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colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Bhawana_Somaaya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Bhawana_Somaaya.jpg/220px-Bhawana_Somaaya.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Bhawana_Somaaya.jpg/330px-Bhawana_Somaaya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Bhawana_Somaaya.jpg/440px-Bhawana_Somaaya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1002" data-file-height="1510" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Bhawana Somaaya in 2000</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">film critic, <a href="/wiki/Film_historian" class="mw-redirect" title="Film historian">film historian</a>,<br /> Editor <i><a href="/wiki/Screen_(magazine)" title="Screen (magazine)">Screen</a></i> (2000–2007)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1978–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bhawanasomaaya.com/">www<wbr />.bhawanasomaaya<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b> Bhawana Somaaya</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an Indian film journalist, critic, author and historian. She has been honoured with the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> in the year 2017 by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a> <a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Starting her career as film reporter in 1978, she went to work with several film magazines, through the 1980s and 1990s. Eventually, she remained editor of <i><a href="/wiki/Screen_(magazine)" title="Screen (magazine)">Screen</a></i>, a leading film magazine, from 2000 to 2007. She has written over 13 books on history of <a href="/wiki/Hindi_cinema" title="Hindi cinema">Hindi cinema</a> and biographies of <a href="/wiki/Bollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollywood">Bollywood</a> stars, including <i>Salaam Bollywood</i> (2000), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_So_Far_(book)" title="The Story So Far (book)">The Story So Far</a></i> (2003) and her trilogy, <i>Amitabh Bachchan – The Legend</i> (1999), <i>Bachchanalia – The Films And Memorabilia of Amitabh Bachchan</i> (2009) and <i>Amitabh Lexicon</i> (2011).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tribune11_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribune11-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_background">Early life and background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhawana_Somaaya&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Somaaya was born and brought up in Mumbai. She is the youngest child among her eight siblings. </p><p>She did her schooling from <a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Good_Counsel_High_School,_Mumbai" title="Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, Mumbai">Our Lady of Good Counsel High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sion,_Mumbai" title="Sion, Mumbai">Sion, Mumbai</a> and is also trained in <a href="/wiki/Bharatnatyam" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharatnatyam">Bharatnatyam</a> dance at <i>Vallabh Sangeetalaya</i> in <a href="/wiki/Andheri_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Andheri West">Andheri West</a>. </p><p>After her schooling, she did her graduation in Psychology and acquired a degree in L.L.B. (Criminology) from <a href="/wiki/Government_Law_College,_Mumbai" title="Government Law College, Mumbai">Government Law College, Mumbai</a>, University of Mumbai. She also studied Journalism at <a href="/wiki/K._C._College" class="mw-redirect" title="K. C. College">K. C. College</a>, Mumbai.<sup id="cite_ref-film_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-film-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhawana_Somaaya&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bhavna_Somaiya,_Jaya_Prada_at_the_launch_of_T_P_Aggarwal%27s_trade_magazine_%27Blockbuster%27_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Bhavna_Somaiya%2C_Jaya_Prada_at_the_launch_of_T_P_Aggarwal%27s_trade_magazine_%27Blockbuster%27_04.jpg/160px-Bhavna_Somaiya%2C_Jaya_Prada_at_the_launch_of_T_P_Aggarwal%27s_trade_magazine_%27Blockbuster%27_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Bhavna_Somaiya%2C_Jaya_Prada_at_the_launch_of_T_P_Aggarwal%27s_trade_magazine_%27Blockbuster%27_04.jpg/240px-Bhavna_Somaiya%2C_Jaya_Prada_at_the_launch_of_T_P_Aggarwal%27s_trade_magazine_%27Blockbuster%27_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Bhavna_Somaiya%2C_Jaya_Prada_at_the_launch_of_T_P_Aggarwal%27s_trade_magazine_%27Blockbuster%27_04.jpg/320px-Bhavna_Somaiya%2C_Jaya_Prada_at_the_launch_of_T_P_Aggarwal%27s_trade_magazine_%27Blockbuster%27_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="881" /></a><figcaption>Bhawana Somaaya (left) and actress <a href="/wiki/Jaya_Prada" title="Jaya Prada">Jaya Prada</a> at the launch of trade magazine <i>Blockbuster</i>, 2012. </figcaption></figure> <p>Somaaya started her career as a film journalist and columnist with in 1978, and writing the column, "Casually Speaking" in film weekly, <i>Cinema Journal</i> published by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Free_Press_Journal" title="The Free Press Journal">The Free Press Journal</a></i>. After working in <i>Super</i> magazine (1980–1981), she joined the <i>Movie</i> magazine published by <a href="/wiki/India_Book_House" title="India Book House">India Book House</a> as an assistant editor and became co-editor in 1985, and worked here till 1988. In 1989, she became the editor of <i>G</i>, a film magazine by <a href="/wiki/Chitralekha_(weekly)" title="Chitralekha (weekly)">Chitralekha Group</a>. This was followed by her tenure as editor of noted film weekly, <i><a href="/wiki/Screen_(magazine)" title="Screen (magazine)">Screen</a></i> from 2000 to 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-film_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-film-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jour_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jour-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, she has also worked as costume designer, for actress <a href="/wiki/Shabana_Azmi" title="Shabana Azmi">Shabana Azmi</a> in films like <i>Kaamyaab</i> (1984), <i><a href="/wiki/Bhavna" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhavna">Bhavna</a></i> (1984), <i><a href="/wiki/Aaj_Ka_M.L.A._Ram_Avtar" title="Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar">Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar</a></i> (1984) and <i><a href="/wiki/Main_Azaad_Hoon" title="Main Azaad Hoon">Main Azaad Hoon</a></i> (1989).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aamir_Khan_at_92.7_BIG_FM_to_promote_Satyamev_Jayate_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Aamir_Khan_at_92.7_BIG_FM_to_promote_Satyamev_Jayate_03.jpg/220px-Aamir_Khan_at_92.7_BIG_FM_to_promote_Satyamev_Jayate_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Aamir_Khan_at_92.7_BIG_FM_to_promote_Satyamev_Jayate_03.jpg/330px-Aamir_Khan_at_92.7_BIG_FM_to_promote_Satyamev_Jayate_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Aamir_Khan_at_92.7_BIG_FM_to_promote_Satyamev_Jayate_03.jpg/440px-Aamir_Khan_at_92.7_BIG_FM_to_promote_Satyamev_Jayate_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="882" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Aamir_Khan" title="Aamir Khan">Aamir Khan</a> with Bhawana Somaaya at 92.7 BIG FM studio to promote <i>Satyamev Jayate</i> series, 2012. </figcaption></figure><p>Over the years, her columns have appeared in publications like <i><a href="/wiki/The_Observer" title="The Observer">The Observer</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Afternoon_(newspaper)" class="mw-redirect" title="Afternoon (newspaper)">Afternoon</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Janmabhumi" title="Janmabhumi">Janmabhoomi</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">The Hindu</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hindustan_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hindustan Times">The Hindustan Times</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Indian_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Express">Indian Express</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999, she started her career as an author, with biography, <i>Amitabh: The Legend</i>. This led to biographies of other film celebrities like <a href="/wiki/Hema_Malini" title="Hema Malini">Hema Malini</a>, plus two more book of <a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a>, <i>Bachchanalia – The Films And Memorabilia of Amitabh Bachchan</i> (2009) and <i>Amitabh Lexicon</i> (2011).