Actor Raveena Tandon and MM Keeravani, who composed the Oscar-winning song ‘Naatu Naatu’ from ‘RRR’, received the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, on Wednesday. They received the award from President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Amit Shah were also present at the ceremony.
Earlier, expressing her gratitude, Raveena had said, ‘Honoured and grateful. Thank you so much, Government of India, for acknowledging my contributions, my life, my passion and purpose — cinema and the arts, that allowed me to contribute, not only to the film industry, but beyond. I thank all those who guided me through this journey of Art and Craft of Cinema — all those who held my hand through it, and all those who watched me from their place above. I owe this to my father.’
Raveena Tandon has starred in Bollywood blockbusters such as ‘Mohra’, ‘Main Khiladi Tu Anari’, ‘Satta’, ‘Shool’, and many more.
When Keeravani had received the news that we would be honoured with the Padma Shri, he tweeted, ‘Much honoured by the civilian award from the Govt of India Respect for my parents and all of my mentors from Kavitapu Seethanna garu to Kuppala Bulliswamy Naidu garu on this occasion.’
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