Megastar Chiranjeevi has been an undisputed king in Telugu cinema for decades and his contribution for Indian cinema has been immense. As speculated, Chiranjeevi is honoured with Padma Vibhushan and an official announcement came last night. Delighted with the honour, Chiranjeevi thanked everyone for the gesture. Megastar was showered with congratulatory messages after the announcement was made. AP politician and former Vice President Venkaiah Naidu too is honoured with Padma Vibhushan. Vyjayantimala Bali, Shri Bindeshwar Pathak and Padma Subrahmanyam are the other Padma Bhushan awardees for the year.
M Fathima Beevi, Hormusji N Cama, Mithun Chakraborty, Sitaram Jindal, Young Liu, Ashwin Balachand Mehta, Satyabrata Mookherjee, Ram Naik, Tejas Madhusudan Patel, Olanchery Rajagopal, Dattatray Ambadas Mayaloo, Togdan Rinpoche, Pyarelal Sharma, Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur, Usha Uthup, Vijaykanth and Kundan Vyas are the recipients of Padma Bhushan.
