Cinema icons honoured: Ajith Kumar, Balakrishna’s Padma Shri win receives industry-wide applause

New Delhi: The much-anticipated prestigious award winners, Padma Awards 2025, were officially announced on January 25, 2025. The Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, and Padma Shri awards honour individuals who have left an impact on the country. This year, the Padma Shri Award was given to 7 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri awardees.

The award ceremony will most likely be held in March or April 2025 at Rashtrapati Bhawan, where the President of India, Droupadi Murmu will present the award to the winners. With South Indian actors bagging the prestigious award last night, various peers from the industry took to social media to congratulate the winners.

Padma Awards 2025 winners – celebrity reactions

Among the flood of congratulatory messages to the winners, we have hand-picked a few posts that show industry peers congratulating the winners on their big day. Among various art forms that were honoured, the late singer Sharda Sinha, Tamil actor Ajith Kumar, singer Arijit Singh filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, and actress Shobana Chandrakuma, were among a few who were honoured with Padma Bhushan Awards for their outstanding contribution to the Indian art scene. Here is how fellow celebs wished the winners.

Firstly, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, took to X to congratulate the Padma awardees in a heartfelt post.

Take a look below!

Congratulations to all the Padma awardees! India is proud to honour and celebrate their extraordinary achievements. Their dedication and perseverance are truly motivating. Each awardee is synonymous with hardwork, passion and innovation, which has positively impacted countless…

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 25, 2025

Celeb reactions

Netizens have been over the moon to see their favourite artists win such a high honour. Additionally, Padma Shri winners include actor Ashok Laxam Saraf, Hindustani classical vocalist Ashwini Bhide, folk artist Joynacharan Bathari, and musician Ricky Kej.