Padma Awards 2023: Padma Shri for Raveena Tandon for contribution to arts

Raveena Tandon is also the National Film Award recipient for Best Actress for her role in "Daman" (2001). (Image: Raveena Tandon's Instagram handle via ANI)

Bollywood actor Raveena Tandon has been honoured with Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award, for the year 2023, by the government for her contribution to the field of arts.

Just a day earlier, the actor who also supports various noble causes, was selected by the Women and Child Development Ministry for the Women 20 (W20), the Women’s Empowerment engagement wing at the G20, as a delegate.

Raveena Tandon, a  National Film Award winner for Best Actress for her role in the movie "Daman" (2001), is popular in Hindi films for her vast range of roles.

With commercially successful movies like "Dilwale" (1994), "Mohra" (1994), "Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi" (1996), and "Ziddi (1997)," the actor established herself as a leading lady in Bollywood during the time.

Her other successful movies include "Bade Miyan Chote Miyan" (1998), "Dulhe Raja" (1998), and "Anari No.1" (1999). She also appeared in other hit films "Ghulam-E-Mustafa" (1997) and "Shool" (1999).

Her last appearance was in the blockbuster movie "KGF: Chapter 2" (2022).

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The other recipients of Padma awards in the field of arts include - music composer of the oscar-nominated Telugu hit song "Naatu naatu " MM Keeravani (Padma Shri),  tabla maestro Zakir Hussain (Padma Vibhushan), and singer Vani Jairam (Padma Bhushan).

One of the highest civilian honours in the nation, the Padma Awards are given in three categories: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri.

The President of India will soon confer these prestigious awards to the winners at a formal event at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

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The President, for the year 2023, has approved the conferment of 106 Padma Awards including 3 duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one).  The list comprises 6 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan, and 91 Padma Shri Awards. The list also includes 7 Posthumous awardees.