<sup id="cite_ref-tribune11_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribune11-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Bachchanalia</i> was co-authored by the Osians Centre for Archiving, Research & Development (CARD) and also included publicity material from the 40 years of his film career.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has also written books on <a href="/wiki/Hindi_cinema" title="Hindi cinema">Hindi cinema</a> history, <i>Salaam Bollywood</i> (2000) and <i>Take 25 – Star Insights and Attitudes</i> (2002), which was released by actress <a href="/wiki/Rekha" title="Rekha">Rekha</a> at a function in Mumbai and entailed Somaaya's 25 years as a film journalist.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was followed by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_So_Far_(book)" title="The Story So Far (book)">The Story So Far</a></i> (2003) published by <i><a href="/wiki/Indian_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Express">Indian Express</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Talking Cinema: Conversations with Actors and Film-Makers</i> (2013). </p><p>Shifting to television, in 2008, when she joined Swastik Pictures, a television production company, which made TV series, <i><a href="/wiki/Amber_Dhara" title="Amber Dhara">Amber Dhara</a></i> as a media consultant.<sup id="cite_ref-mint_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mint-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2012, she started appearing on air, as a Friday-film reviewer, <a href="/wiki/BIG_FM_92.7" class="mw-redirect" title="BIG FM 92.7">BIG FM 92.7</a>, Reliance Media's FM radio station.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, she joined <i>Blockbuster</i>, the newly launched film trade magazine. In 2019, she started a podcast on epilog media - #MeriKahani with Bhawana Somaaya.<sup id="cite_ref-jour_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jour-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>Currently, she is the Entertainment Editor at 92.7 Big FM Radio network. </p><p>She is a classical dancer, a podcaster and author of 19 books. Her books are a point of reference for students studying cinema at Whistling Woods, Mumbai, Manipal University, Mangalore and JNU, Delhi. Apart from books on cinema, she has also written <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.in/Keshava-Magnificent-Obsession-Bhawana-Somaaya/dp/9387779394">Keshava: A Magnificent Obsession</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.in/Shaping-Seed-Ancient-Wisdom-Sanskaar-ebook/dp/B07ZZ8F8JD">Shaping of The Seed: The Ancient Wisdom of Garbh Sanskaar</a> She has even translated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Gujarati books <i>Saakshi Bhaav</i> and <i>Aankh Aa Dhanya Chhe</i> into English as <i>Letters to Mother and Letters to Self</i> in 2020 and 2022 respectively. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Humanitarian_and_social_causes">Humanitarian and social causes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhawana_Somaaya&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Humanitarian and social causes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ms. Somaaya is an Advisor with an NGO called <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dhaiakshar.org/">Dhai Akshar</a> and a founder member with four others at Share & Care Foundation Mumbai. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhawana_Somaaya&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBhawana_Somaaya1999" class="citation book cs1">Bhawana Somaaya (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=VSxlAAAAMAAJ"><i>Amitabh Bachchan: The Legend</i></a>. Macmillan India Limited. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-333-93355-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-333-93355-8"><bdi>978-0-333-93355-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Amitabh+Bachchan%3A+The+Legend&rft.pub=Macmillan+India+Limited&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-0-333-93355-8&rft.au=Bhawana+Somaaya&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DVSxlAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhawana+Somaaya" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBhawana_Somaaya2000" class="citation book cs1">Bhawana Somaaya (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=DPZkAAAAMAAJ"><i>Salaam Bollywood: The Pain and the Passion</i></a>. Spantech & Lancer. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-897829-54-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-897829-54-7"><bdi>978-1-897829-54-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Salaam+Bollywood%3A+The+Pain+and+the+Passion&rft.pub=Spantech+%26+Lancer&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-1-897829-54-7&rft.au=Bhawana+Somaaya&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DDPZkAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhawana+Somaaya" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBhawana_Somaaya2002" class="citation book cs1">Bhawana Somaaya (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=H-_8AQAACAAJ"><i>Take 25: Star Insights & Attitudes</i></a>. Sambhav Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-901354-1-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-901354-1-2"><bdi>978-81-901354-1-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Take+25%3A+Star+Insights+%26+Attitudes&rft.pub=Sambhav+Publishers&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-81-901354-1-2&rft.au=Bhawana+Somaaya&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DH-_8AQAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhawana+Somaaya" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBhawana_Somaaya2003" class="citation book cs1">Bhawana Somaaya (2003). <i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_So_Far_(book)" title="The Story So Far (book)">The Story So Far</a></i>. Indian Express Group.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Story+So+Far&rft.pub=Indian+Express+Group&rft.date=2003&rft.au=Bhawana+Somaaya&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhawana+Somaaya" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBhawana_Somaaya2004" class="citation book cs1">Bhawana Somaaya (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=SGaNuOL8Ob4C"><i>Cinema Images And Issues</i></a>. Rupa Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8129103703" title="Special:BookSources/978-8129103703"><bdi>978-8129103703</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Cinema+Images+And+Issues&rft.pub=Rupa+Publications&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-8129103703&rft.au=Bhawana+Somaaya&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DSGaNuOL8Ob4C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhawana+Somaaya" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBhawana_Somaaya2006" class="citation book cs1">Bhawana Somaaya (2006). "Lata Mangeshkar". In Malvika Singh (ed.). <i>Freeing the Spirit: The Iconic Women of Modern India</i>. New York. