Naatu Naatu Composer Keeravaani receive Padma Shri Awards

New Delhi (India),6th April 2023: The fourth highest citizen honor, the Padma Shri, was given to actor Raveena Tandon and music composer MM Keeravaani on Wednesday. President Draupadi Murmu presented the awards at a glittering event held at New Delhi’s Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah both attended the prestigious event. Online images of Raveena accepting the prize while wearing a stunning golden saree have emerged. For the presentation occasion, MM Keeravaani dressed entirely in black.

Rasha Thadani, Raveena’s daughter, also witnessed the event, Raveena shared a video and captioned it, “Thankyou all for the love and honour. Thankyou for your blessings papa, mami and mom #padmashri.”

Raveena had earlier expressed gratitude for getting the highest honour and had dedicated it to her late father, filmmaker Ravi Tandon.

She stated, “Honoured and grateful. Thank you so much, Government of India, for acknowledging my contributions, my life, my passion and purpose — cinema and the arts, that allowed me to contribute, not only to the film industry, but beyond. I thank all those who guided me through this journey of Art and Craft of Cinema — all those who held my hand through it, and all those who watched me from their place above. I owe this to my father.”

The Naatu Naatu music composer, on the other hand, tweeted, “Much honoured by the civilian award from the Govt of India…Respect for my parents and all of my mentors from Kavitapu Seethanna garu to Kuppala Bulliswamy Naidu garu on this occasion.”