January 26th brought another feather to bollywood diva Aishwarya Rai’s hat. This actress has been conferred the prestigious Padma Shri Award this year and the actress can’t help but feel honored.“I am very thankful for the privilege. I am humbled by it. I thank the high officers of our country because this has been accorded to me by them and our fellow people. I hope to be able to live up to the promise of it. I am very grateful and will continue doing my best”, these were the words from the actress after receiving the honour.
Father-in-law and the rest of thefamily is equally elated at this achievement of Aishwarya Rai. “Aishwarya’s Padma decoration is the fifth in the family. My father received Padmabhushan, myself with (two) Padmashri and Padmabhushan and Jaya was receipient of Padmashri. Five Padma awardees in one family. God is generous and kind,” Big B has expressed his views in his blog.
Apart from Aishwarya Rai, Akshay Kumar was also the proud recipient of the Padma Shri, regarded as one of the top civilian honors in the country.
Akshay Kumar may not have won many awards in his illustrious career but this honor coming from the Govt. of India surely means a lot to the 'Kinng' of Bollywood. Akshay Kumar was awarded the Padma Shri by the Govt. of India for his contribution to cinema.
Besides Aishwarya and Akshay, veteran actress and dancing queen of yesteryears Helen was also bestowed with the Padma Shri for her contribution to art and cinema.
Other recipients of the Padma Shri award this year include, playback singers Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan, Ghazal singer Penaaz Masani and music composer Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar.
theres lot of controversaries surrounding these "Padma Shree" awards.
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