Shekhar Kapur Padma Bhushan: The Central Government has announced to honor the citizens who have made extraordinary contributions in various fields with the Padma Award. Producer-director Shekhar Kapur’s name is also included in the list of stars to be honored with the Padma Award. Kapoor expressed his gratitude to the central government as well as the fans by sharing the post on social media.
Shekhar Kapur posted
While sharing the post on the official He wrote, ‘It is a matter of great honor for me. I am very grateful that the Government of India has considered me worthy of Padma Bhushan.
Expressing happiness, Shekhar Kapur further said, ‘Hopefully this award will inspire me to serve the industry and the beautiful nation of which I am a part. I am very lucky.
What an honour! Am humbled that the Government of India has considered me to be deserving of a #Padmanbhushan.
Hopefully this award will make me strive harder to serve the Industry that I am part of, and the beautiful Nation that I am so fortunate to belong to.
Thank you also…
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) January 25, 2025
Shekhar Kapur expressed his gratitude to the country, the government as well as the fans. He said, ‘Thank you also to our film audience, I am here because of you.’
Let us tell you that Shekhar Kapur, one of the successful directors of Bollywood and Hollywood, started direction with the 1983 film ‘Masoom’. Naseeruddin Shah, Urmila Matondkar, Shabana Azmi were in important roles in the film. After this, he directed 1987’s ‘Mr. India’, in which many actors including Anil Kapoor, Sridevi and Satish Kaushik were seen in important roles. Amrish Puri played the role of villain Mogambo in the film.
Along with the 1994 film ‘Bandit Queen’, Kapoor also directed successful films like ‘Barsaat’, ‘Dushmani’. In 2016, Kapoor also made a documentary on Amma, popularly known as Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, named ‘The Science of Compassion’. Shekhar made the Hollywood film ‘Elizabeth’ in 1998 and then ‘Elizabeth The Golden Age’ in 2007. This was also liked a lot. ‘Elizabeth’ was awarded the Best British Film Award at BAFTA in 1999.
Let us tell you that this year 7 people will be honored with Padma Vibhushan, 19 with Padma Bhushan and 113 with Padma Shri award.
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