Padma Awards 2016 Winners List Film Celebrities: Indian government has taken it prestigious to announce Padma awards for the civilians and the citizens who have delivered out their best in their related field. Padma awards comprise of Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. (see: Sarainodu first look.)
The Indian government has announced the list of winners for the year 2016 and the below are the winners of Padma Awards among the film celebrities:
Padma Awards 2016 Winners List
Rajinikanth: Superstar Rajinikanth has been entertaining the audience with his performance and he achieved International fame for his performances and mannerisms. Most of his movies ended up as blockbusters and he has been awarded Padma Vibhushan, the highest honour from the Government of India.
Anupam Kher: Bollywood actor Anupam Kher is known for his versatile acting and his contribution to Indian cinema cannot be replaced with anything. He has done over 500 films in his career and he has been awarded Padma Bhushan award for his contribution to Indian cinema.
Udit Narayan: Playback singer Udit Narayan who hails from Nepal made up huge as a playback singer and he has sung songs in Bhojpuri, Nepali, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Garhwali, Sindhi, Punjabi, Odia, Assamese, Manipuri, Maithili, Bengali and Hindi languages. The Indian government has now recognized his talent and awarded him with Padma Bhushan.
Ajay Devgn: Talented actor Ajay Devgn emerged as one of the leadings actors in Bollywood only with his performance and he has been entertaining the audience for the past 25 years. For his excellence and contribution to Indian cinema, he has been honoured with Padma Shri during the Republic Day.
Priyanka Chopra: Talented and dusky actress Priyanka Chopra took her time and she emerged as one of the leading actresses of Indian cinema. She impressed the audience and won National awards for her performance and Priyanka has now been awarded Padma Shri for which she has been completely delighted.
SS Rajamouli: Versatile director Rajamouli has never tasted failure in his career as a director and all his movies ended up collecting huge money which made reach the National level. His recent outing Baahubali: The Beginning made him a star among the International circles and Rajamouli has been shocked after he has been announced Padma Shri award for his contribution to Indian cinema.
Padma Awards 2016 Winners List of Film Celebrities
Padma Vibhushan
- Reliance Industries founder late Dhirubhai Ambani (posthumously)
- Actor Rajinikanth
- Media Baron Ramoji Rao
- Dancer Yamini Krishnamurthy
- Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Jagmohan
- Classical singer Girija Devi
- Adyar Cancer Institute chairwoman V Shanta
- Indian scientist Vasudev Kalkunte
Padma Bhushan
- Actor Anupam Kher
- Former CAG Vinod Rai
- Singer Udit Narayan
- Badminton player Saina Nehwal
- Barjinder Singh Hamdard
- Theatre personality Heisnam Kanhailal
- Tennis star Sania Mirza
- Former US Ambassador to India Robert D Blackwill
- Chairperson of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd Indu Jain
- Prof D Nageshwar Reddy
- Indian sculptor Ram Sutar
- Prof N S Ramanuja Tatacharya
- Swami Tejomayananda
Padma Shri
- Ajay Devgn
- Priyanka Chopra
- SS Rajamouli
- Ujjwal Nikam
- Syed Jafri (posthumously)
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