Actress Rekha was honoured with the 3rd National Yash Chopra Memorial Award yesterday evening in Mumbai for her contribution to the film industry.Dressed in a gorgeous golden Kanjeevaram Saree, Rekha looked ethereal as she humbly accepted the award. The award has been instituted by the T.S.R. Foundation of T Subbarami Reddy in the memory of the producer-director, who died in 2012. The Foundation annually honours a distinguished senior film personality for outstanding contribution to film industry with a Gold Medal and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh. Rekha will be given the honour on February 2, 2017 by the Governor of Maharashtra in a ceremony in Mumbai. The previous recipients of this award include Nightingale of India Lata Mangeshkar and megastar Amitabh Bachchan.
