Ranveer Singh to be honoured as ‘Maharashtrian Of The Year’

‘Bajirao’ Ranveer Singh is all set to be felicitated with the ‘Maharashtrian Of The Year’ award by Lokmat. The award will be bestowed by Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in a ceremony that will be held on April 1.

The award is being handed to Ranveer for his awesome performance in ‘Bajirao Mastani’ in which he depicted the role of ‘Peshwa Bajirao’ and thus made him a household name. The movie aptly depicted the aura and grandeur of Maharashtra during the rule of the popular leader.

The ‘Lokmat Maharashtrian of The Year’ award honours individuals that have put Brand Maharashtra on the Indian and global radar. In the past, this award has been bestowed on megastar Amitabh Bachchan and thespian Dilip Kumar and now it will be Ranveer’s turn. Truly a proud moment in the ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’ actor’s life.

The jury members, who chose the awardee this year, were former Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, former Union Minister Praful Patel, eminent lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, social activist Medha Patkar, businessman Harsh Goenka, veteran journalist Ayaz Memon, filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar and some others.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period romance featured Ranveer Singh as Peshwa Bajirao, Deepika Padukone as his Mastani and Priyanka Chopra as Kashibai, the Peshwa’s wife. The historical romance has swept most of the awards this year.

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