Girish Karnad, Shyam Benegal, Madhur Bhandarkar honoured

President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday honoured filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar with Ganga Sharan Singh Award along with Shyam Benegal and Girish Karnad for their contribution to Hindi cinema. Karnad, Benegal and Bhandarkar were awarded with the prestigious 'Ganga Sharan Singh Puraskar' by the HRD ministry's Kendriya Hindi Sansthan.