panaji goas nightingale lorna was awarded the krutadnyata puraskar lifetime achievement award at the 11th goa marathi film festival at kala academy on fridaygovernor mridula sinha who inaugurated the festival in the presence of minister for art and culture govind gaude film director madhur bhandarkar and sanjay shetye of vinsan world in her address recalled her contribution to the film industry sinha said she had written the screenplay and lyrics for a hindi filmthe opening film of the threeday festival was welcome home directed by sumitra bhave and sunil sukthankar pracheen kala kendra organized a special programme in the context of 87th birth day celebrations of its founder guru ml koser who dedicated his life to the propagation of art and culture the event featured city based eminent vocalist andghazalsinger arjun jaipuri he kept the audience spell bound with his performance and sang various genres of light classical music like sufi songs bhajans and ghazals the event was attended by kendras chairman s k monga secretary sajal koser and other members of the board the event was held at navrang theatre bal bhawan chandigarh