Director and Producer Karan Johar along with actress Kangana Ranaut, singer Adnan Sami, Suresh Wadkar and director-producers Ekta Kapoor have been conferred with the Padma Shri award this year.
The four celebrities have been honoured with the Padma Shri for their contribution to the field of performing arts.
Karan Johar took to Twitter to express his emotions. "It's not very often that I am at a loss for words, but this is one such occasion...The PadmaShri. Such an honour to receive one of the civilian awards in the country. Overwhelmed by so many emotions right now. Humbled, elated and also thankful for the opportunity to live my dream every day, to create and to entertain. I know my father would be proud and I wish he was here to share this moment with me. #blessed."
Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award in India. This year 141 Padma awards are being given in the fields of art, social work, public affair, science and engineering, medicine, trade and industry, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.
Meanwhile on the work front, Karan Johar under his home banner has an interesting line-up of releases. Dharma will releases Bhoot - Part One: The Haunted Ship, Gunjan Saxena, Sooryavanshi, Brahmastra, Shershaah, Dostana 2 and lot more.
Karan Johar will soon return to directors chair with Takht, a period drama based in the Mughal era, which is set to feature a large ensemble cast including Ranveer Singh, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal, Bhumi Pednekar, Janhvi Kapoor, and Anil Kapoor.
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