Padma Shri Bhajan Samrat Anup Jalota, Dilip Sen, Sunil Pal, Tarannum Malik Jain, Dr. Sunil B. Gaekwad, Dr. Aditya Singhania, Dr. Yogesh Lakhani, author Deepak Desai, and many others received awards
Mumbai, May 4, 2026. On the occasion of Dr. Krishna Chouhan’s birthday, a grand celebration of the 7th Legend Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2026 was held at the Classic Raheja Club in Andheri West, a renowned suburb of Mumbai. Presented by KCF, this awards ceremony honored personalities who have established their distinctive identity in the film industry. Organized by Dr. Krishna Chouhan, the awards ceremony was attended by numerous personalities, including Padma Shri Bhajan Samrat Anup Jalota, Dilip Sen, Sunil Pal, Tarannum Malik Jain, and others.
On this occasion, Chief Guest Bhajan Samrat Anup Jalota congratulated Dr. Krishna Chouhan on his birthday. Dr. Krishna Chouhan’s birthday was also celebrated by cutting a magnificent cake on stage.
Notable among the recipients of this prestigious award was Deepak Desai, a renowned poet and writer from Gujarat. He expressed his gratitude to Krishna Chouhan and extended warm birthday wishes to him.
Dr. Aditya Singhania, Pawan Todi (in the role of Mahatma Gandhi), singer N.K. Naresh, singer Sagar Acharya, RJ Aarti (also hosted by RJ Aarti), Gopal Suthar, child artist Goonj Sandeep Patil, model Beauty Chaddha, model Vaishali, ASI Captain Moin, director D.P. Singh (Dev), actor Akash Vaidya, Azam Khan from Delhi, singer and model Ruhi Jain, Kiran J. Parmar, actor Shantanu Bhamre, writer P.K. Gupta, lyricist Vicky Nagar, music composers Vaishnav Deva, Agastya Kumar, and singer Mohan Krishnamurthy were also honored.
Director and producer Dheeraj Kumar’s son, Ashutosh Kochhar, was also honored with the Legend Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2026.
Riyazuddin Saifi, Malcom Bhaya, Bheru Jain, singers Sameer Saeed, Dilip Patel, Dr. Sunil B. Gaekwad’s friends Simran and Kuntal Arora (artists) from Pune, Dr. Sunil B. Gaekwad’s friend, actress Gayatri Anil Kumar from Nagpur, and Anup Jalota was accompanied by Apoorva Khandelwal, an entrepreneur and IP expert.
Chief Guest Padmashree Anup Jalota said that Dr. Krishna Chouhan honors artists and technicians from various fields with this award. He encourages them and makes their achievements known to the world. This is a very good work by Dr. Krishna Chauhan. On his birthday, I extend my heartfelt congratulations to him and pray to God that he may live a hundred years and remain healthy.”
This was the 7th season of this awards ceremony. Dr. Krishna Chouhan’s birthday was also celebrated, making it a double celebration. Many famous personalities were specially present on this occasion.
Dr. Krishna Chouhan expressed special gratitude to Yogesh Lakhani of Bright Outdoor Media for his continued support. Bright installs LED billboards for the awards ceremony across Mumbai.
The grandeur of this seventh grand awards ceremony for film producer and director Krishna Chouhan was remarkable. Held under the banner of KCF, this awards ceremony proved to be a memorable event for Bollywood, remembering Dadasaheb Phalke.
Director and king of awards ceremonies, Dr. Krishna Chouhan has been organizing this award ceremony, along with the Bollywood Iconic Award, Bollywood Legend Award, Nari Shakti Samman, Rashtriya Ratna Samman, and Mahatma Gandhi Ratna Award.
This glittering awards ceremony was presented by the Krishna Chouhan Foundation. Famous Bollywood celebrities attended the event and were honoured with the Legend Dadasaheb Phalke Award-2026.
Padma Shri Anup Jalota And Several Others Honored With The 7th Legend Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2026
