Mumbai The Central Government has announced to honor Padma Awards to citizens who have made extraordinary contributions in various fields. Producer-director Shekhar Kapur’s name is also included in the list of artists honored with the Padma Award. Kapoor expressed his gratitude to the central government as well as his fans by sharing a post on social media. Shekhar Kapur, who is active on social media, while sharing the post on the official X handle, not only expressed his gratitude to the Government of India but also called himself lucky. He wrote, “It is a great honor for me! I am very grateful that the Government of India has considered me worthy of the 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.”
Shekhar Kapur expressed his gratitude to the country, the government as well as the audience, he said, “Thank you also to our film audience, I am here because of you.”
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.
Kapoor also directed successful films like ‘Barsaat’, ‘Dushmani’ along with the 1994 film ‘Bandit Queen’. In 2016, Kapoor also made a documentary on Amma, popularly known as Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, titled ‘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 the 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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