Padma Awards: Anupam Kher’s Tweet From 2010 Goes Viral

From the time when Anupam Kher has tweeted that he feels humbled to be awarded with Padma Bhushan award, the tweet that he did years back in 2010 is creating a buzz on social media. In the tweet, Kher has questioned the reliability of the Padma awards. The tweet was posted on January 26, 2010.

AWARDS in our country have become a mockery of our system.There is NO authenticity left in any one of them.B it films, National or now PADMA

— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) January 26, 2010

Apparently, Anupam had been unhappy in 2010 when Ghulam Mohammad Mir, who is described as the first counter-insurgent of Kashmir and has been accused in cases of extortion and attempted murder, was awarded Padma Sri, which is one of the highest civilian awards of the nation. Yesterday, it was announced that the honour of third largest civilian award Padma Bhushan will be conferred to Anupam Kher. Humbled and honoured Bollywood actor, soon after the announcement tweeted, “Happy, Humbled & Honoured to share that i have been awarded The PADMA BHUSHAN by the Govt. of India. Greatest news of my life”.

Happy, Humbled & Honoured to share that i have been awarded The PADMA BHUSHAN by the Govt. of India. Greatest news of my life:) #JaiHind

— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) January 25, 2016

आज एक निष्कासित कश्मीरी पंडित और छोटे शहर के फ़ॉरेस्ट डिपार्टमेंट के क्लर्क का बेटा अपनी मेहनत से पद्मा भूषण पा रहा है। धन्यवाद मेरे देश।:)

— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) January 25, 2016

Anupam Kher also said in a statement, “It is the biggest achievement of my career & as a person. It reaffirms my belief that anything can happen if you work hard”. The two contradicting tweets of the Bollywood star have went viral on social media. 

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