Raveena Tandon is one of the most loved actresses of 90s. The actress has been featured in various hit movies. She was among the highest actresses of her time. The actress is on cloud nine as she is awarded Padma Sri.

Raveena Tandon received Padma Shri in the field of art. Not only Raveena but RRR's music composer MM Keeravaani and singers Suman Kalyanpur and Vani Jairam are also among this year's Padma Shri. Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain and singer Vani Jairam have been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan.

Raveena Tandon is working for three decades now, the actor has always maintained a fine balance between commercial films such as Mohra, to an offbeat film like Daman, which fetched her the National Award for Best Actress. Ahead of 74th Republic Day, on January 25, the government of India announced Padma Awards for this year. The Mohra actress became the only actor to be conferred with Padma Shri.

Raveena also reacted to the news, "Honoured and grateful. Thank you so much, Government of India, for acknowledging my contributions, my life, my passion and my purpose - cinema and the arts, that allowed me to contribute, not only to the film industry, but also 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 - Ravi Tandon."

Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian Awards of the country. They are conferred in three categories, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various fields of activities like social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and arts. Raveena is among the 106 recipients of this third-highest civilian award in India. This comes a day after Raveena was chosen as a delegate at the W20, which is the Women's Empowerment engagement wing at G20 India's Presidency. 

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