Padma Shri (also Padmashree)
Award Information
Type	Civilian
Category	National
Instituted	1954
First Awarded	1954
Last Awarded	2012
Total Awarded	2497
Awarded by	Government of India
Award Rank
Padmabhushan ← Padma Shri (also Padmashree) → none

Padma Shri (also Padmashree) is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. It is awarded by the Government of India.

History[link]

It is awarded to citizens of India to recognize their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Medicine, Social Service and Public Affairs. However it has also been awarded to some distinguished individuals who were not citizens of India and who did contribute in various ways to India.

The selection criteria, however, has been heavily criticized as many highly deserving artists have been left out in order to favor certain individuals.^{[citation needed]}

On its obverse, the words "Padma", meaning lotus in Sanskrit and "Shri", in Devanagari, appear above and below a lotus flower. The geometrical pattern on either side is in burnished bronze. All embossing is in white gold.

As of 2012^[update], 2497 people have received the award.^[1][2][3]

See also[link]

• Padma Shri Awards (1954–1959)
• Padma Shri Awards (1960–1969)
• Padma Shri Awards (1970–1979)
• Padma Shri Awards (1980–1989)
• Padma Shri Awards (1990–1999)
• Padma Shri Awards (2000–2009)
• Padma Shri Awards (2010–2019)

References[link]

• "Padma Awards Directory (1954-2009)". Ministry of Home Affairs. http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf. 

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Padma Shri

• "Padma Awards". Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php. 
• "Padma Awards Directory (1954-2009)". Ministry of Home Affairs. http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf. 
• "Padma Awards Directory (2010)". Ministry of Home Affairs. http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/PadmaAwd2010.pdf. 

v t e Indian honours and decorations Civilian International Gandhi Peace Prize National Bharat Ratna Padma Vibhushan Padma Bhushan Padma Shri National Bravery Award Central Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award Ganga Sharan Award Ganesh Hindi Vidyarthi Award Aatma Ram Award Subramanya Bharathi Award George Grierson Award Moturi Satyanarayan Award By field Literature Jnanpith Award Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Sahitya Akademi Award Cinema Dadasaheb Phalke Award National Film Awards Other arts Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship Sports Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Arjuna Award Dronacharya Award (coaching) Dhyan Chand Award (lifetime achievement) Science and Technology Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology Military Wartime Param Vir Chakra Maha Vir Chakra Vir Chakra Peacetime Ashoka Chakra Kirti Chakra Shaurya Chakra Wartime / Peacetime Service & Gallantry Sena Medal (Army) Nao Sena Medal (Navy) Vayusena Medal (Air Force) Wartime Distinguished Service Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal Uttam Yudh Seva Medal Yudh Seva Medal Peacetime Distinguished Service Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Vishisht Seva Medal

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Ram Sampath is a composer, producer and musician, working mainly in the Mumbai advertising circuit. He has also helped promote local bands and talent.

Discography[link]

Songs and background score[link]

• Satyamev Jayate (TV show) (2012)^[1]
• Talaash (2012)
• Rock The Shaadi (2012)
• Delhi Belly (2011)
• Luv Ka The End (2011)
• Saamna (2009)
• Aagey Se Right (2009)
• Jumbo (2008)
• Family (2006)
• Khakee (2004)
• Let's Talk (2003)

Background score only[link]

• Game

Singles[link]

• Dil Jale

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website of Ram Sampath

Aruna Sairam (also spelt Sayeeram, Tamil: அருணா சாய்ராம்) is an eminent Carnatic music vocalist.

Early life[link]

Aruna Sairam received vocal training from her mother Rajalakshmi Sethuraman, who was a disciple of the Alathur Brothers and Thanjavoor Sankara Iyer.^[1] She later received training from prominent vocalists, Madurai Somasundaram and T. Brinda.^[2] She also learnt the art of pallavi singing from T. R. Subramaniam,^[3]

Career[link]

Aruna Sairam collaborated with many Indian artists^[4] apart from internationally acclaimed artistes, like Dominique Vellard, the French Gregorian singer.^[3][5]

Aruna Sairam has presented her concerts in all major sabhas in India, as well as many destinations across the world, including Carnegie Hall in New York, Le Théâtre de la Ville in Paris and the Festival of World Sacred Music in Morocco.^[6]

Awards[link]

• Padma Shri from the Government of India^[7]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Thank God! I gave up acting'
• Aruna Sayeeram
• Title conferred on Aruna Sayeeram
• Tamil music^{[dead link]}
• Aruna Sairam
• Aruna Sairam
• Aruna Saiyeeram

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Sona Mohapatra
Sona Mohapatra at LAKME FASHION WEEK 2011
Background information
Born	17 June 1981 Cuttack, Orissa
Occupations	Singer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals

