The government on Monday announced that nine film celebrities will be conferred the country's prestigious civilian honours.
In the 1960s, her bikini shoot for a magazine cover, the first Indian actress to do so, created quite a stir.
Hollande will attend the Republic Day parade on Rajpath as chief guest, becoming the fifth serving French president to do so, on Tuesday.
Actress Sunny Leone, currently awaiting the release of her forthcoming sex comedy movie "Mastizaade", says her next two projects "One Night Stand" and "Beiimaan Love" have a moral lesson to impart.
Multifaceted India-born British actor Saeed Jaffrey, who passed away last year, was on Monday posthumously named for the Padma Shri, the country's fourth highest civilian award.
Superstar Akshay Kumar says it is a misconception that the film industry is considered very profitable and wealthy, but that it needs several hits to avoid its current losses.