Vajpayee is a true statesman politician whose acceptability across the board broke barriers pitchforking the BJP to centrestage of politics in the late 90s.The Hindi film fraternity lauded the Bharat Ratna being conferred on former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and late freedom fighter-educationist Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya.While melody queen Lata Mangeshkar called them 'gems of the world', actor Anupam Kher said the honour is an apt tribute to them.