The perfectionist of Bollywood Aamir Khan who generally defies from attending award functions, made a special exception lately. The actor graced the Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Puraskar 2017 along with Dangal director Nitesh Tiwari . Aamir was honoured with the Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar Award.

Aamir attended the event on the special request by eminent singer Lata Mangeshkar ji. The 75th Master Deenanath Mangeshkar awards were held on Monday, in Mumbai.

In a statement, Aamir said, “This is a huge honor for me, director Nitesh Tiwari and the entire team of ‘Dangal’. I am very thankful to Lata Mangeshkar and Deenanath Mangeshkar Trust and entire Mangeshkar family.”

He added, “A film gets its birth from its writer. This film has garnered so much love and support all over India, and it’s because of Tiwari. He wrote the script of this film and made a brilliant movie out of it.”

The actor further said, “Whatever I achieved today in the film Industry is all because of writers and directors who have given me opportunity to be a part of their films and work with them.”

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