Padma Awards 2013 Winners: Sridevi, Rajesh Khanna, others

Rajesh Khanna, the first superstar of Indian cinema, has been posthomously named for the Padma Bhushan, the country’s third highest civilian honour on the eve of Republic Day.

Rajesh Khanna, fondly known as Kaka in the film faternity, began his career with “Aakhri Khat” in 1966 and in a career spanning five decades, he became a superstar like no other with hits like “Aradhana”, “Do Raaste”, “Safar” and “Anand”.

Between “Aradhana” in 1969 and “Prem Kahani” in 1975, he enjoyed god-like status. The frenzy was such that women would line the road for a glimpse, chant his name, cover his car with lipstick marks and even write him letters in blood.

He passed away in July last year following prolonged illness. He was 69.

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Bollywood’s “Hawa hawaii” girl Sridevi has been named for the Padma Shri, India’s civilian award, on the eve of 64th Republic Day.

The 49-year-old, who made a grand Bollywood comeback in 2012 with a strong female-centric role in “English Vinglish”, boasts of a filmography of 265 movies. She came back after a 15-year sabbatical, and won hearts with her simple and subtle performance in the film as a homemaker struggling to learn English.

Sridevi started her journey as a child artist way back in 1967, and went on to do her first role as an adult in Tamil film “Moondru Mudichu” in 1976. It was only following scores of southern films that Sridevi found her Bollywood calling with “Sadma”.

She went on to cement her standing in Bollywood with hits like “Nagina”, “Mr. India”, “Chandni” and “ChaalBaaz” and became the reigning queen of the Hindi films in the 1980s and 1990s.

She also won critical acclaim for “Lamhe”.

Married to Hindi film producer Boney Kapoor, Sridevi has two daughters – Jhanvi and Khushi. Age has failed to take a toll on her as she looks as radiant as ever and spreads the same magic in front of the camera.

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Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore has been named for the Padma Bhushan on the eve of 64th Republic Day.

The great-grand niece of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, Sharmila’s tryst with movies began when she had just entered her teens. She was 13 when she did her first Bengali film “Apur Sansar” in 1959.

However, the bigger recognition came her way when she entered the Hindi film industry with “Kashmir Ki Kali” and after that there was no looking back for her.

The 68-year-old’s body of work boasts of successes like “An Evening In Paris”, “Aradhana”, “Amar Prem”, “Mausam” and “Chupke Chupke”. She is said to be one of the foremost Bollywood ladies who flaunted a bikini on screen in “An Evening In Paris”.

Be it in glamorous roles or serious character-driven parts – Sharmila made it big in all spheres.

Her open-mindedness to roles and stories also translated to the changed content in Bollywood when she took over the reins as the censor board chief in 2004. It is during her term that experimental and bold films like “Tere Bin Laden”, “Dev D” and “Love, Sex Aur Dhokha” were released.

She has also been the face of Indian cinema at foreign film festivals, like the prestigious Cannes International Film Festival, where she served as a jury member in 2009.

Sharmila married Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, the cricket star and skipper, in 1969, and has three children – actors Saif and Soha, and designer Saba.

Saif received the Padma Shri honour in 2010.

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Well-known actor Nana Patekar, known for playing intense roles in “Salaam Bombay” and “Parinda”, has been named for Padma Shri award on the eve of 64th Republic Day.

The 62-year-old, who began his career with 1978 movie “Gaman”, carved a niche for himself in the Hindi films with 1989 film “Parinda” for which he even won a National Award. Some of his well-known films are “Krantiveer” (1994), “Agni Sakshi” (1996), “Khamoshi: The Musical”, and “Ab Tak Chappan” (2005).

After playing a villain and an encounter specialist, he tickled the funny bones of viewers with his comic act in “Welcome” (2007).

The actor also went behind the camera to make his directorial debut with “Prahaar”, in which he had cast Madhuri Dixit, the reigning star of the Hindi films, in a pivotal role.

He is equally active in Marathi films and theatre. He has won the National Award thrice.

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Veteran designer Ritu Kumar, active in fashion industry for the last 40 years, has been named for the Padma Shri award on the eve of 64th Republic Day.

The designer, who began her work with four block printers and two tables in a small village near Calcutta 40 years ago, was the first woman to introduce the ’boutique’ culture in India under the brand name ‘Ritu’.

Her growth and success can be estimated from the fact that today, her outlets have footprints in 14 cities in the country.

The 68-year-old’s designs reflect rich Indian cultural heritage and her forte lies in traditional Indian designs.

