Nandamuri Balakrishna, Tamil actor Ajith, and Kannada actor Anant Nag have been honored with the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award. The 2025 Padma Awards were announced on January 25, just ahead of Republic Day. Following the announcement, the Tollywood industry poured in congratulatory messages for Balakrishna on Twitter. Ajith becomes the fifth Tamil actor to receive the Padma Bhushan, joining the ranks of Sivaji Ganesan, Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, and Vijayakanth.
In addition, actress Shobana, director Shekhar Kapur, and the late novelist and screenwriter MT Vasudevan Nair have also been awarded the Padma Bhushan. Below is the full list of recipients for the 2025 Padma Bhushan:
- A Surya Prakash
- Anant Nag
- Bibek Debroy
- Jatin Goswami
- Jose Chacko Periappuram
- Kailash Nath Dikshit
- Manohar Joshi
- Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti
- Nandamuri Balakrishna
- PR Sreejesh
- Pankaj Patel
- Pankaj Udhas
- Rambahadur Rai
- Sadhvi Ritambhara
- S Ajith Kumar
- Shekhar Kapur
- Shobana Chandrakumar
- Sushil Kumar Modi
- Vinod Dham
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