• Silver Lotus Awardee - Best Lyrics - Saaz - 1997, Border - 1998, Godmother - 1999, Refugee - 2001, Lagaan - 2002 (all in Hindi).
• Received Padma Shri in 1999.
• Received Padma Bhushan in 2007.

NOTE: Due to the characteristics, the actual colors of the above might not be exactly the same as you see on your monitor.