Veteran actors Vyjayanthimala and Chiranjeevi have been amongst 132 folks conferred with Padma awards, the federal government introduced on Thursday i.e. on Republic Day’s eye. They have been bestowed with the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian honour awarded for distinctive and distinguished service.

A Look At Vyjayanthimala’s Contribution To Indian Cinema

Vyjayanthimala Bali is without doubt one of the Indian Cinema’s most interesting actors. She made her appearing debut on the age of 16 with the Tamil movie Vaazhkai (1949). Her first Hindi film was Bahar, which was launched in 1951. Later, Bali additionally labored in a number of movies from the Fifties and Nineteen Sixties, together with Devdas, Naya Daur, Aasha, Sadhna, Gunga Jumna, Sangam and Jewel Thief. Interestingly, she was additionally awarded Padma Shri within the 12 months 1968.

Chiranjeevi: South Star Who Worked In Over 150 Movies

On the opposite hand, Chiranjeevi is without doubt one of the hottest stars from the South cinema. He has labored in over 150 characteristic movies in a number of languages together with Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Kannada. Some of his common movies are – Rudra Veena, Indra, Tagore, Swayam Krushi, Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, Stalin and Gang Leader. He was most just lately seen in Acharya, Interestingly, Chiranjeevi was additionally beforehand honoured with Padma Bhushan in 2006.

Padma Awards – one of many highest civilian Awards of the nation are conferred in three classes, particularly, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in numerous disciplines/fields of actions, viz.- artwork, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, commerce and trade, drugs, literature and schooling, sports activities, civil service, and so forth.

‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for distinctive and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of excessive order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any subject. The awards are introduced on the event of Republic Day yearly.

Besides Chiranjeevi and Vyjayanthimala, Mithun Chakraborty, singer Usha Uthup and composer Pyarelal Sharma have been additionally amongst 132 recipients of the coveted Padma Awards for the 12 months 2024. They have been awarded Padma Bhushan. Tamil actor and politician Vijayakanth, who handed away in December 2023, has been posthumously honoured with Padma Bhushan.