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The Union's Ministry of the Interior announced the names of 112 recipients of the Padma Award, one of the country's most prestigious civil awards on the eve of Republic Day. Among them are various artists from the film fraternity. The veteran actor Kader Khan will receive the award posthumously. Actor and dialog writer, he has appeared in more than 300 films and has written dialogues for more than 200 films. Actor Manoj Bajpayee will also be honored with the award. The southern actor Mohanlal, also on the list, leads a career of four decades during which he worked on films in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada. Singer-songwriter Shankar Mahadevan, who is fluent in clbadical and traditional Hindi film music, was also selected for the award. The prize will also be awarded to one of the country's popular choreographers, Prabhudheva. He worked in Hindi and Southern films, while occupying the director's seat with a few.
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