128 people have been honored this year with the Awards that are conferred in three categories – Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri. Kinnera Mogulaiah, who shot to fame after rendering his vocals for the title song for the upcoming much hyped Telugu film Bheemla Nayak starring Power Star Pawan Kalyan and Rana Daggubati has now been conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri award.
For his contributions in field of vintage arts, Kinnera Mogulaiah has been awarded Padma Shri. The makers of Bheemla Nayak confirmed the same by sharing a post on official twitter handle that read: Congratulations to Shri Darshanam Mogilaiah garu, who has been conferred with ????? ???? for his endless service to Art. We feel delighted and proud that we got a chance to work with him on our prestigious #BheemlaNayak song” the makers of Bheemla Nayak wrote as they congratulated Mogulaiah over the achievement.
Following are some notable names from the Padma awards:
Padma Vibhushan: Kalyan Singh, General Bipin Rawat
Padma Bhushan: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, former West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Covaxin maker Bharat Biotech’s chairman Krishna Ella and his co-founder wife Suchitra Ella, Serum Institute of India managing director Cyrus Poonawalla
Padma Shri: Neeraj Chopra, Olympians Pramod Bhagat, and Vandana Kataria, singer Sonu Nigam.