President Ram Nath Kovind presented the awards at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Artists like Mohanlal Viswanathan, Manoj Bajpayee, Prabhu Deva, Shankar Mahadevan and the late Kader Khan from the film industry were honoured.
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Padma awards on 56 of this year’s 112 recipients at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday. The remaining winners are expected to be conferred the honour on March 16, according to PTI.
Actor, choreographer and filmmaker Prabhu Deva received the Padma Shri for his work in the field of Art - Dance
Artist like Manoj Bajpayee, Shankar Mahadevan and the late Kader Khan also received the prestigious award. Malayalam superstar Mohanlal was awarded the Padma Bhushan for his contribution in the field of cinema. His career spans more than 40 years, has worked in over 300 films.
President Ram Nath Kovind confers Padma Shri award upon director and actor Prabhu Deva for the field of Art - Dance. pic.twitter.com/3wMttMuxIx
— ANI (@ANI)Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind confers Padma Shri award upon singer and music director Shankar Mahadevan. pic.twitter.com/DW5FOugQHl
— ANI (@ANI)Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh and several other ministers were also present at the ceremony.
The Centre had announced the recipients of the Padma Vibhushan, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri on January 25.
The Padma Vibhushan, which is the second highest civilian award after Bharat Ratna, was conferred to folk artist Teejan Bai, Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Larsen & Toubro chairperson Anilkumar Manibhai Naik, and writer and theatre personality Balwant Moreshwar Purandare.
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Actor Manoj Bajpayee, who has been consistently lauded for his critically acclaimed performances in films like Aligarh, Bandit Queen, LOC Kargil, Gangs of Wasseypur and Tevar, received the Padma Shri.
Late actor Kader Khan was presented with Padma Shri (Posthumous - Foreigner). The veteran died on 31 December last year. Khan was known for his impeccable comic timing which made him reign over the 1990s.
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Here are all the artists felicitated:
Padma Vibhushan
Teejan Bai (Art-vocals-Folk)
Balwant Moreshwar Purandare (Art-Acting-Theatre)
Padma Bhushan
Budhaditya Mukherjee (Art, Music-Sitar)
Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair (Art, Acting, Film)
Padma Shri
Rajeshwar Acharya (Art, Vocal-Hindustani)
Manoj Bajpayee (Art, Acting, Films)
Pritam Bhartwan (Art, Vocals-Folk)
Jyoti Bhatt (Art-Painting)
Swapan Chaudhuri (Art-Music-Tabla)
Dinyar Contractor (Art-Acting-Theatre)
Thanga Darlong (Art-Music-Flute)
Prabhu Deva (Art-Dance)
Godawari Dutta (Art-Painting)
Joravarsinh Jadav (Art-Dance Folk)
Fayaz Ahmad Jan (Art-Craft-Papier Mache)
KG Jayan (Art-Music-Bhakti)
Waman Kendre (Art-Acting-Theatre)
Kader Khan (Art-Acting-Films – Posthumous)
Abdul Gafur Khatri (Art-Painting)
Shankar Mahadevan Narayan (Art-Vocals-Films)
Nartaki Natraj (Art-Dance-Bharatnatyam)
Anup Ranjan Pandey (Art-Music)
Anup Sah (Art-Photography)
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (Art-Lyrics)
Anandan Sivamani (Art-Music)
Rajeev Tharanath (Art-Music-Sarod)
Hiralal Yadav (Art-Vocals-Folk)
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