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News Topical,Digital Desk : Stars who have made a great contribution to cinema are also honored with the Padma Award. On Monday, the Padma Awards 2025 were organized at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi. Many famous and eminent personalities of the cinema world arrived to attend this ceremony. During this, the President of the country Draupadi Murmu honored the cinema stars who have made a great contribution to cinema with the Padma Award.

 

These stars were given Padma awards

  • South superstar Nandamuri Balakrishna was also honored at this ceremony held in Delhi. He was seen in the traditional outfit of Andhra Pradesh during this time and he accepted the Padma Bhushan award from the President.
  • Tamil superstar Ajith Kumar remains in the news for his films. Now he has been awarded the Padma Bhushan award.
  • Famous film director Shekhar Kapur and actress Shobhana were also awarded Padma Bhushan.
  • Late ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas was awarded the Padma Bhushan after his demise, which was accepted by his wife.
  • Famous singer Arijit Singh and music producer Ricky Kej were honoured with the Padma Shri Award.

 

Regarding this ceremony, let us tell you that it was also live streamed on YouTube. Apart from cinema, many famous personalities from other fields including sports, medicine, business have also been honored with Padma Awards.

 

Ajith Kumar and Shekhar Kapur expressed happiness

According to a Hindustan Times report, actor Ajith Kumar said in a statement at the time of announcement of the award, ‘I feel humble and proud to receive this prestigious honor. For this, I thank President Draupadi Murmu and PM Narendra Modi from the bottom of my heart.’

Apart from this, Shekhar Kapur wrote in a post on social media, 'This is the biggest honor of my life. This award inspires me to work harder and serve the people of my country. I am also grateful to the audience of Indian cinema for this, I have reached here only because of them.


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