Padma Shri Award to Priyadarshan

Shri Soman Nair Priyadarshan, the well known director of Malayalam and Hindi movies has been selected to be honoured with the Padma Shri Award for the year 2012. The President of India has approved the list of nominees submitted by the selection committee for the conferment of these awards which include 5 Padma Vibhushan Awards, 27 Padms Bhushan Awards and 77 Padma Shri Awards.