Padma Shri awards to Sirivennala Seetharama Sastry,Sunil Chhetri

 SMTV Desk 2019-01-26 11:17:56  Sirivennala Seetharama Sastry, Sunil Chhetri, Padma Shri awards
Padma Shri awards to Sirivennala Seetharama Sastry,Sunil Chhetri

Hyderabad, January 26: Two Telangana people got the Padma Shri awards on Friday. While last year, Telangana didn t receive any award, this year two noted personalities from the State have made it to the list of Padma Shri awards.


The two personalities namely, Sirivennala Seetharama Sastry, famous lyricist and Sunil Chhetri, the captain of Indian national football team have been chosen for this year Padma Shri awards.

The Indian national football team captain Sunil Chhetri was born in Secunderabad, holds the unique record of scoring the second highest number of goals in international matches among active players after Cristiano Ronaldo. As a football profession, Chhetri started his career with Mohan Ranga in Kolkata and later he started playing in many football clubs including several noted international football clubs.


The man who won 11 Nandi awards for his best lyrics, Sirivennala Seetharama Sastry and he also won 4 Filmfare awards in the best lyricist category. Sastry, 63, is best known for his lyrics in movies like Swayam Krushi, Swarna Kamalam, Samsaram Oka Chadarangam, Kshana Kshanam and many more. As per reports, the lyricist wrote more than 3,000 songs.

Dronavalli Harika, the Chess player from Telugu state was also conferred the Padma award.