1954 Padma Bhushan 1992 Padma Bhushan 2010 Padma Vibhushan M S Subbulakshmi* B Saroja Devi Zohra Sehgal* Padma Shri Padma Bhushan 1958 Padma Shri Asha Parekh Mallika Sarabhai* Devika Rani Roerich Jaya Bachchan Padma Shri Nargis Rekha 1998 Padma Vibhushan Arundhati Nag* 1966 Padma Shri D K Pattammal* P Bhanumathi Padma Shri 2011 Padma Bhushan 1967 Padma Bhushan Zohra Sehgal* Waheeda Rehman M L Vasanthakumari Dipali Borthakur* Padma Shri Kajol 1968 Padma Shri 1999 Padma Vibhushan Tabu Begum Akhtar* Lata Mangeshkar Usha Uthup Durga Khote Padma Shri Vyjayanthimala Sulochana Latkar 2012 Padma Bhushan Shabana Azmi 1969 Padma Bhushan 2000 Padma Shri Mira Nair Lata Mangeshkar Hema Malini Padma Shri Subha Mudgal* 2013 Padma Bhushan B Saroja Devi Sharmila Tagore 2001 Padma Bhushan S Janaki (refused) 1970 Padma Shri P Bhanumathi Padma Shri K B Sundarambal 2002 Padma Vibhushan B Jayashree 1971 Padma Bhushan Kishori Amonkar* Sridevi D K Pattammal* Padma Bhushan Sudha Malhotra Padma Shri Sitara Devi* (refused) 2014 Padma Bhushan Tripti Mitra* Shobha Gurtu* Parveen Sultana* Padma Shri Padma Shri 1972 Padma Shri Manorama Juthika Roy Vidya Balan Suchitra Sen 2003 Padma Shri Sabitri Chatterjee Waheeda Rehman Rakhee Supriya Devi Sukumari Sooni Taraporevala 1973 Padma Shri Sitara Devi* 2003 Padma Shri 2016 Padma Shri Kavita Subramaniam Priyanka Chopra 1974 Padma Shri K S Chitra Nutan 2017 Padma Shri 2006 Padma Bhushan Anuradha Paudwal 1975 Padma Vibhushan P Leela Bharathi M S Subbulakshmi* Sai Paranjpe Padma Bhushan 2018 Padma Bhushan Padma Shri Sharda Sinha* Begum Akhtar* Shobhana 1976 Padma Shri Surinder Kaur* 2020 Padma Shri Parveen Sultana* Kangana Ranaut 2007 Padma Shri Ekta Kapoor 1985 Padma Shri Pushpa Hans Sarita Joshi Smita Patil Shashikala Jawalkar 1987 Padma Bhushan 2008 Padma Vibhushan * personalities who have excelled Kishori Amonkar* Asha Bhosle themselves primarily in areas like Padma Shri Padma Bhushan the classical arts, folk and ghazal Aparna Sen P Susheela singing, and theatre. Vijaya Mehta* Padma Shri Madhuri Dixit 1988 Padma Shri Chindodi Leela* 2009 Padma Bhushan Shabana Azmi Shamshad Begum Padma Shri 1991 Padma Shri Aishwarya Rai Sharda Sinha* Helen Penaz Masani*