Padma Awards 2016: Rajinikanth awarded Padma Vibhushan; Anupam Kher honoured with Padma Bhushan

Megastar Rajinikanth has been awarded with the highest honour of the Padma Vibhushan while Anupam Kher is the recipient of Padma Bhushan.

New Delhi: The most prestigious and revered honours in the country--the Padma awards list for the current year is out. Reports suggest that megastar Rajinikanth and classical singer Girija Devi have been awarded with the highest honour of the Padma Vibhushan while Anupam Kher is the recipient of Padma Bhushan. 

Kher took to Twitter and expressed his happiness over the news.

आज एक निष्कासित कश्मीरी पंडित और छोटे शहर के फ़ॉरेस्ट डिपार्टमेंट के क्लर्क का बेटा अपनी मेहनत से पद्मा भूषण पा रहा है। धन्यवाद मेरे देश।:) — Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) January 25, 2016

Happy, Humbled & Honoured to share that i have been awarded The PADMA BHUSHAN by the Govt. of India. Greatest news of my life:) #JaiHind — Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) January 25, 2016

Other Padma awardees include: 

Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar--Padma Vibhushan

Udit Narayan--Padma Bhushan

Ajay Devgn, Priyanka Chopra--Padma Shri

Posthumous Padma Shri for actor Saeed Jaffrey.