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-14-310082-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-14-310082-9"><bdi>978-0-14-310082-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Lata+Mangeshkar&rft.btitle=Freeing+the+Spirit%3A+The+Iconic+Women+of+Modern+India&rft.pub=New+York&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-14-310082-9&rft.au=Bhawana+Somaaya&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhawana+Somaaya" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBhawana_Somaaya2007" class="citation book cs1">Bhawana Somaaya (2007). <i><a href="/wiki/Hema_Malini:_The_Authorized_Biography" title="Hema Malini: The Authorized Biography">Hema Malini: The Authorized Biography</a></i>. Lotus Collection. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7436-467-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7436-467-8"><bdi>978-81-7436-467-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hema+Malini%3A+The+Authorized+Biography&rft.pub=Lotus+Collection&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-81-7436-467-8&rft.au=Bhawana+Somaaya&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhawana+Somaaya" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBhawana_Somaaya2008" class="citation book cs1">Bhawana Somaaya (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=HQ3Yi9VPU8QC"><i>Fragmented Frames: Reflections of a Critic</i></a>. Pustak Mahal. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-223-1016-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-223-1016-0"><bdi>978-81-223-1016-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fragmented+Frames%3A+Reflections+of+a+Critic&rft.pub=Pustak+Mahal&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-81-223-1016-0&rft.au=Bhawana+Somaaya&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DHQ3Yi9VPU8QC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhawana+Somaaya" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBhawana_Somaaya2008" class="citation book cs1">Bhawana Somaaya (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hqLKwKPZllAC"><i>Krishna-The God Who Lived As Man</i></a>. Pustak Mahal. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-223-1027-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-223-1027-6"><bdi>978-81-223-1027-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Krishna-The+God+Who+Lived+As+Man&rft.pub=Pustak+Mahal&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-81-223-1027-6&rft.au=Bhawana+Somaaya&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DhqLKwKPZllAC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhawana+Somaaya" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBhawana_Somaaya2009" class="citation book cs1">Bhawana Somaaya (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8DlePgAACAAJ"><i>Bachchanalia: The Films and Memorabilia of Amitabh Bachchan</i></a>. Osian's-Connoisseurs of Art. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-8174-027-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-8174-027-4"><bdi>978-81-8174-027-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Bachchanalia%3A+The+Films+and+Memorabilia+of+Amitabh+Bachchan&rft.pub=Osian%27s-Connoisseurs+of+Art&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-81-8174-027-4&rft.au=Bhawana+Somaaya&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8DlePgAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhawana+Somaaya" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBhawana_SomaayaJigna_KothariSupriya_Madangarli2012" class="citation book cs1">Bhawana Somaaya; Jigna Kothari; Supriya Madangarli (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Dtec0Ykfo1sC"><i>Mother Maiden Mistress: Women in Hindi Cinema, 1950–2010</i></a>. HarperCollins, India. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7223-859-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7223-859-9"><bdi>978-81-7223-859-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mother+Maiden+Mistress%3A+Women+in+Hindi+Cinema%2C+1950%E2%80%932010&rft.pub=HarperCollins%2C+India&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-81-7223-859-9&rft.au=Bhawana+Somaaya&rft.au=Jigna+Kothari&rft.au=Supriya+Madangarli&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DDtec0Ykfo1sC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhawana+Somaaya" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBhawana_Somaaya2011" class="citation book cs1">Bhawana Somaaya (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jBBetwAACAAJ"><i>Amitabh Lexicon</i></a>. Pustak Mahal. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8122311891" title="Special:BookSources/978-8122311891"><bdi>978-8122311891</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Amitabh+Lexicon&rft.pub=Pustak+Mahal&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-8122311891&rft.au=Bhawana+Somaaya&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DjBBetwAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhawana+Somaaya" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBhawana_Somaaya2013" class="citation book cs1">Bhawana Somaaya (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130809002507/http://harpercollins.co.in/BookDetail.asp?Book_Code=3824"><i>Talking Cinema: Conversations with Actors and Film-Makers</i></a>. HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-9350296455" title="Special:BookSources/978-9350296455"><bdi>978-9350296455</bdi></a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.harpercollins.co.in/BookDetail.asp?Book_Code=3824">the original</a> on 9 August 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 August</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Talking+Cinema%3A+Conversations+with+Actors+and+Film-Makers&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-9350296455&rft.au=Bhawana+Somaaya&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harpercollins.co.in%2FBookDetail.asp%3FBook_Code%3D3824&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhawana+Somaaya" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Bhawana Somaaya (2017). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=V4PZDQAAQBAJ">Once Upon A Time in India</a></i>. Penguin Random House India. ISBN 9780143426028</li> <li>Bhawana Somaaya (2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=QWdptgEACAAJ"><i>Keshava: A Magnificent Obsession</i></a>. Fingerprint! Publishing<b>.</b> ISBN-10. 9789387779396</li> <li>Bhawana Somaaya (2019). <i>Chalo Cinema.</i> Navbharat Sahitya Bhandar. ISBN 978-93-82779-07-0</li> <li>Bhawana Somaaya (2019). <i>Shaping of The Seed: The Ancient Wisdom of Garbh Sanskaar</i>. Aslan Reads. ISBN 978-9385898372</li> <li>Bhawana Somaaya (2020). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rbXlDwAAQBAJ">Letters to Mother</a></i>. Harper Collins<b>.</b> ISBN 978-9353576325</li> <li>Bhawana Somaaya (2021).<i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=2lK1zgEACAAJ">On Camera Off Camera</a>.</i> Notion Press ISBN 978-1-63997-633-1</li> <li>Bhawana Somaaya (2022). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FSRvzwEACAAJ">Letters To Self – Translated from the Gujarati by Bhawana Somaaya</a></i>. Fingerprint. ISBN 978-93-5440-549-5</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhawana_Somaaya&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Her name is often misspelled as Bhavana Somaiya or Bhavana Somaya.