The much younger achiever in Karnataka in the theatre front and films Arundhathi Nag wife of late Shanker Nag gets the prestigious Padmasri Award from the central government that was announced on Monday on the eve of 60th year of Republic Day.

The grand mother of experimental film ‘Paa’ (she is Naani to Amitab bachchan and Vidya Balan) Arundhathi Nag expertise in ‘Ranga Shankara’ fetched her honor and there is no doubt about it. Arundhathi Nag is familiar to Kannada audience as ‘Jogamma’.

The popular music director in Kannada films too music maestro Ilayaraja gets the Padmabushan while his junior AR Rehman gets the Padma Vibushan crown this year.