Shekhar Kapur Ajith Kumar and more honoured with Padma Bhushan

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The Padma Awards 2025 were announced recently and several prominent names from the film fraternity received a nod. Shekhar Kapur, Ajith Kumar, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Shobana Chandrakumar, Pankaj Udhas (Posthumous) and Anant Nag were conferred with the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award.

Mamata Shankar, Arijit Singh, Ricky Kej, Barry John and veteran Marathi actor Ashok Saraf were bestowed with Padma Shri. On the other hand, M T Vasudevan Nair and Sharda Sinha have been conferred with the Padma Vibhushan posthumously.

A proud moment for all of us! ðÂÂÃ‚ÂŸÂÂÃ‚ÂŽÂÂÃ‚Â‰ Congratulations to Ajith Kumar sir on being conferred the Padma Bhushan award. ðÂÂÃ‚ÂŸÂÂÃ‚Â�ÂÂÃ‚Â… Your contributions both on and off the screen are truly inspiring! âÂÂÃ‚Âœ¨

#AjithKumar #PadmaBhushan pic.twitter.com/LZmXwSkVWc

— Lyca Productions (@LycaProductions) January 26, 2025

After the announcement, Shekhar Kapur took to social media to thank his fans. His post read, “What an honour! Am humbled that the Government of India has considered me to be deserving of a #Padmanbhushan. Hopefully, this award will make me strive harder to serve the Industry that I am part of, and the beautiful Nation that I am so fortunate to belong to. Thank you also to our film audiences of India, for I am because you are

#JaiHind”

What an honour! Am humbled that the Government of India has considered me to be deserving of a #Padmanbhushan.

Hopefully this award will make me strive harder to serve the Industry that I am part of, and the beautiful Nation that I am so fortunate to belong to.

Thank you also…

— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) January 25, 2025

This year, 139 Padma Awards were given to people for their contribution in several fields, such as Art, Literature, Medicine, Social Work and Science among others. These include 7 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 124 Padma Shri Awards.

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