Director Vivek Agnihotri was given the National Kishore Kumar Award by the Madhya Pradesh government on the veteran singer’s death anniversary on Thursday.

Taking to social media, he wrote a note thanking the MP government as he said, “I thank MP Govt, @minculturemp @UshaThakurMLA and the jury for the precious ‘National Kishore Kumar Award’. For me this honour is a moment I’ll cherish for a lifetime. My heart is filled with love and gratitude for the people of Bharat.”

Recently, Vivek’s film The Kashmir Files was officially selected for Seattle Film Festival 2022. The film starring Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi, Darshan Kumaar, and Mithun Chakraborty was a major success at the box office.