Raveena Tandon, MM Keeravaani honored with a Padma Shri, Zakir Hussain with Padma Vibhushan

Padma Awards 2023:
The Padma Award is one of the country’s highest civilian honors and includes the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The list of Padma Awards for the year 2023 has been released on the eve of 74th Republic Day. A total of 106 people will be honored with the Padma Awards this year. Which includes 6 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 91 Padma Shri.

Talking about the field of arts, film actress Raveena Tandon and music composer MM Keeravani will be honored with Padma Shri. At the same time, Tabla player Zakir Hussain will be honored with Padma Vibhushan. Apart from these, the names of many veterans from the field of arts are included in the list.

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The Padma Awards are presented by the President of India at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, usually around March/April every year. This time 19 awardees are women and the list also includes 2 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 7 posthumous awardees.

Raveena Tandon

Actress Raveena Tandon is known for her remarkable contribution to Indian cinema. He has acted in many films and has taken Hindi cinema to new heights. In 2022, she appeared in the film KGF 2. Also has been a part of the web series. Let me tell you, Raveena Tandon has also been associated with PETA since the year 2002.

For 2023, the President has approved conferment of 106 Padma Awards incl 3 duo cases. The list comprises 6 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan & 91 Padma Shri. 19 awardees are women & the list also includes 2 persons from category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 7 Posthumous awardees

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January 25, 2023

MM Keeravani

The composer has been in the limelight in the past as he was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for his song ‘Naatu Naatu’ in the film RRR. At present, this song is also included in the Oscar race. Keeravani has given memorable songs to the Indian film industry earlier also.

Zakir hussain

Zakir Hussain is a famous tabla player and musician. He will be honored with the Padma Vibhushan award this year. Earlier, he has been honored with Padma Shri in 1988 and Padma Bhushan in 2002 for his incomparable contribution in the field of music.