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"Sharmila Tagore and Sridevi have been presented with national honours by Indian President Pranab Mukherjee.  Tagore was awarded the Padma Bhushan for &amp;#039;distinguished service of high order&amp;#039; and Sridevi received the Padma Shri for &amp;#039;distinguished service to the arts&amp;#039;, NDTV reports.   Sridevi was awarded the honour in recognition of her performance in English Vinglish and for her contribution to Indian cinema generally. Seventies idol Rajesh Khanna - who died in July last year - and comedian Jaspal Bhatti - who passed away in December - both received the Padma Bhushan posthumously. Sholay director Ramesh Sippy and actor Nana Patekar were given the Padma Shri while Telugu producer D Ramanaidu and Olympic boxing medallist Mary Kom were awarded the Padma Bhushan. Kom is the subject of a biopic produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali with Priyanka Chopra in the lead role.  The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year and are conferred by the president of India. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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