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIANS2017" class="citation news cs1">IANS (28 January 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/humbled-honoured-to-receive-padma-shri-bhawana-somaaya-117012800525_1.html">"Humbled, honoured to receive Padma Shri: Bhawana Somaaya"</a>. <i>Business Standard</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Business+Standard&rft.atitle=Humbled%2C+honoured+to+receive+Padma+Shri%3A+Bhawana+Somaaya&rft.date=2017-01-28&rft.au=IANS&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.business-standard.com%2Farticle%2Fnews-ians%2Fhumbled-honoured-to-receive-padma-shri-bhawana-somaaya-117012800525_1.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhawana+Somaaya" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110723/saturday/main1.htm">"March of the botox brigade"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tribune_(Chandigarh)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Tribune (Chandigarh)">The Tribune (Chandigarh)</a></i>. 23 July 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 August</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Tribune+%28Chandigarh%29&rft.atitle=March+of+the+botox+brigade&rft.date=2011-07-23&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tribuneindia.com%2F2011%2F20110723%2Fsaturday%2Fmain1.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhawana+Somaaya" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tribune11-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tribune11_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tribune11_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAradhika_Sharma2011" class="citation web cs1">Aradhika Sharma (14 August 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110814/spectrum/book9.htm">"Bollywood chronicler"</a>. <i>The Sunday Tribune</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K._Shankar_Pillai" title="K. Shankar Pillai">K. Shankar Pillai</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Kanta_Handique" title="Krishna Kanta Handique">Krishna Kanta Handique</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surya_Kumar_Bhuyan" title="Surya Kumar Bhuyan">Surya Kumar Bhuyan</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhdev_Pande" title="Sukhdev Pande">Sukhdev Pande</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalini_Bala_Devi" title="Nalini Bala Devi">Nalini Bala Devi</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._R._Ranganathan" title="S. R. Ranganathan">S. R. Ranganathan</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ram_Chandra_Varma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ram Chandra Varma (page does not exist)">Ram Chandra Varma</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Magan_Lal_Tribhuvandas_Vyas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Magan Lal Tribhuvandas Vyas (page does not exist)">Magan Lal Tribhuvandas Vyas</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._S._Chandrasekharan" title="K. S. Chandrasekharan">K. S. 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Sundaravadivelu</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinayaka_Krishna_Gokak" title="Vinayaka Krishna Gokak">Vinayaka Krishna Gokak</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vishnukant_Jha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vishnukant Jha (page does not exist)">Vishnukant Jha</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jinvijay" title="Jinvijay">Jinvijay</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evengeline_Lazarus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evengeline Lazarus (page does not exist)">Evengeline Lazarus</a> (1961)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(1970%E2%80%931979)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (1970–1979)">1970s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ananda_Chandra_Barua" title="Ananda Chandra Barua">Ananda Chandra Barua</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulabha_Panandikar" title="Sulabha Panandikar">Sulabha Panandikar</a> (1971)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(1980%E2%80%931989)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (1980–1989)">1980s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Krishan Dutta Bharadwaj (1981)</li> <li>Abid Ali Khan (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Punjwani" class="mw-redirect" title="Ram Punjwani">Ram Punjwani</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaikom_Muhammad_Basheer" title="Vaikom Muhammad Basheer">Vaikom Muhammad Basheer</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._V._Pandit" title="R. V. Pandit">R. V. Pandit</a> (1982)</li> <li>Sher Singh Sher (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaura_Pant_Shivani" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaura Pant Shivani">Gaura Pant Shivani</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahalya_Chari" title="Ahalya Chari">Ahalya Chari</a> (1983)</li> <li>Amitabha Chaudhuri (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saliha_Abid_Hussain" title="Saliha Abid Hussain">Saliha Abid Hussain</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komal_Kothari" title="Komal Kothari">Komal Kothari</a> (1983)</li> <li>Hundraj Lial Ram Dukhayal Manik (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghuvir_Sharan_Mitra" title="Raghuvir Sharan Mitra">Raghuvir Sharan Mitra</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attar_Singh" title="Attar Singh">Attar Singh</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayangnokcha_Ao" title="Mayangnokcha Ao">Mayangnokcha Ao</a> (1984)</li> <li>Kshem Suman Chandra (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Kumari_Chundawat" title="Lakshmi Kumari Chundawat">Lakshmi Kumari Chundawat</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanta_Gandhi" title="Shanta Gandhi">Shanta Gandhi</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadhu_Singh_Hamdard" title="Sadhu Singh Hamdard">Sadhu Singh Hamdard</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qurratulain_Hyder" title="Qurratulain Hyder">Qurratulain Hyder</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganpatrao_Jadhav" title="Ganpatrao Jadhav">Ganpatrao Jadhav</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Abdul_Malik" title="Syed Abdul Malik">Syed Abdul Malik</a> (1984)</li> <li>John Arthur King Martyn (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sooranad_Kunjan_Pillai" title="Sooranad Kunjan Pillai">Sooranad Kunjan Pillai</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Hasan_Askari" title="Syed Hasan Askari">Syed Hasan Askari</a> (1985)</li> <li>Jamesh Dokhuma (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaka_Hathrasi" title="Kaka Hathrasi">Kaka Hathrasi</a> (1985)</li> <li>Bharat Mishra (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harishankar_Parsai" title="Harishankar Parsai">Harishankar Parsai</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashangbam_Minaketan_Singh" title="Ashangbam Minaketan Singh">Ashangbam Minaketan Singh</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Agarwal_(environmentalist)" title="Anil Agarwal (environmentalist)">Anil Agarwal</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binod_Kanungo" title="Binod Kanungo">Binod Kanungo</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitra_Naik" title="Chitra Naik">Chitra Naik</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abdur_Rahman_(science_policy_analyst)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abdur Rahman (science policy analyst) (page does not exist)">Abdur Rahman</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuchhungi_Renthlei" title="Nuchhungi Renthlei">Nuchhungi Renthlei</a> (1986)</li> <li>Raghunath Sharma (1986)</li> <li>Abdul Sattar (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazir_Ahmed_(scholar)" title="Nazir Ahmed (scholar)">Nazir Ahmed</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanaja_Iyengar" title="Vanaja