The Padma awards are among the top awards in the country. People who make valuable contributions in various fields are honored with the awards. Even personalities from the film industry are also given civilian awards considering their valuable efforts. However, there is criticism that only Bollywood personalities are given preference and southern personalities are not given preference.
The criticism got momentum in the past few years. There is a reason behind this. People who are close to the ruling party are given awards is the criticism that we hear more about. The opposition parties use this as a weapon to target the ruling party. A few film personalities also say the same.
Veteran actresses Jayaprada and Jayasudha made some key comments on this and expressed their concern about them not being preferred. In the recent episode of Unstoppable With NBK, Jayasudha and Jayaprada graced the show along with Rashi Khanna.
During the show, host Nandamuri Balakrishna asked how they feel seeing juniors like Kangana Ranaut honored with the Padma awards. In response, the actors made some serious comments.
Recalling their cinematography the actresses said they did many challenging roles in their career and despite this, they were not given any awards. Talking about Kangana Ranaut receiving Padma Shri, they said that they are not complaining or feeling bad.
Saying that Kangana Ranaut is a good actress and she proved that the ace actors said it makes them sad that a 15-film old actor is given the Padma award and they were left out. Having said that the two actresses maintained the union government is not honoring the southern actors.
Talking about the examples of legendary actresses Sharada, Savitri, and Vijaya Nirmala they asked why the actresses were not given any award despite the contribution they made.
Giving the example of Vijaya Nirmala, Jayasudha and Jayaprada said she is a popular actress and director as well. Vijaya Nirmala is a top director and she even made it to The Guinness World Records for directing the highest number of films. Sadly she was not honored with any award, the two actresses said.
The criticism got momentum in the past few years. There is a reason behind this. People who are close to the ruling party are given awards is the criticism that we hear more about. The opposition parties use this as a weapon to target the ruling party. A few film personalities also say the same.
Veteran actresses Jayaprada and Jayasudha made some key comments on this and expressed their concern about them not being preferred. In the recent episode of Unstoppable With NBK, Jayasudha and Jayaprada graced the show along with Rashi Khanna.
During the show, host Nandamuri Balakrishna asked how they feel seeing juniors like Kangana Ranaut honored with the Padma awards. In response, the actors made some serious comments.
Recalling their cinematography the actresses said they did many challenging roles in their career and despite this, they were not given any awards. Talking about Kangana Ranaut receiving Padma Shri, they said that they are not complaining or feeling bad.
Saying that Kangana Ranaut is a good actress and she proved that the ace actors said it makes them sad that a 15-film old actor is given the Padma award and they were left out. Having said that the two actresses maintained the union government is not honoring the southern actors.
Talking about the examples of legendary actresses Sharada, Savitri, and Vijaya Nirmala they asked why the actresses were not given any award despite the contribution they made.
Giving the example of Vijaya Nirmala, Jayasudha and Jayaprada said she is a popular actress and director as well. Vijaya Nirmala is a top director and she even made it to The Guinness World Records for directing the highest number of films. Sadly she was not honored with any award, the two actresses said.