3 min readNew DelhiApr 5, 2026 10:45 PM IST
The Chetak Screen Awards 2026 held in Mumbai on Sunday paid tribute to the greats from the Indian film industry who passed away in 2025. The evening’s ‘In Memoriam’ segment was accompanied by the song “Ek Pyar Ka Naghma Hai” from Manoj Kumar-starrer Shor, as images of those remembered were displayed one by one.
Actor-director Manoj Kumar and actors Dharmendra, Asrani, Kamini Kaushal, Satish Shah, Sulakshana Pandit, Pankaj Dheer, Mukul Dev, Rakesh Pandey, Dheeraj Kumar, Achyut Potdar, Deb Mukherjee, Shefali Jariwala were remembered during the segment.
Manoj Kumar
Dharmendra
Asrani
Kamini Kaushal
Achyut Potdar
Deb Mukherjee
Dheeraj Kumar
Mukul Dev
Pankaj Dheer
Rakesh Pandey
Satish Shah
Shefali Jariwala
Sulakshana Pandit
Singer Zubeen Garg, who tragically passed away at 52, in Singapore, was also remembered.
Zubeen Garg
The Chetak Screen Awards 2026 also paid tribute to directors Chandra Barot and Partho Ghosh.
Chandra Barot
Partho Ghosh
Producer Saravanan was also remembered during this segment, along with media personality Pritish Nandy.
Saravanan M
Pritish Nandy
About Chetak Screen Awards
Held in Mumbai on Sunday, Chetak Screen Awards honoured the best in cinema and OTT chosen by the members of the prestigious Screen Academy, an independent, not-for-profit body comprising 53 acclaimed filmmakers, artistes and cultural voices, following a strict process. The nominees will be honoured across 31 categories.
Dr Priya Jaikumar, Chair of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles, and scholar-in-residence at Screen Academy, created a detailed grading system for the Screen Academy members so they could rate the best in each category. The nominees were evaluated on the basis of creativity and overall experience, technical excellence, viewer connectivity, and innovation.
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The event was hosted by Alia Bhatt, Sunil Grover, Zakir Khan and Saurabh Dwivedi.
Watch Chetak Screen Awards 2026 LIVE on YouTube, Sony Entertainment Television, and Sony LIV