Iyengar">Vanaja Iyengar</a> (1987)</li> <li>Khawlkungi (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badri_Narayan" title="Badri Narayan">Badri Narayan</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debi_Prasanna_Pattanayak" title="Debi Prasanna Pattanayak">Debi Prasanna Pattanayak</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sant_Singh_Sekhon" title="Sant Singh Sekhon">Sant Singh Sekhon</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Khelchandra_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="N. Khelchandra Singh">N. Khelchandra Singh</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madaram_Brahma" title="Madaram Brahma">Madaram Brahma</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nissim_Ezekiel" title="Nissim Ezekiel">Nissim Ezekiel</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._M._George_(writer)" title="K. M. George (writer)">K. M. George</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Miranda" title="Mario Miranda">Mario Miranda</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidya_Niwas_Mishra" title="Vidya Niwas Mishra">Vidya Niwas Mishra</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Jawad_Zaidi" title="Ali Jawad Zaidi">Ali Jawad Zaidi</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalim_Aajiz" title="Kalim Aajiz">Kalim Aajiz</a> (1989)</li> <li>Barsane Lal Chaturvedi (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anita_Desai" title="Anita Desai">Anita Desai</a> (1989)</li> <li>Moti Lal Saqi (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rongbong_Terang" title="Rongbong Terang">Rongbong Terang</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Venkatachalam" title="V. Venkatachalam">V. Venkatachalam</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(1990%E2%80%931999)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (1990–1999)">1990s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._Aram" title="M. Aram">M. Aram</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Kumar_Chopra" title="Vijay Kumar Chopra">Vijay Kumar Chopra</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Behram_Contractor" title="Behram Contractor">Behram Contractor</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radha_Mohan_Gadanayak" title="Radha Mohan Gadanayak">Radha Mohan Gadanayak</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhav_Yeshwant_Gadkari" title="Madhav Yeshwant Gadkari">Madhav Yeshwant Gadkari</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yashpal_Jain" title="Yashpal Jain">Yashpal Jain</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharad_Joshi" title="Sharad Joshi">Sharad Joshi</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanhiyalal_Prabhakar_Mishra" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanhiyalal Prabhakar Mishra">Kanhiyalal Prabhakar Mishra</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopi_Chand_Narang" title="Gopi Chand Narang">Gopi Chand Narang</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagdu_Maruti_Pawar" title="Dagdu Maruti Pawar">Dagdu Maruti Pawar</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilmani_Phookan_Jr" title="Nilmani Phookan Jr">Nilmani Phookan Jr</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Singh_Shashi" title="Shyam Singh Shashi">Shyam Singh Shashi</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Nath_Shastri" title="Ram Nath Shastri">Ram Nath Shastri</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Bhushan_(yogi)" title="Bharat Bhushan (yogi)">Bharat Bhushan (yogi)</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapil_Deva_Dvivedi" title="Kapil Deva Dvivedi">Kapil Deva Dvivedi</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">B. K. S. Iyengar</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satish_Chandra_Kakati" title="Satish Chandra Kakati">Satish Chandra Kakati</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Bhikaji_Kolte" title="Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte">Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madan_Lal_Madhu" title="Madan Lal Madhu">Madan Lal Madhu</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namdeo_Dhondo_Mahanor" title="Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor">Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshav_Malik" title="Keshav Malik">Keshav Malik</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surendra_Mohanty" title="Surendra Mohanty">Surendra Mohanty</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._T._Narasimhachar" title="P. T. Narasimhachar">P. T. Narasimhachar</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._G._Bhide" title="V. G. Bhide">V. G. Bhide</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulabdas_Broker" title="Gulabdas Broker">Gulabdas Broker</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Chaithanya" title="Krishna Chaithanya">Krishna Chaithanya</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajammal_P._Devadas" title="Rajammal P. Devadas">Rajammal P. Devadas</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasant_Shankar_Kanetkar" title="Vasant Shankar Kanetkar">Vasant Shankar Kanetkar</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._C._Kulandaiswamy" title="V. C. Kulandaiswamy">V. C. Kulandaiswamy</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._S._Lugani" title="R. S. Lugani">R. S. Lugani</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shovana_Narayan" title="Shovana Narayan">Shovana Narayan</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nisith_Ranjan_Ray" title="Nisith Ranjan Ray">Nisith Ranjan Ray</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Kirti_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Kirti Singh">M. Kirti Singh</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._Thapar" title="B. K. Thapar">B. K. Thapar</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Tully" title="Mark Tully">Mark Tully</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._N._Goswamy" title="B. N. Goswamy">B. N. Goswamy</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/O._N._V._Kurup" title="O. N. V. Kurup">O. N. V. Kurup</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalsangzuali_Sailo" title="Lalsangzuali Sailo">Lalsangzuali Sailo</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurdial_Singh" title="Gurdial Singh">Gurdial Singh</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayan_Gangaram_Surve" title="Narayan Gangaram Surve">Narayan Gangaram Surve</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruskin_Bond" title="Ruskin Bond">Ruskin Bond</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shayama_Chona" title="Shayama Chona">Shayama Chona</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._P._Chopra" title="G. P. Chopra">G. P. Chopra</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namdeo_Dhasal" title="Namdeo Dhasal">Namdeo Dhasal</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanhaiya_Lal_Nandan" title="Kanhaiya Lal Nandan">Kanhaiya Lal Nandan</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satya_Vrat_Shastri" title="Satya Vrat Shastri">Satya Vrat Shastri</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Jhalajit_Singh" title="Rajkumar Jhalajit Singh">Rajkumar Jhalajit Singh</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(2000%E2%80%932009)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (2000–2009)">2000s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grigoriy_Lvovitch_Bondarevsky" title="Grigoriy Lvovitch Bondarevsky">Grigoriy Lvovitch Bondarevsky</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._S._Chawngthu" title="P. S. Chawngthu">P. S. Chawngthu</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piloo_Nowshir_Jungalwalla" title="Piloo Nowshir Jungalwalla">Piloo Nowshir