MUMBAI: The Indian Film and Television Directors Association (IFTDA) felicitated Shakti Samanta, Lekh Tandon and BP Singh with the IFTDA Lifetime Achievement award at a star-studded award ceremony in Mumbai.

IFTDA also honoured National Award winners such as Rahul Dholakia for Parzania, Pradeep Sarkar for Parineeta, Shujminder Dhanjal for Punjabi film Bagi, Anand Ghatraj for his Bhojpuri film, Nishikant Kamat for his Marathi film Dombivali Fast amongst others.

Special guests present included Sharmila Tagore, Shatrughan Sinha, Jagdeep, Gulzar, Raman Kumar, Deepti Naval, Aseem Samanta, Ashok Pandit, Vinod Pandey, Dharmesh Tiwar and many other prominent film personalities.