Mumbai, Jan. 26 -- Every year on Republic Day, the nation honours its citizens with Padma Award for their exceptional and distinguished service in any field. Today on January 26, the list of this year's awardees has been declared. Among others, Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon will be awarded with a Padma Shri this year. The actress has expressed her gratitude and dedicated her award to her late father Ravi Tandon.

Talking about achieving the feat of this high order, Raveena said, "Honoured and grateful. Thank you so much, Government of India, for acknowledging my contributions, my life, my passion, and my purpose - cinema and the arts, that allowed me to contribute, not only to the film industry, but also beyond. She further added, "I t...