It was a proud day for ‘Bachchan Bahu’ Aishwarya and ‘Kinng’ Akshay Kumar as they received one of the highest civilian honours – Padma Shri from President Pratibha Patil at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Aishwarya is the youngest person to ever achieve this honour from the film fraternity.Tall, lissome and clad in an embroidered sari, Aishwarya looked regal as she received the award. Akshay Kumar looked equally impressive and suave in his formals.
Besides Akshay and Ash, veteran actress and dancing queen of yesteryears Helen was also bestowed with the Padma Shri for her contribution to art and cinema.
From the field of music, playback singers Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan, Ghazal singer Penaaz Masani and music composer Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar also made it to the list of Padma Shri awardees this year.
