Vyjayanthimala Chiranjeevi receive Padma Vibhushan award
Vyjayanthimala Chiranjeevi receive Padma Vibhushan award
Veteran actors Vyjayanthimala and Chiranjeevi Konidela were honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, touted as the second-highest civilian honour on Thursday.
President Droupadi Murmu presented the awards to Vyjayanthimala, 90, and Chiranjeevi, 68, at a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi.
Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service, Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order, and Padma Shri for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
Hailed as one of Indian cinema’s finest actors and dancers, Vyjayanthimala ruled the Indian screens from 1950s and 1960s and has worked in films including “Devdas”, “Naya Daur”, “Aasha”, “Sadhna”, “Gunga Jumna”, “Sangam” and “Jewel Thief” to her credit.
She has also featured in a few Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bengali films. Vyjayanthimala, whose last Hindi film was 1970’s “Ganwaar”, was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour, in 1968.
On being honoured with the Padmibhushan, veteran actor Vyjayanthimala revealed to the media that she may have to thank God for his compassion, kindness, and mercy…
Adding that It’s our PM Modi and the Government of India who recognised her dance as well as films. She was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1969, and now Padma Vibhushan is a very big thing.
Chiranjeevi, one of the reigning superstars from the South, has worked in over 150 feature films in Telugu as well as Hindi, Tamil and Kannada. Some of his popular films include “Rudra Veena”, “Indra”, “Tagore”, “Swayam Krushi”, “Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy”, “Stalin” and “Gang Leader”.
His last big-screen appearance was in 2023’s “Bhola Shankar” and will next be seen in “Vishwambhara”. The actor was honoured with the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour, in 2006.
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