Mohanlal was interviewed by Padma Bhushan; Padma Shri in honor for Kader Khan, Manoj Bajpayee and Prabhudheva

Malayalam superstar Mohanlal and sitar-surbahar artist Budhaditya Mukherjee will be among the recipients of the award. third highest civil honor, Padma Bhusha. , this year. Mohanlal is already a Padma Shri laureate. He received this honor in 2001. The actor is also a laureate of five national film awards.

Manoj Bajpayee, Bollywood actor, actor-choreographer Prabhudheva, singer-songwriter Shankar Mahadevan, actor Dinyar Contractor, lyricist Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry and percussionist Sivamani was conferred with Padma Shri. The actor-writer Kader Khan, who made his last breath on December 31, 2018, received a posthumous Padma Shri.

Among the other Padmi Shri winners in the arts are Hiralal Yadav, Rajeev Tharanath, Milena Salvini, Anup Sah and Anup Ranjan. Pandey, Nartaki Natraj, Abdul Gafur Khatri, Kendra Waman, Jayan KG, Fayaz Ahmad, Jadavarsin Jadav, Godawari Dutta, Swan Chaudhuri, Jianot Bhatt, Pritam Bhartwan and Rajeshwar Acharya. Padma Vibhushan has also been awarded to Purandare and Teejan Bai.