According to a news report by a daily, veteran actors Asha Parekh and Rishi Kapoor, singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan, singers Sonu Nigam and Kailash Kher, apart from Manoj, were a part of a shortlist by the government
On National Girl Child Day, which was on Monday, Shahid took to Twitter to share the message.
Bollywood actress Nargis Fakhri, who has been in New York to shoot the last portions of her Indo-American film "5 Weddings", is excited to watch actress Jessica Chastain's much talked about performance in "Miss Sloane".
While Hrithiks film is getting strong word of mouth publicity, his mentor Shah Rukhs movie has "entertaining masala", thus making both the films a must-watch, say trade gurus.
Kapoor, who will be conferred with the honour for his contribution in the culinary section, told IANS: "I am very happy that I am getting it now.
Priyanka on Tuesday congratulated Ambani, who was honoured in New York.