Celebrities congratulate Manoj Bajpayee on receiving Padma Shri

Updated:7 years, 3 months ago

New Delhi, Mar 17 (ANI): Actor Manoj Bajpayee, who is known for his raw acting prowess, was honoured with Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, from President Ram Nath Kovind at the ceremony held in Rashtrapati Bhawan on Saturday. The 49-year-old actor expressing his happiness on receiving the honour, tweeted, "It was an honour and a privilege sir @rashtrapatibhvn."Not just Manoj, even his fellow celebrities celebrated his win by posting congratulatory tweets for the actor.Anupam Kher, Taapsee Pannu, Bhumi Pednekar, Randeep Hooda, Anurag Kashyap, Hansal Mehta, Adil Hussain, Sonu Sood, among many others took to their respective Twitter handles to post congratulatory messages for the actor.Anupam congratulated the actor and wrote, "Congratulations dearest @BajpayeeManoj for this honour. I am sure this is just the beginning. Love and happiness always. Manoj Bajpayee receives Padma Shri from President Kovind."Randeep Hooda also took to his Twitter handle to post a congratulatory message for the actor."Congratulations @BajpayeeManoj.. well deserved and more," he tweeted.Manoj Bajpayee is best known for his phenomenal performances in films like 'Satya', 'Pinjar', 'Aligarh', 'Rajneeti', 'Sonchiraiya', 'Zubeidaa' and 'Gangs of Wasseypur' series.The government had received nearly 50,000 nominations for this year's Padma awards.

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Celebrities congratulate Manoj Bajpayee on receiving Padma Shri

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