Jungalwalla</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandan_Mishra" title="Mandan Mishra">Mandan Mishra</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rehman_Rahi" title="Rehman Rahi">Rehman Rahi</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._P._Saxena" title="K. P. Saxena">K. P. Saxena</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nabaneeta_Dev_Sen" title="Nabaneeta Dev Sen">Nabaneeta Dev Sen</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elangbam_Nilakanta_Singh" title="Elangbam Nilakanta Singh">Elangbam Nilakanta Singh</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bala_V._Balachandran" title="Bala V. Balachandran">Bala V. Balachandran</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeelani_Bano" title="Jeelani Bano">Jeelani Bano</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Das" title="Manoj Das">Manoj Das</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Javare_Gowda" class="mw-redirect" title="Javare Gowda">Javare Gowda</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrashekhara_Kambara" title="Chandrashekhara Kambara">Chandrashekhara Kambara</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnanananda_Kavi" title="Gnanananda Kavi">Gnanananda Kavi</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumar_Ketkar" title="Kumar Ketkar">Kumar Ketkar</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravindra_Kumar_(political_scientist)" title="Ravindra Kumar (political scientist)">Ravindra Kumar</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalidas_Gupta_Riza" title="Kalidas Gupta Riza">Kalidas Gupta Riza</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padma_Sachdev" title="Padma Sachdev">Padma Sachdev</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhabendra_Nath_Saikia" title="Bhabendra Nath Saikia">Bhabendra Nath Saikia</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vachnesh_Tripathi" title="Vachnesh Tripathi">Vachnesh Tripathi</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munirathna_Anandakrishnan" title="Munirathna Anandakrishnan">Munirathna Anandakrishnan</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopal_Chhotray" title="Gopal Chhotray">Gopal Chhotray</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyan_Chand_Jain" title="Gyan Chand Jain">Gyan Chand Jain</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhu_Mangesh_Karnik" title="Madhu Mangesh Karnik">Madhu Mangesh Karnik</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Ramchandra_Kelkar" title="Ashok Ramchandra Kelkar">Ashok Ramchandra Kelkar</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Madhavan_Kutty" title="V. K. Madhavan Kutty">V. K. Madhavan Kutty</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turlapaty_Kutumba_Rao" title="Turlapaty Kutumba Rao">Turlapaty Kutumba Rao</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Yang-shik" title="Kim Yang-shik">Kim Yang-shik</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manzoor_Ahtesham" title="Manzoor Ahtesham">Manzoor Ahtesham</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Chaturvedi_(writer)" title="Jagdish Chaturvedi (writer)">Jagdish Chaturvedi</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motilal_Jotwani" title="Motilal Jotwani">Motilal Jotwani</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarlagadda_Lakshmi_Prasad" title="Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad">Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tekkatte_Narayan_Shanbhag" title="Tekkatte Narayan Shanbhag">Tekkatte Narayan Shanbhag</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shailendra_Nath_Shrivastava" title="Shailendra Nath Shrivastava">Shailendra Nath Shrivastava</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pritam_Singh_(Uttarakhand_politician)" title="Pritam Singh (Uttarakhand politician)">Pritam Singh</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vairamuthu" title="Vairamuthu">Vairamuthu</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamlet_Bareh" title="Hamlet Bareh">Hamlet Bareh</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumarpal_Desai" title="Kumarpal Desai">Kumarpal Desai</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatyana_Elizarenkova" title="Tatyana Elizarenkova">Tatyana Elizarenkova</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kumar_Gupta" title="Anil Kumar Gupta">Anil Kumar Gupta</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gowri_Ishwaran" title="Gowri Ishwaran">Gowri Ishwaran</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeladhar_Jagudi" title="Leeladhar Jagudi">Leeladhar Jagudi</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunita_Jain" title="Sunita Jain">Sunita Jain</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prithvi_Nath_Kaula" title="Prithvi Nath Kaula">Prithvi Nath Kaula</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayyappa_Paniker" title="Ayyappa Paniker">Ayyappa Paniker</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Parameswaran" title="P. Parameswaran">P. Parameswaran</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bal_Samant" title="Bal Samant">Bal Samant</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanhaiyalal_Sethia" title="Kanhaiyalal Sethia">Kanhaiyalal Sethia</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Chandra_Shah" title="Ramesh Chandra Shah">Ramesh Chandra Shah</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_von_Stietencron" title="Heinrich von Stietencron">Heinrich von Stietencron</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudhir_Tailang" title="Sudhir Tailang">Sudhir Tailang</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalip_Kaur_Tiwana" title="Dalip Kaur Tiwana">Dalip Kaur Tiwana</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amiya_Kumar_Bagchi" title="Amiya Kumar Bagchi">Amiya Kumar Bagchi</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shobhana_Bhartia" title="Shobhana Bhartia">Shobhana Bhartia</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manas_Chaudhuri" title="Manas Chaudhuri">Manas Chaudhuri</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darchhawna" title="Darchhawna">Darchhawna</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._S._Grewal" title="J. S. Grewal">J. S. Grewal</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amin_Kamil" title="Amin Kamil">Amin Kamil</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gadul_Singh_Lama" title="Gadul Singh Lama">Gadul Singh Lama</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mammen_Mathew" title="Mammen Mathew">Mammen Mathew</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._B._Mujumdar" title="S. B. Mujumdar">S. B. Mujumdar</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilat_Paswan_Vihangam" title="Bilat Paswan Vihangam">Bilat Paswan Vihangam</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajeet_Cour" title="Ajeet Cour">Ajeet Cour</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sucheta_Dalal" title="Sucheta Dalal">Sucheta Dalal</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laltluangliana_Khiangte" title="Laltluangliana Khiangte">Laltluangliana Khiangte</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lothar_Lutze" title="Lothar Lutze">Lothar Lutze</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Pande" title="Mrinal Pande">Mrinal Pande</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugathakumari" title="Sugathakumari">Sugathakumari</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitanshu_Yashaschandra" title="Sitanshu Yashaschandra">Sitanshu Yashaschandra</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tems%C3%BCla_Ao" title="Temsüla Ao">Temsüla Ao</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijaydan_Detha" title="Vijaydan Detha">Vijaydan