This year's Padma Bhushan honours cover some eminent personalities from different fields. Let's have a look at the winners...

Aamir Khan has been honoured with the 'Padma Bhushan' award on the occasion of 61st Republic Day. The actor, who made his directorial debut with the critically-acclaimed 'Taare Zameen Par', recently came out with movie '3 Idiots', which has become the highest earning movie in Bollywood.

A R Rahman, who made us proud by winning the Oscar for 'Slumdog Millionaire', has been awarded with 'Padma Bhushan'. In a career spanning over a decade by selling more than 100 million records of his film scores and soundtracks worldwide and over a 200 million cassettes, which makes him one of the world's all-time top selling recording artists.

Saif Ali Khan rose into prominence with his performance in movie 'Dil Chahta Ha', which marked his professional turning point. His performance in 'Kal Ho Naa Ho' won him the 'Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award' and has also won the 'National Film Award for Best Actor' for his performance in movie 'Hum Tum'. Saif then had commercial success with films like 'Salaam Namaste', 'Race' and 'Love Aaj Kal', and starred in critically acclaimed projects like 'Parineeta' and 'Omkara'. These achievements put him among the most successful actors in the industry. He is the founder-owner of his production company 'Illuminati Films'.

Sound editor and mixer, Resul Pookutty won the 'Oscar Award for Best Sound Mixing' for film 'Slumdog Millionaire'. He has worked for Hollywood, Bollywood and also for the Malayalam film industry.

Noted for her versatility as an actress, Rekha was particularly recognised for playing female oriented characters, such as that of the school girl in movie 'Khubsoorat' and as a decisive avenger in 'Khoon Bhari Maang', both of which earned her the 'Filmfare Best Actress Award'. Her portrayal of a classical courtesan in 'Umrao Jaan' got her the 'National Film Award for Best Actress'. She has acted in over 180 films in a span of 40 years. (AFP)