Bhandarkar, known for his path-breaking films was honoured with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India last year.
The filmmaker already has the National Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Director for Page 3 and Traffic Signal respectively.
Now, the ace director is being conferred with the Bharat Gaurav Award on June 9 at the United Nations Hall, New York.
Madhur Bhandarkar who started his career with Trishakti later on directed several critically acclaimed and commercially successful films.
The 48 year old will be conferred with Bharat Gaurav Award along with spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Late Kalpana Chawla, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak (who is behind Shulabh Shauchalayas in the country), Acharya Lokesh Muni and few others prominent personalities on June 9, 2017.
Madhur Bhandarkar is known for his movies which reflect the reality of the world. His films like Page 3, Chandni Bar, Page 3, Corporate, Satta and Fashion were critically acclaimed along with the novel Indu Sarkar. This Neil Nitin Mukesh starrer film is set in the period of emergency in India.
