Padma Bhushan Gopaldas Neeraj known for his super hit numbers in the known feature films of Indian Film Industry awarded Life Time Achievement Award by 6th Global Film Festival Noida 2013 in front of large charged film, TV and Media persons on the first day of the festival.
Popularly known for his hindi and urdu poems Gopaldas Neeraj wrote mainly for music directors Shanker Jaikishan and S.D. Burman. His songs have been sung by the complete singing fraternity including Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Mohd. Rafi, Sadhna Sargam, Manhar Udas.
“In writing for more than 50 years of his life and providing unmatched literature to the World of cinema we feel honored to hand over the Life Time Achievement Global Award to Gopaldas Neeraj” said Sandeep Marwah President of the festival.