India's top civilian honours, the Padma Awards, were presented at a ceremony in Delhi on Monday evening. Celebrated names from cinema, music, and theatre were conferred with the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri. Dharmendra and Satish Shah were conferred with Padma awards posthumously, while stars such as R Madhavan, Mammootty, and Alka Yagnik received the awards in person from President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Dharmendra was conferred with a posthumous Padma Vibhushan, which was received by Hema Malini on Monday. Satish Shah was conferred the Padma Shri, and adman Piyush Pandey was conferred the Padma Bhushan. Yumnam Jatra Singh of Manipur and R Krishnan from Tamil Nadu were also conferred the Padma Shri.
44 awards were conferred on stalwarts from the entertainment industry. Singer Alka Yagnik and Malayalam star Mammootty received the Padma Bhushan from the President of India. Telugu actors Rajendra Prasad and Murali Mohan, multi-lingual actor R Madhavan, Bengali actor Prosenjit Chatterjee, and singer Tripti Mukherjee received the Padma Shri.
