File photo of Kajol and Ajay Devgn.
New Delhi:
This year's list of Padma honours was released by the government on Monday and actor Ajay Devgn, 46, will receive the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award.
Ajay said in a statement: "I feel deeply humbled yet elated to receive such honor from my own country. This announcement today makes it special for me when I'm filming abroad for my new film
Shivaay. I'd like to acknowledge that Padma
samman puts an extra responsibility on me and I promise to serve my country for as long as I can."
On Twitter, he wrote:
His wife Kajol, who received the Padma Shri in 2011, tweeted:
Last seen in 2015's
Drishyam, Ajay Devgn stars in
Shivaay - which he also directs and produces - this October. Kajol, 41, starred in last month's Dilwale, opposite Shah Rukh Khan.(Also Read:
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