Actor Amitabh Bachchan is among the 50 people conferred awards at a civil investiture ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan on Wednesday
Vice-President Hamid Ansari Prime Minister Narendra Modi senior ministers BJP patriarch L K Advani and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were among those attend at the function. Bachchan and nuclear scientist Ramaswamy Srinivasan were given Padma Vibhushan another awardee veteran actor Dilip Kumar could not present the purpose because of his poor health. Cheered by actor son Abhishek daughter-in-law Aishwarya wife Jaya and daughter Shweta Nanda her son Agastye and daughter Navya Naveli 72-year-old Amitabh dressed in a black bandhgala outfit received the prize from the President to thunderous clapping.
