20 Padmashree Award Winners in Bollywood

Many Bollywood Celebs have been honored with the Padmashree Award for their outstanding contribution in the field of Art and Cinema by the Indian Government. Padma Shri Award is the 4th highest civilian award in the Republic of India after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Some of the Bollywood Actors who got the Padmashree Award for their outstanding contribution in the field of Art and Cinema are Amitabh Bachchan (1984), Hema Malini (2000), Aamir Khan (2003), Anupam Kher (2004), Shah Rukh Khan (2005), Madhuri Dixit (2008), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2009), Akshay Kumar (2009), Helen Khan (2009), Rekha (2010), Saif Ali Khan (2010), Irrfan Khan (2011), Kajol (2011), Tabu (2011), Sharmila Tagore (2013), Sridevi Kapoor (2013), Paresh Rawal (2014) and Vidya Balan (2014). The Padma Shri Award Winners in Bollywood for 2016 are Ajay Devgn and Priyanka Chopra.

The PadmaShree Award has attracted many controversies regarding the selection criteria where highly deserving artists have been left out in order to favor certain individuals. There was News of the Government wanting to take the Award back from Saif Ali Khan as he is 'not deserving'. The Award was taken back or not is not known. Also, many people have rejected the Awards like Salman Khan's father Salim Khan. Check out this Video below for pictures of Bollywood Actors receiving this prestigious Award!