Superstar Rajinikanth was honoured with Padma Vibhushan, the most prestigious award of India. The award will be presented to the actor by the President Pranab Mukherji on the occasion of 67th Republic Day on Tuesday in Delhi. The Superstar has been bestowed with the honour for his services as an actor and a philanthropist to the film industry.

Elated with the honour for her dad, Soundary Rajinikanth took to her micro-blogging page and tweets,"Proud daughter !!!!! Appa is now Padma vibhushan shri Rajinikanth." Rajini's younger daughter Aishwaryaa Dhanush writes, "PADMA VIBHUSHAN RAJINIKANTH super proud daughter !!!!"

Currently, Rajinikanth is busy working for action-thriller Kabali. The film directed by PA Ranjith is slated for release in April.