Padma Awards 2019: Prabhudeva, Shankar Mahadevan, Mohanlal receive award from President (Pics, Videos)
President Ram Nath Kovind awarded the Padma Awards to celebrities Prabhudeva. Shankar Mahadevan, Mohanlal today.
Indian film celebrities like Prabhudeva, Manoj Bajpayee, late Kader Khan, Mohanlal, Prabhudeva and others were applauded for their excellence and brilliance in their craft by our Hon’ President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award after Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan and started in 1954. The government announced the Padma Awards 2019 on the eve of India's 70th Republic Day and the Awards took place today.
Prabhudeva
Known for his stellar moves and iconic dancing style, Prabhudeva has been honoured for his contribution in the field of art and dance.
Prabhudeva has worked not just in Hindi films but also has an immense contribution in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films.
Shankar Mahadevan
Singer composer Shankar Mahadevan has been awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution to Art-Vocal-Films.
On being honuoured with Padma Shri, Shankar Mahadevan said in an earlier interview, " You really feel humbled and honoured that you are being recognised by the government of India. It is the fourth-highest civilian honour in the country. I don't know if I am worthy of this but yeah, I definitely feel happy A lot of my music has been created with my two partners - Ehsaan and Loy so, I would consider them as equal recipients of this".
Mohanlal
South superstar, Mohanlal has been awarded for his contribution of over four decades in the field of cinema.
Padma Awards 2019: Complete list of winners
Padma awards 2019 full list of awardees:
PADMA VIBHUSHAN (4)
Teejan Bai - Art-Vocals-Folk - Chhattisgarh
Ismail Omar Guelleh (Foreigner) - Public Affairs – Djibouti
Anilkumar Manibhai Naik - Trade & Industry-Infrastructure - Maharashtra
Balwant Moreshwar Purandare - Art-Acting-Theatre - Maharashtra
PADMA BHUSHAN (14)
John Chambers (Foreigner) - Trade & Industry-Technology - USA
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa - Public Affairs - Punjab
Pravin Gordhan (Foreigner) - Public Affairs - South Africa
Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati - Trade & Industry-Food Processing - Delhi
Darshan Lal Jain - Social Work - Haryana
Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade - Medicine-Affordable Healthcare - Maharashtra
Kariya Munda - Public Affairs - Jharkhand
Budhaditya Mukherjee - Art-Music-Sitar - West Bengal
Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair - Art-Acting-Film - Kerala
S Nambi Narayan - Science & Engineering-Space - Kerala
Kuldip Nayar (Posthumous) - Literature & Education (Journalism) - Delhi
Bachendri Pal - Sports (Mountaineering) - Uttarakhand
V K Shunglu - Civil Service - Delhi
Hukumdev Narayan Yadav - Public Affairs - Bihar
PADMA SHRI (94)
Rajeshwar Acharya - Art-Vocal-Hindustani - Uttar Pradesh
Bangaru Adigalar - Spiritualism - Tamil Nadu
Illias Ali - Medicine-Surgery – Assam
Manoj Bajpayee - Art-Acting-Films - Maharashtra
Uddhab Kumar Bharali - Science & Engineering-Grassroots Innovation - Assam
Omesh Kumar Bharti – Medicine (Rabies) - Himachal Pradesh
Pritam Bhartwan - Art-Vocals-Folk - Uttarakhand
Jyoti Bhatt - Art-Painting - Gujarat
Dilip Chakravarty – Archaeology - Delhi
Mammen Chandy – Medicine (Hematology) - West Bengal
Swapan Chaudhuri - Art-Music-Tabla - West Bengal
Kanwal Singh Chauhan - Agriculture - Haryana
Sunil Chhetri – Sports (Football) - Telangana
Dinyar Contractor - Art-Acting-Theatre - Maharashtra
Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli - Social Work (Divyang Welfare) - Gujarat
Babulal Dahiya - Agriculture - Madhya Pradesh
Thanga Darlong - Art-Music-Flute - Tripura
Prabhu Deva - Art-Dance - Karnataka
Rajkumari Devi – Agriculture - Bihar
Bhagirathi Devi - Public Affairs - Bihar
Baldev Singh Dhillon - Science and Engineering (Agriculture) - Punjab
Harika Dronavalli - Sports (Chess) - Andhra Pradesh
