Director S.S. Rajamouli has mixed feelings about his Padma Shri award — which was announced on Monday. And the Baahubali director felt he didn’t really deserve the honour, at least, not yet. Why? Because he hasn’t created anything brilliant “so far”.
In a note on his social media profile, he wrote: “It is quite a mixed feeling. Very frankly, I don’t feel I deserve the honour. This is not humility. I am quite aware of my achievements. But I haven’t created any artistic brilliance that deseves this honour.”
He also revealed the AP government had in fact recommended his name but he had requested for it to be dropped. He added that this year, he was not even consulted over the honour. “Last year, I requested them not to citing the same reasons. Upon my repeated requests, they dropped my name. This year I was not consulted.”
Rajamouli also explained why his name was attached to Karnataka, instead of AP or Telangana State. “I was born in Karnataka, studied in AP, worked in TN and now settled in Telangana. Happy to be a son of all the states,” he wrote.
