. In this, an amount of Rs 5 lakh (tax free) and a citation plaque are given as a mark of respect.
Raghuveer Yadav
Raghuveer Yadav is a versatile and powerful actor, singer and musician of Indian theater and cinema. He was born on June 25, 1957 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
After starting his acting journey from theatre, he received training from the National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi and remained associated with theater for a long time.
He made his notable debut in films with ‘Massey Saheb’ (1985). For his performance in this film, he received the FIPRESCI Critics Award, Venice Film Festival (1986) and IFFI’s Silver Peacock Best Actor Award (1987).
In films like ‘Salaam Bombay!’, ‘Bandit Queen’, ‘Dil Se’, ‘Lagaan’, ‘Water’, ‘Peepli Live’, he created a distinct identity with his natural and character-centric acting. In recent years, his character of ‘Pradhan ji’ in ‘Panchayat’ has given him wide popularity among the new generation audience as well.