Padma Awards 2020: Kangana Ranaut And Adnan Sami Among Others Honoured With 4th Highest Civilian Award

On Monday, President Ram Nath Kovind is honoring 141 people for the year 2020 in a ceremony held at the historic Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan. Among the awardees for the Padma Shri award are Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, Adnan Sami, Ekta Kapoor, Karan Johar and late singer SP Balasubramaniam. The other recipients of the Padma Shri this year from the world of arts include Karan Johar and Ekta Kapoor.

The pictures from the ceremony have surfaced on social media and they present Kangana Ranaut in a green-golden saree, wearing large earrings and a white face mask. Adnani Sami wore a black sherwani with golden embroidery at the neck. Speaking about the honour, Kangana had earlier said that she started her journey from a small village in Himachal Pradesh and for her to be in the same league as the bigwigs they have grown up watching, whether it is Karan’s films or Ekta Kapoor’s serials. They knew these people, growing up. And who has not heard Adnan Sami ji’s songs? asked Kangana. For a girl like her, to get a Padma Shri alongside them is a matter of pride, concluded Kangana Ranaut.

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Producer Ekta Kapoor took to her Twitter handle and wrote humbled and overwhelmed. Her foray into the industry started when she was just 17. Ekta constantly heard she was too young, too raw and it was too soon to make things happen. Through the years she has realised it’s never too soon to live out dreams and being too young is probably the best thing. Today, as she is conferred with the 4th highest civilian honor Padmashri, the producer is humbled.

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Karan Johar had written on his Twitter handle that reads as it’s not very often that he is at a loss for words, but this is one such occasion. The Padma Shri. Such an honour to receive one of the civilian awards in the country said Johar. The filmmaker is overwhelmed by so many emotions right now. Humbled, elated and also thankful for the opportunity to live his dream every day, to create and to entertain. He knows his father would be proud and he wishes he was here to share this moment with him, wrote Karan Johar.