Godawari Dutta - Art-Painting - Bihar
Gautam Gambhir – Sports (Cricket) - Delhi
Draupadi Ghimiray - Social Work (Divyang Welfare) - Sikkim
Rohini Godbole - Science and Engineering (Nuclear) - Karnataka
Sandeep Guleria – Medicine (Surgery) - Delhi
Pratap Singh Hardia – Medicine (Ophthmology) - Madhya Pradesh
Bulu Imam - Social Work (Culture) - Jharkhand
Friederike Irina (Foreigner) - Social Work (Animal Welfare) - Germany
Joravarsinh Jadav – Art (Dance Folk) - Gujarat
S Jaishankar - Civil Service - Delhi
Narsingh Dev Jamwal - Literature and Education - Jammu & Kashmir
Fayaz Ahmad Jan – Art-Craft (Papier Mache) - Jammu and Kashmir
K G Jayan - Art-Music-Bhakti - Kerala
Subhash Kak (Foreigner) - Science and Engineering-Technology - USA
Sharath Kamal – Sports (Table Tennis) - Tamil Nadu
Rajani Kant - Social Work - Uttar Pradesh
Sudam Kate – Medicine (Sickle Cell) - Maharashtra
Waman Kendre - Art-Acting-Theatre - Maharashtra
Kader Khan (Posthumous-Foreigner) - Art-Acting-Films - Canada
Abdul Gafur Khatri - Art-Painting - Gujarat
Ravindra Kolhe (Duo)* – Medicine (Affordable Healthcare) - Maharashtra
Smita Kolhe (Duo)* - Medicine (Affordable Healthcare) - Maharashtra
Bombayla Devi Laishram – Sports (Archery) - Manipur
Kailash Madbaiya - Literature and Education - Madhya Pradesh
Ramesh Babaji Maharaj - Social Work (Animal Welfare) - Uttar Pradesh
Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya - Agriculture - Gujarat
Gita Mehta (Foreigner) - Literature and Education - USA
Shadab Mohammad – Medicine (Dentistry) - Uttar Pradesh
K K Muhammed – Archaeology - Kerala
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee – Medicine (Affordable Healthcare) - Jharkhand
Daitari Naik - Social Work - Odisha
Shankar Mahadevan Narayan - Art-Vocals-Films - Maharashtra
Shantanu Narayen (Foreigner) - Trade and Industry (Technology) - USA
Nartaki Natraj - Art-Dance (Bharatnatyam) - Tamil Nadu
Tsering Norboo - Medicine-Surgery - Jammu & Kashmir
Anup Ranjan Pandey - Art-Music - Chhattisgarh
Jagdish Prasad Parikh – Agriculture - Rajasthan
Ganpatbhai Patel (Foreigner) - Literature and Education - USA
Bimal Patel - Architecture - Gujarat
Hukumchand Patidar – Agriculture - Rajasthan
Harvinder Singh Phoolka - Public Affairs - Punjab
Madurai Chinna Pillai - Social Work (Microfinance) - Tamil Nadu
Tao Porchon-Lynch (Foreigner) - Yoga - USA
Kamala Pujhari – Agriculture - Odisha
Bajrang Punia – Sports (Wrestling) - Haryana
Jagat Ram – Medicine (Ophthalmology) - Chandigarh
R V Ramani – Medicine (Ophthalmology) - Tamil Nadu
Devarapalli Prakash Rao - Social Work (Affordable Education)
Anup Sah – Art-Photography - Uttarakhand
Milena Salvini (Foreigner) - Art-Dance (Kathakali) - France
Nagindas Sanghavi - Literature & Education-Journalism - Maharashtra
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry - Art-Lyrics - Telangana
Shabbir Sayyad - Social Work (Animal Welfare) - Maharashtra
Mahesh Sharma - Social Work (Tribal Welfare) - Madhya Pradesh
Mohammad Hanif Khan Shastri - Literature and Education - Delhi
Brijesh Kumar Shukla - Literature & Education - Uttar Pradesh
Narendra Singh - Animal Husbandry - Haryana
Prashanti Singh – Sports (Basketball) - Uttar Pradesh
Sultan Singh - Animal Husbandry - Haryana
Jyoti Kumar Sinha - Social Work (Affordable Education) - Bihar
Anandan Sivamani - Art-Music - Tamil Nadu
Sharada Srinivasan - Archaeology - Karnataka
Devendra Swarup (Posthumous) - Literature and Education-Journalism - Uttar Pradesh
Ajay Thakur - Sports-Kabaddi - Himachal Pradesh
Rajeev Tharanath - Art-Music-Sarod - Karnataka
Saalumarada Thimmakka - Social Work (Environment) - Karnataka
Jamuna Tudu - Social Work (Environment) - Jharkhand
Bharat Bhushan Tyagi - Agriculture - Uttar Pradesh
Ramaswami Venkataswami – Medicine (Surgery) - Tamil Nadu
Ram Saran Verma - Agriculture - Uttar Pradesh
Swami Vishudhananda – Spiritualism - Kerala
Hiralal Yadav - Art-Vocals-Folk - Uttar Pradesh
Venkateswara Rao Yadlapalli - Agriculture - Andhra Pradesh
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