Bengaluru: Senior stage performer Prathibha Narayana and well-known senior artist M.S Umesh will be honoured with prestigious S.P. Varadaraju Award here on Monday (today). The award is being presented after Dr.Rajkumar’s brother, S. P Varadaraju to the achievers of theatre and cinema fields over the last 11 years.

The award will be presented by former minister MV Rajashekharan at Nayana Sabhangana.
Singer Manjula Gururaj will be the guest. Dr. Baragooru Ramachandrappa, Dr. Jayamala, Dodda Hulluru Rukkoji, H. S. Govindappa, B.N.Subrahmanya and few others who were in the closer circle of Varadaraju will participate in the programme.

The award was started in 2007 and eminent persons like Paramashivan, M N Laxmidevi, R Nagarathnamma, K M Rathnakar, Sarojamma Dhuttaragi, Shani Mahadevappa, B P Rajamma, Sadashiva Brhmavara, Lalvuhamad Aldala, Revati Kalyankumar, Ranganayakamma, Ashwathnarayana, Mamatha Guduru, Rajendra Krishna, Phakirappa Varavi, Shanthamma, Jayakumar, B.Jaya, Kottur Komalamma, Dindgi Nagaraj, Ashok Basti and S K Padmadevi have received it so far.