Actors Madan Krishna, Rekha Thapa to receive 'Cultural Transformation Award'

KATHMANDU, Sep 19: The Film Development Board is going to present the 'Cultural Transformation Award 2080' to 11 film workers. The Board will be organising a program on the occasion of Constitution Day and present the award on Tuesday.

The Board has also issued a press release stating that Senior actor Madan Krishna Shrestha, journalist Bijay Ratna Tuladhar, Mithila Sharma, Dayaram Dahal, Mukunda Kishor Bhattarai, Shyam Sapkota, Rekha Thapa, Dipa Shree Niraula, Manoj Pandit, Min Bahadur Bham and the Film Workers Welfare Fund Management Committee are going to receive the Cultural Transformation Award.

Information and Communication Technology Minister Rekha Sharma is scheduled to present the 'Cultural Transformation Award 2080' in the program. On August 29, the Board gave special honour to 35 film workers at the Office of the President. The special honour program was criticised so the Board is going to present this award to balance it out.