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Lol...people ridiculing Padma awards .and bharata Ratna coz Saif got a padmasri !! Every year many people get padmasri...some may be undeserving in few people's point of view..

Originally posted by: IAmAHunter

Lol...people ridiculing Padma awards .and bharata Ratna coz Saif got a padmasri !! Every year many people get padmasri...some may be undeserving in few people's point of view..

Kamal hassan getting just a Padma sri is still a joke to me...he should get some padma vibhushan or something...coz Padma sri is for mid level achievers...likes of Tabu /Sania mirza and co who are well deserved have got it...but just putting Kamal beside them is not write...hopefully someday he will get 2nd highest indian award...

that said...I think Padma awards are largely fair...and do a good job awarding !!!

Is it coz Salman hasn't been awarded?

Originally posted by: rambo_rajkumar

Is it coz Salman hasn't been awarded?

Padma awards are the highest civilian honours given by Government of India and announced around Republic Day (Jan 26) every year.

Earlier only the truly deserving persons would get it. In recent years they've started doling out awards to anyone (especially Padma Sri) and more so, to celebrities (any movie star of a certain age gets Padma Sri, the fourth highest civilian award easily).

It's becoming a joke. Earlier the criteria was very very rigorous. Nowadays lobbying or connections with government get anyone anything. It was foolish to award a Padma Bhushan to Aamir Khan so soon in his career (Kamal Haasan has only a Padma Sri whereas Amitabh Bachchan had also got Padma Bhushan at a later age in life).

Salman has probably not received it due to his run-ins with the law and also because he's least political. I believe he'll get Padma Sri at a later stage in life the way Dharmendra got in 2004 (and hopefully he wouldn't have any more problems with law again).

I personally do not feel celebs should get such civilian honours so easily. It was about highest contribution towards the nation in respective fields (like art and culture in case of artistes). Belting out hit films or being a beauty are not really highest service to nation! The difference between Padma awards then and Padma awards now is that earlier someone like Rafi would get it, now, even someone like Himesh can get it for belting out hits and having the right connections.

Years ago when Rajnikanth had got his Padma award there was outcry in media whether he deserved it or not. Today we even have Akshay, Kajol, Saif, Madhuri, Rekha getting it. Number of movie star awardees has also increased in recent years. Earlier one or two would get. Nowadays 4-5 (handful) get it.

Several sportspersons, academics, social activists, writers, scientists get ignored despite decades of rigorous work and exceptional achievement in their fields. There are protests and controversies every year but nobody cares.

Years ago a Tagore would get such honours, who knows now Chetan Bhagat could also qualify for a Padma award?!

There's been quite a lobby for Sachin Tendulkar and Amitabh to be given Bharat Ratna. Will be interesting to see if they ever give it to them (most political bickering and interference is over Bharat Ratna!).

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   Rajdeep Sardesai ?@sardesairajdeep

   sources: Sridevi likely to get Padma Shri. #ibnnews

   
   
2. 17mRajdeep Sardesai ?@sardesairajdeep

   Marykom, Sharmila Tagore, Dravid and Rajesh Khanna likely to get Padma Bhushan #ibnnews

Originally posted by: chocolover89

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   Rajdeep Sardesai?@sardesairajdeep

   sources: Sridevi likely to get Padma Shri.#ibnnews

   
   
2. <small>17m</small>Rajdeep Sardesai?@sardesairajdeep

   Marykom, Sharmila Tagore, Dravid and Rajesh Khanna likely to get Padma Bhushan#ibnnews

Phir Sallu ko screw kiya


Also all if Sridevi era people have one already why is she only getting it now

Madhuri getting a Padma Sri before Sridevi was crap. Nice she's getting now.

I feel bad for Rajesh Khanna! The attention he's getting after his death, by Jove if he'd received even 1/10th of it when he was alive he wouldn't have lived in depression!

And he's getting Padma Bhushan posthumously despite having been a phenomenal star whereas Aamir got Padma Bhushan so soon (after just a 3 Idiots?) at 45!

Today's actors get honours more easily. Imagine! Earlier a Dilip Kumar had record of most best actor awards now SRK equalled this feat and may break the record anytime when he gives a good performance.

National Awards also distributed like prasad as likes of Arjun Rampal also got it!

Falling standards with every passing year.

Jaspal Bhatti will also get Padam bhushan after his death