On Saturday, President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the prestigious Padma Shri on actor Manoj Bajpayee at a ceremony held in New Delhi.Also present on the occasion were other Padma Shri awardees like cricketer Gautam Gambhir and renowned scientist Nambi Narayanan.
Gali Guleiyan and wrote: “So used to the fact that all the films of mine, which are highly acclaimed nationally and internationally, don't even get a place in the nominations list of so called big mainstream awards here, forget about winning. Creative pursuit and exploitation continue! Gali Guleiyan.” Well, you deserve this honour!
Manoj Bajpayee was last seen in the dacoit drama Sonchiriya, which was highly appreciated by the critics but failed to win over viewers. The actor will next be seen in the Netflix film Dhaka.
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