Kumar was recently in the news for designing costumes for a wedding sequence in Deepa Mehta’s forthcoming “Midnight’s Children”, based on Salman Rushdie Booker Prize winnng novel of the same name. Earlier, she designed for films like “Love Breakups Zindagi” and styled Freida Pinto for a few of her scenes in “Slumdog Millionaire”.

Her clientele includes Jemima Khan, Sushmita Sen, Aishwarya Rai and almost all the winners of the Miss India titles. She had even designed for late Princess Diana.

Her fascination for tie and dye pattern appealed to former Spice Girls singer Mel B so much that she asked Kumar to design the band’s clothes for one of their shows.

Padma Awards 2013 Winners

Padma Vibhushan 2013

Sl No. Name Discipline State/ Domicile
1. Shri Raghunath Mohapatra Art Orissa
2. Shri S. Haider Raza Art Delhi
3. Prof. Yash Pal Science and Engineering Uttar Pradesh
4. Prof. Roddam Narasimha Science and Engineering Karnataka

Padma Bhushan 2013

Sl No. Name Discipline State/ Domicile
1. Dr. Ramanaidu Daggubati Art Andhra Pradesh
2. Smt. Sreeramamurthy Janaki Art Tamil Nadu
3. Dr. (Smt.) Kanak Rele Art Maharashtra
4. Smt. Sharmila Tagore Art Delhi
5. Dr. (Smt.) Saroja Vaidyanathan Art Delhi
6. Shri Abdul Rashid Khan Art West Bengal
7. Late Rajesh Khanna Art Maharashtra #
8. Late Jaspal Singh Bhatti Art Punjab #
9. Shri Shivajirao Girdhar Patil Public Affairs Maharashtra
10. Dr. Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai Science and Engineering Delhi
11. Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat Science and Engineering Delhi
12. Dr. Ashoke Sen Science and Engineering Uttar Pradesh
13. Dr. B.N. Suresh Science and Engineering Karnataka
14. Prof. Satya N. Atluri Science and Engineering USA *
15. Prof. Jogesh Chandra Pati Science and Engineering USA *
16. Shri Ramamurthy Thyagarajan Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu
17. Shri Adi Burjor Godrej Trade and Industry Maharashtra
18. Dr. Nandkishore Shamrao Laud Medicine Maharashtra
19. Shri Mangesh Padgaonkar Literature & Education Maharashtra
20. Prof. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Literature & Education USA*
21. Shri Hemendra Singh Panwar Civil Service Madhya Pradesh
22. Dr. Maharaj Kishan Bhan Civil Service Delhi
23. Shri Rahul Dravid Sports Karnataka
24. Ms. H. Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom Sports Manipur

