Alka Yagnik: Received a big honor from the President of the country, before receiving Padma Bhushan, Alka Yagnik touched PM Modi’s feet.

Famous playback singer Alka Yagnik was awarded ‘Padma Bhushan’ by President Draupadi Murmu in a special ceremony organized at Rashtrapati Bhavan. During this second civil honor ceremony held in Delhi on 23 June, his unmatched contribution to the music world was appreciated. During this very special and emotional moment, when Alka Yagnik reached the stage to receive the honour, she touched the feet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi present there and took his blessings. Let us tell you that in the same ceremony, just before Alka Yagnik, South’s veteran actor Mammootty was also honored with Padma Bhushan.

‘Daughter was the first to give the good news’

When this honor was announced last March, while talking to the media (NDTV), Alka had told very simply how she got the information about this. He had said, ‘My daughter was the first to give me this good news. I was very happy to know this and I wholeheartedly thank the Government of India that they considered me worthy of this honour.

When there was a deep shock due to illness

Alka Yagnik has been going through a difficult phase for some time. In the year 2024, she herself told her fans through an Instagram post that she was suffering from a very rare hearing disorder.

In his post he had written, ‘According to the doctors, due to a viral attack, I have suffered from a rare disease called ‘Sensory Neural Nerve Hearing Loss’. This sudden big crisis has completely shaken me. I am trying to recover from this difficult situation, please all of you remember me in your prayers.

Despite this illness, his magic towards music did not diminish. Recently, the magic of her voice was heard once again in Imtiaz Ali’s film Amar Singh Chamkila (2024), where she sang the song ‘Naram Kalja’ under the music direction of AR Rahman.

Records and journey of success

Alka Yagnik, who ruled the playback singing scene of Hindi cinema for more than four decades, started learning and singing classical music at the age of just four. There are many such historical records in his name, which seem impossible to break.

After Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle, Alka Yagnik has sung the maximum number of female solo songs in her Bollywood career. Many of his songs have been included in the list of BBC’s ‘All Time Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks’.

She has been the world’s most popular music artist on YouTube. His name was recorded in the ‘Guinness Book of World Records’ with 16.6 billion streams in 2020 and 17 billion streams in 2021. Even in the year 2026, she remains the most streamed weekly music artist on YouTube.

His illustrious journey includes 2 National Film Awards, 2 Bengal Film Journalists Association Awards and a record 7 Filmfare Awards.

Countless evergreen songs like ‘Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein’, ‘Gali Mein Aaj Chand Nikla’, ‘Tu Shayar Hai Main Teri Shayari’ and ‘Chori Chori Chupke Chupke’ are still on the lips of every generation. His Padma Bhushan award is a true salute of the country to that selfless journey of music.

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