Detha</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakul_Harshadrai_Dholakia" title="Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia">Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amitav_Ghosh" title="Amitav Ghosh">Amitav Ghosh</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meenakshi_Gopinath" title="Meenakshi Gopinath">Meenakshi Gopinath</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giriraj_Kishore_(writer)" title="Giriraj Kishore (writer)">Giriraj Kishore</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shekhar_Pathak" title="Shekhar Pathak">Shekhar Pathak</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratibha_Ray" title="Pratibha Ray">Pratibha Ray</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rostislav_Rybakov" title="Rostislav Rybakov">Rostislav Rybakov</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Seth" title="Vikram Seth">Vikram Seth</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaali_(poet)" title="Vaali (poet)">Vaali</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivanthi_Adithan" title="Sivanthi Adithan">Sivanthi Adithan</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bina_Agarwal" title="Bina Agarwal">Bina Agarwal</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vellayani_Arjunan" title="Vellayani Arjunan">Vellayani Arjunan</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirupam_Bajpai" title="Nirupam Bajpai">Nirupam Bajpai</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surjya_Kanta_Hazarika" title="Surjya Kanta Hazarika">Surjya Kanta Hazarika</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinod_Dua" title="Vinod Dua">Vinod Dua</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Leelavathy" title="M. Leelavathy">M. Leelavathy</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Mattoo" title="Amitabh Mattoo">Amitabh Mattoo</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bholabhai_Patel" title="Bholabhai Patel">Bholabhai Patel</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajdeep_Sardesai" title="Rajdeep Sardesai">Rajdeep Sardesai</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhadeo_Thorat" title="Sukhadeo Thorat">Sukhadeo Thorat</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srinibash_Udgata" title="Srinibash Udgata">Srinibash Udgata</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Gundu_Amonkar" class="mw-redirect" title="Suresh Gundu Amonkar">Suresh Gundu Amonkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhay_Chhajlani" title="Abhay Chhajlani">Abhay Chhajlani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birendra_Nath_Datta" title="Birendra Nath Datta">Birendra Nath Datta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shashi_Deshpande" title="Shashi Deshpande">Shashi Deshpande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bannanje_Govindacharya" title="Bannanje Govindacharya">Bannanje Govindacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchapakesa_Jayaraman" title="Panchapakesa Jayaraman">Panchapakesa Jayaraman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathoor_Krishnamurty" title="Mathoor Krishnamurty">Mathoor Krishnamurty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayanta_Mahapatra" title="Jayanta Mahapatra">Jayanta Mahapatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laxman_Mane" title="Laxman Mane">Laxman Mane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ralston_Marr" title="John Ralston Marr">John Ralston Marr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alok_Mehta" title="Alok Mehta">Alok Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Sankara_Reddy" title="A. Sankara Reddy">A. Sankara Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalthangfala_Sailo" title="Lalthangfala Sailo">Lalthangfala Sailo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ngawang_Samten" title="Ngawang Samten">Ngawang Samten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranbir_Chander_Sobti" title="Ranbir Chander Sobti">Ranbir Chander Sobti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Shankar_Tripathi" title="Ram Shankar Tripathi">Ram Shankar Tripathi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(2010%E2%80%932019)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (2010–2019)">2010s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lalzuia_Colney" title="Lalzuia Colney">Lalzuia Colney</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Aurora_Couto" title="Maria Aurora Couto">Maria Aurora Couto</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romuald_D%27Souza" title="Romuald D'Souza">Romuald D'Souza</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertha_Gyndykes_Dkhar" title="Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar">Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surendra_Dubey" title="Surendra Dubey">Surendra Dubey</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadiq-ur-Rahman_Kidwai" title="Sadiq-ur-Rahman Kidwai">Sadiq-ur-Rahman Kidwai</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermann_Kulke" title="Hermann Kulke">Hermann Kulke</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramaranjan_Mukherji" title="Ramaranjan Mukherji">Ramaranjan Mukherji</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govind_Chandra_Pande" title="Govind Chandra Pande">Govind Chandra Pande</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrs_YGP" title="Mrs YGP">Mrs YGP</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Pollock" title="Sheldon Pollock">Sheldon Pollock</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Sarma" title="Arun Sarma">Arun Sarma</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Udhampuri" title="Jitendra Udhampuri">Jitendra Udhampuri</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granville_Austin" title="Granville Austin">Granville Austin</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahim_Bora" title="Mahim Bora">Mahim Bora</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urvashi_Butalia" title="Urvashi Butalia">Urvashi Butalia</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pullella_Sriramachandrudu" title="Pullella Sriramachandrudu">Pullella Sriramachandrudu</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamang_Dai" title="Mamang Dai">Mamang Dai</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pravin_Darji" title="Pravin Darji">Pravin Darji</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Prakash_Deval" title="Chandra Prakash Deval">Chandra Prakash Deval</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deviprasad_Dwivedi" title="Deviprasad Dwivedi">Deviprasad Dwivedi</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balraj_Komal" title="Balraj Komal">Balraj Komal</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Kumar_(educationist)" title="Krishna Kumar (educationist)">Krishna Kumar</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajni_Kumar" title="Rajni Kumar">Rajni Kumar</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devanur_Mahadeva" title="Devanur Mahadeva">Devanur Mahadeva</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barun_Mazumder" title="Barun Mazumder">Barun Mazumder</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritu_Menon" title="Ritu Menon">Ritu Menon</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avvai_Natarajan" title="Avvai Natarajan">Avvai Natarajan</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhalchandra_Nemade" title="Bhalchandra Nemade">Bhalchandra Nemade</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Harrington_Potter" title="Karl Harrington Potter">Karl Harrington Potter</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koneru_Ramakrishna_Rao" title="Koneru Ramakrishna Rao">Koneru Ramakrishna Rao</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devi_Dutt_Sharma" title="Devi Dutt Sharma">Devi Dutt