MUMBAI: As part of its first endeavour to celebrate the centenary of Indian cinema, the Film And Television Producers Guild of India headed by filmmaker Ramesh Sippy will felicitate producer-director-actor Manoj Kumar with the lifetime achievement honour at the Apsara award function today.

Reacting to the honour he is to be bestowed, the Padma Shri awardee, said, "It‘s a great feeling and a proud moment to be honoured by the people who know filmmaking."

The filmmaker, who has always been part of meaningful cinema of which patriotism was a byproduct, is soon going to announce his next project titled DNA Report.

As far as the casting is concerned, the reputed director hopes to cast Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor.

The Apsara award is scheduled to be held at Yash Raj Studios this evening.