New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Thirty-seven of the 130 Padma awardees announced Tuesday are from the field of art. These include theatre personalities Ebrahim Alkazi and Zohra Segal, who have got the second highest civil honour the Padma Vibhushan, as well as Bollywood star Aamir Khan and music maestro A.R. Rahman who have got the Padma Bhushan.
The Padma Vibhushan awardees also include mridangam artist Uamalaypuram K. Sivaraman.

The second category, the Padma Bhushan awards, have gone to 14 people — Bollywood icon Aamir Khan; composers Ilaiyaraja, Rahman and Shrinivas Vinayak Khale; artists Akbar Padamsee and Ram Kumar; dancers Kumundini Lakhia and Malika Sarabhai; vocalist Chhannulal Mishra and musicians Madhusudan Amilal Dhaky, Kuzhur Narayana Marar, Puttaraj Gavai, Sultan Khan, Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana.

The Padma Shri awardees have been given to 20 people, including Oscar winner Resul Pokutty and actors Rekha and Saif Ali Khan. The other awardees are Arjun Prajapati, Arundhati Nag, Carmel Berkson, Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar, Gul Bardhan, Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi, Hari Uppal, K. Raghavan, Guru Mayadhar Raut, Mukund Lath, Nemai Ghosh, Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi, Rajkumar Achouba Singh, Ram Dayal Munda, Shobha Raju, Sumitra Guha and Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar.