Ilaiyaraaja to receive Padmapani Award at Ajanta-Ellora International Film Festival (AIFF) 2026

Exam-focused facts from the 21 January 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Ilaiyaraaja will be honored with the Padmapani Award at the 2026 Ajanta-Ellora International Film Festival (AIFF).
The award presentation will take place during the opening ceremony on January 28 in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
He will receive a Padmapani Memento, a letter of honor, and a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh.
The selection committee was led by film critic Latika Padgaonkar and included filmmakers Ashutosh Gowariker, Sunil Sukthankar, and Chandrakant Kulkarni.
Past recipients of the award include Javed Akhtar and Om Puri.