Padma Shri 2013

Sl No. Name Discipline State/ Domicile
1. Shri Gajam Anjaiah Art Andhra Pradesh
2. Swami G.C.D. Bharti alias Bharati Bandhu Art Chhattisgarh
3. Ms. B. Jayashree Art Karnataka
4. Smt. Sridevi Kapoor Art Maharashtra
5. Shri Kailash Chandra Meher Art Orissa
6. Shri Brahmdeo Ram Pandit Art Maharashtra
7. Shri Vishwanath Dinkar Patekar alias Nana Patekar Art Maharashtra
8. Shri Rekandar Nageswara Rao alias Surabhi Babji Art Andhra Pradesh
9. Shri Lakshmi Narayana Sathiraju Art Tamil Nadu
10. Smt. Jaymala Shiledar Art Maharashtra
11. Shri Suresh Dattatray Talwalkar Art Maharashtra
12. Shri P. Madhavan Nair alias Madhu Art Kerala
13. Shri Apurba Kishore Bir Art Maharashtra
14. Shri Ghanakanta Bora Borbayan Art Assam
15. Smt. Hilda Mit Lepcha Art Sikkim
16. Smt. Sudha Malhotra Art Maharashtra
17. Shri Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz Art Jammu and Kashmir
18. Shri Ramesh Gopaldas Sippy Art Maharashtra
19. Ms. Mahrukh Tarapor Art Maharashtra
20. Shri Balwant Thakur Art Jammu & Kashmir
21. Shri Puran Das Baul Art West Bengal
22. Shri Rajendra Tikku Art Jammu & Kashmir
23. Shri Pablo Bartholomew Art Delhi
24. Shri S. Shakir Ali Art Rajasthan
25. Sh. S.K.M Maeilanandhan Social Work Tamil Nadu
26. Ms. Nileema Mishra Social Work Maharashtra
27. Ms. Reema Nanavati Social Work Gujarat
28. Ms. Jharna Dhara Chowdhury Social Work Bangladesh *
29. Late Dr. Ram Krishan Social Work Uttar Pradesh #
30. Late Manju Bharat Ram Social Work Delhi #
31. Prof. Mustansir Barma Science and Engineering Maharashtra
32. Shri Avinash Chander Science and Engineering Delhi
33. Prof. Sanjay Govind Dhande Science and Engineering Uttar Pradesh
34. Prof. (Dr.) Sankar Kumar Pal Science and Engineering West Bengal
35. Prof. Deepak B. Phatak Science and Engineering Maharashtra
36. Dr. Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju Science and Engineering Andhra Pradesh
37. Prof. Ajay K. Sood Science and Engineering Karnataka
38. Prof. Krishnaswamy Vijayraghavan Science and Engineering Karnataka
39. Dr. Manindra Agrawal Science and Engineering Uttar Pradesh
40. Dr. Jayaraman Gowrishankar Science and Engineering Andhra Pradesh
41. Prof. Sharad Pandurang Kale Science and Engineering Maharashtra
42. Smt. Vandana Luthra Trade and Industry Delhi
43. Ms. Rajshree Pathy Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu
44. Shri Hemendra Prasad Barooah Trade and Industry Assam
45. Shri Milind Kamble Trade and Industry Maharashtra
46. Ms. Kalpana Saroj Trade and Industry Maharashtra
47. Dr. Sudarshan K. Aggarwal Medicine Delhi
48. Dr. C. Venkata S. Ram alias Chitta Venkata Sundara Ram Medicine Andhra Pradesh
49. Dr. Rajendra Achyut Badwe Medicine Maharashtra
50. Dr. Taraprasad Das Medicine Orissa
51. Prof. (Dr.) T.V. Devarajan Medicine Tamil Nadu
52. Prof. (Dr.) Saroj Chooramani Gopal Medicine Uttar Pradesh
53. Dr. Pramod Kumar Julka Medicine Delhi
54. Dr. Gulshan Rai Khatri Medicine Delhi
55. Dr. Ganesh Kumar Mani Medicine Delhi
56. Dr. Amit Prabhakar Maydeo Medicine Maharashtra
57. Dr. Sundaram Natarajan Medicine Maharashtra
58. Prof. Krishna Chandra Chunekar Medicine Uttar Pradesh
59. Dr. Vishwa Kumar Gupta Medicine Delhi
60. Prof. (Capt.) Dr. Mohammad Sharaf-e-Alam Literature & Education Bihar
61. Dr. Radhika Herzberger Literature & Education Andhra Pradesh
62. Shri J. Malsawma Literature & Education Mizoram
63. Shri Devendra Patel Literature & Education Gujarat
64. Dr. Rama Kant Shukla Literature & Education Delhi
65. Prof. Akhtarul Wasey Literature & Education Delhi
66. Prof. Anvita Abbi Literature & Education Delhi
67. Shri Nida Fazli Literature & Education Madhya Pradesh
68. Shri Surender Kumar Sharma Literature & Education Delhi
69. Dr. Jagdish Prasad Singh Literature & Education Bihar
70. Late Shaukat Riaz Kapoor Alias Salik Lakhnawi Literature & Education West Bengal #
71. Prof. Noboru Karashima Literature & Education Japan*
72. Shri Christopher Pinney Literature & Education UK *
73. Smt. Premlata Agrawal Sports Jharkhand
74. Shri Yogeshwar Dutt Sports Haryana
75. Shri Hosanagara Nagarajegowda Girisha Sports Karnataka
76. Subedar Major Vijay Kumar Sports Himachal Pradesh
77. Shri Ngangom Dingko Singh Sports Maharashtra
78. Naib Subedar Bajrang Lal Takhar Sports Rajasthan
79. Ms. Ritu Kumar Fashion Designing Delhi
80. Dr. Ravindra Singh Bisht Archaeology Uttar Pradesh

Padma Awards 2013 Winners Source: Rediff

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8 Comments

  • Congratulations to all the eminent achievers and more specifically to rajesh khanna ji, rahul dravid ji, sharmila tagore ji, rama naidu ji, sridevi ji, nana patekar ji, jaspal singh bhatti ji, mary kom ji, ramesh sippy ji. Happy republic day to all the indicine users!

  • Great article.
    Whoever has written it ,a kiss on his chick;)
    I am gonna publish it on my blog.
    Its simple still well written.

  • Congratulations to madam Srideviji and All the Celebraties who are win Padma Awards. All the to You Srideviji mam. We r Happy For You….Jaihind!

  • congratulations sridevi ji national government recognizes her, but poor filmfare stardust star screen doesn’t. Anyway im very hopeful that she will win a national award for English Vinglish

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