Amitabh Bachchan conferred Padma Vibhushan by President

Actor Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday received his Padma Vibhushan award from President Pranab Mukherjee. His entire family was in attendance including son Abhishek Bachchan, Aiswarya, his granddaughter Aaradhya, wife Jaya, daughter Shweta Bachchan Nanda with husband Nikhil Nanda and grandchildren Navya and Agastya.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with several Union ministers attended the ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The actor was conferred with the Padma Shri award in 1989 and the Padma Bushan award in 2001 for his tremendous contribution to Indian cinema.