Sharma</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilamber_Dev_Sharma" title="Nilamber Dev Sharma">Nilamber Dev Sharma</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geeta_Dharmarajan" title="Geeta Dharmarajan">Geeta Dharmarajan</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eberhard_Fischer_(art_historian)" title="Eberhard Fischer (art historian)">Eberhard Fischer</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kedar_Gurung" title="Kedar Gurung">Kedar Gurung</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surjit_Patar" title="Surjit Patar">Surjit Patar</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sachchidanand_Sahai" title="Sachchidanand Sahai">Sachchidanand Sahai</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Sealy" title="Allan Sealy">Allan Sealy</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pepita_Seth" title="Pepita Seth">Pepita Seth</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Dutt_Shridhar" title="Vijay Dutt Shridhar">Vijay Dutt Shridhar</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralte_L._Thanmawia" title="Ralte L. Thanmawia">Ralte L. Thanmawia</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anvita_Abbi" title="Anvita Abbi">Anvita Abbi</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nida_Fazli" title="Nida Fazli">Nida Fazli</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radhika_Herzberger" title="Radhika Herzberger">Radhika Herzberger</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noboru_Karashima" title="Noboru Karashima">Noboru Karashima</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salik_Lucknawi" title="Salik Lucknawi">Salik Lucknawi</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Malsawma" title="J. Malsawma">J. Malsawma</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Patel" title="Devendra Patel">Devendra Patel</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Pinney" title="Christopher Pinney">Christopher Pinney</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Sharaf-e-Alam" title="Mohammad Sharaf-e-Alam">Mohammad Sharaf-e-Alam</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rama_Kant_Shukla" title="Rama Kant Shukla">Rama Kant Shukla</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Prasad_Singh" title="Jagdish Prasad Singh">Jagdish Prasad Singh</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhtarul_Wasey" title="Akhtarul Wasey">Akhtarul Wasey</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naheed_Abidi" title="Naheed Abidi">Naheed Abidi</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Chakradhar" title="Ashok Chakradhar">Ashok Chakradhar</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keki_N._Daruwalla" title="Keki N. Daruwalla">Keki N. Daruwalla</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._N._Devy" title="G. N. Devy">G. N. Devy</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolakaluri_Enoch" title="Kolakaluri Enoch">Kolakaluri Enoch</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ved_Kumari_Ghai" title="Ved Kumari Ghai">Ved Kumari Ghai</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manorama_Jafa" title="Manorama Jafa">Manorama Jafa</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rehana_Khatoon" title="Rehana Khatoon">Rehana Khatoon</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Kilemsungla" title="P. Kilemsungla">P. Kilemsungla</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sengaku_Mayeda" title="Sengaku Mayeda">Sengaku Mayeda</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waikhom_Gojen_Meitei" title="Waikhom Gojen Meitei">Waikhom Gojen Meitei</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnunarayanan_Namboothiri" title="Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri">Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Singh_(academic)" title="Dinesh Singh (academic)">Dinesh Singh</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huang_Baosheng" title="Huang Baosheng">Huang Baosheng</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bettina_B%C3%A4umer" title="Bettina Bäumer">Bettina Bäumer</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Nandan_Bora" title="Lakshmi Nandan Bora">Lakshmi Nandan Bora</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Carri%C3%A8re" title="Jean-Claude Carrière">Jean-Claude Carrière</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyan_Chaturvedi" title="Gyan Chaturvedi">Gyan Chaturvedi</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Chetty" title="Raj Chetty">Raj Chetty</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibek_Debroy" title="Bibek Debroy">Bibek Debroy</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Gulati" title="Ashok Gulati">Ashok Gulati</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_L._Hart" title="George L. Hart">George L. Hart</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Jogi" title="Sunil Jogi">Sunil Jogi</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usha_Kiran_Khan" title="Usha Kiran Khan">Usha Kiran Khan</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayana_Purushothama_Mallaya" title="Narayana Purushothama Mallaya">Narayana Purushothama Mallaya</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambert_Mascarenhas" title="Lambert Mascarenhas">Lambert Mascarenhas</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taarak_Mehta" class="mw-redirect" title="Taarak Mehta">Taarak Mehta</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Bahadur_Rai" title="Ram Bahadur Rai">Ram Bahadur Rai</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._S._Rajput" title="J. S. Rajput">J. S. Rajput</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Kumar_Roy" title="Bimal Kumar Roy">Bimal Kumar Roy</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annette_Schmiedchen" title="Annette Schmiedchen">Annette Schmiedchen</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunvant_Shah" title="Gunvant Shah">Gunvant Shah</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmdev_Sharma" title="Brahmdev Sharma">Brahmdev Sharma</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhirendra_Nath_Bezbaruah" title="Dhirendra Nath Bezbaruah">Dhirendra Nath Bezbaruah</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._L._Bhyrappa" title="S. L. Bhyrappa">S. L. Bhyrappa</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kameshwar_Brahma" title="Kameshwar Brahma">Kameshwar Brahma</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jawahar_Lal_Kaul" title="Jawahar Lal Kaul">Jawahar Lal Kaul</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sal_Khan" title="Sal Khan">Sal Khan</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Malik" title="Ashok Malik">Ashok Malik</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldhar_Nag" title="Haldhar Nag">Haldhar Nag</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushpesh_Pant" title="Pushpesh Pant">Pushpesh Pant</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dahyabhai_Shastri" title="Dahyabhai Shastri">Dahyabhai Shastri</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prahlad_Chandra_Tasa" title="Prahlad Chandra Tasa">Prahlad Chandra Tasa</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anant_Agarwal" title="Anant Agarwal">Anant Agarwal</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eli_Ahmed" title="Eli Ahmed">Eli Ahmed</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Danino" title="Michel Danino">Michel Danino</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Kohli" title="Narendra Kohli">Narendra Kohli</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akkitham_Achuthan_Namboothiri" title="Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri">Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._N._Pandita" title="K. 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