Sona Mohapatra (Oriya: ସୋନା ମହାପାତ୍ର) is an Indian singer and lyricist.^[1] born in Cuttack, Orissa.^[2][3] Well known in India,^[4] she has performed in concerts across the world and has been featured in albums, singles, concert webcasts, music videos, Bollywood films and advertisements.^[5][6][7][8] In addition to her own material, Mohapatra has recorded remixes of songs by David Bowie, with "Let's Dance", and INXS, with "Afterglow", with the latter proving particularly successful.^[9]

Releases[link]

Her first ventures in music industry started with jingles & remixes. One of her famous jingle was for Tata Salt - Kal Ka Bharat Hai.In 2007, she released her debut album, Sona, on Sony Records, which sought to explore the diverse styles of rock, rhythm and blues, Flamenco, Hindustani, Baul and Romani music.^[6][10] In 2009, she released the single Diljale. She recently sung a song 'Bedardi Raja' in the movie Delhi Belly for Aamir Khan Production's ^[11] and did a cameo in it. She has also sung a theme song "Mujhe Kya Bechega Rupaiya" for the TV show Satyamev Jayate.

Education[link]

Sona is an engineering graduate (an engineering degree from College of Engineering and Technology (CET), Bhubaneswar, took her MBA degree from Symbiosis, Pune, and worked as the brand manager in Marico. She is also the elder sister of Pratichee Mohapatra of the band Viva.

Discography[link]

Bollywood[link]

• Family - Lori
• Aage Se Right - Daav Laga
• Jumbo - Chaayi Madhoshiyaan
• Delhi Belly - Bedardi Raja
• Satyamev Jayate - Mujhe Kya Bechega Rupaiya

Studio Album[link]

• SONA (Song - Bolo Na Kya Hua)

Awarded best recording/mixing IRAA (Indian Recording Arts Award) Ashish Manchanda

Compilation[link]

• Love is (2007) - Afterglow
• Teri Deewani- Ishq Nachaya
• Aao Ji - Aja Ve
• Soulful Sufi (2009) - Abhi Nahin Ana

References[link]

External links[link]

• Sona´s Homepage

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Nana Patekar
Born	Vishwanath Patekar (1951-01-01) 1 January 1951 (age 61) Murud-Janjira, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor, Filmmaker
Years active	1978 – present
Spouse	Neelakanti Patekar
Parents	Dinkar Patekar Sanjana Patekar

Vishwanath "Nana" Patekar (born 1 January 1951) is an Indian actor and filmmaker.

Biography[link]

Born Vishwanath Patekar in Murud-Janjira, Maharashtra, to Dinkar Patekar (a painter) and his wife Sanjanabai Patekar. He is an alumnus of the Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai.^[1]

Career[link]

He acted in movies such as Gaman (1978), Mohre (1987) and Salaam Bombay! (1988) and was noticed by the mainstream Bollywood industry for his portrayal of the villain in the 1989 film, Parinda, for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was also awarded the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for the role. He won the Filmfare Best Villain Award in 1992 for Angaar.

In 1994, he won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Krantiveer (1994). He also won the Filmfare Award and the Star Screen Awards in the best actor category.

Patekar has played many types of roles. He has played the occasional villain but been a hero in most of his films. He played a truant, gambling son in Krantiveer (1994), a wife beater in Agni Sakshi (1996), a deaf father to Manisha Koirala in Khamoshi: The Musical (1996) and a schizophrenic in Wajood (1998). In the movie Ab Tak Chappan (2005) he plays a police officer who is a sharpshooter. Patekar has also done comic roles in Welcome (2007) in which he plays a powerful crime lord who once desired to be an actor in films.

He turned director with his movie Prahaar: The Final Attack co-starring Madhuri Dixit. His other films as an actor include Hu Tu Tu and Bluff Master. For his performance in Apaharan, he received the Filmfare Best Villain Award as well as the Star Screen Award Best Villain. He is going to be in Sangeeth Sivan's next film, which is a remake of the Telugu film Athadu (2005) and as the character Anjaneya Prasad (CBI officer), which was originally played by Prakash Raj.

Patekar did some playback singing in the films Yeshwant (1997), Wajood (1998) and Aanch (2003).

He has an honorary Captain's rank from Indian Army. He underwent training for his role as a Army officer in Prahaar and was thus awarded the rank. He joined the Territorial Army in the early 1990s.^{[citation needed]} At the age of 54, he took up the sport of rifle shooting. He qualified for the G.V. Mavlankar Shooting Championship.^[2]

He has also acted in few Marathi movies and plays. He is known to donate generously to the poor.^[3][4]

Nana Patekar starred in the Marathi film Deool, released on 4 November 2011.

Awards[link]

Patekar is the only actor ever to win Filmfare Awards in the Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Villain categories.^[5]

Filmography[link]

Actor[link]

Director[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Nana Patekar at the Internet Movie Database

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Nana Patekar

• Nana's interview