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Kangana Ranaut received the Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind. (Image courtesy: ANI)
Highlights
- Six film personalities were awarded the Padma Shri this year
- The list included filmmaker Karan Johar and producer Ekta Kapoor
- SP Balasubrahmanyam will receive the Padma Vibhushan posthumously
New Delhi:
Actor Kangana Ranaut and singer Adnan Sami received their Padma Shri awards in a ceremony in New Delhi today. President Ram Nath Kovind presented the Padma honours for 2020 at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The list of awardees from the film industry includes filmmakers Karan Johar and Ekta Kapoor; singer SP Balasubrahmanyam will receive the Padma Vibhushan posthumously.
Kangana Ranaut, who also recently received the National Award for Best Actress, was pictured being presented the Padma Shri by President Kovind:
Actor Kangana Ranaut receives the Padma Shri Award 2020. pic.twitter.com/rIQ60ZNd9i
— ANI (@ANI) November 8, 2021
Adnan Sami received his Padma Shri:
Singer Adnan Sami receives the Padma Shri Award 2020. pic.twitter.com/SfL988lugY
— ANI (@ANI) November 8, 2021
Adnan Sami is of Pakistani origin and became an Indian citizen in 2016; his Padma Shri was widely criticised when the honours list was announced in January with the Nationalist Congress Party calling it an “insult to 130 crore Indians.” Mr Sami lashed out at Jaiveer Shergill of the Congress on Twitter after the politician denounced the singer’s Padma honour as “chamchagiri.”
Speaking to news agency PTI after controversy erupted, Adnan Sami said, “The people who are criticising are some minor politicians. They are doing it because of some political agenda that they have and it has nothing to do with me. I am not a politician, I am a musician.”
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