The special announcement was made by Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur at the film festival. However, the actor was not present at the festival.
Following the ceremony, which as per reports, was held in Bengaluru, Shaurya took to his Instagram handle and shared a snap from his wedding. He captioned it, "Introducing My Lifetime Responsibility."
Star Indian table tennis player Manika Batra clinched the bronze medal at the ongoing ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup tournament on Saturday, becoming the first Indian female paddler to win a medal at the event.
From opening up about what the new edition of IFFI has in store for cinephiles to talking about the magic of Indian cinema, Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur talked about different aspects of film industry.
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said Union Minister Anurag Thakur, Bollywood celebrities Ajay Devgn, Sunil Shetty, and Prabhu Deva would attend the opening ceremony of the international Film festival of India to be held at Syam Prasad Mukherjee stadium at Goa's Bambolim today.
The batsman had been recommended by the BCCI for the prestigious award in 2017 but could not collect it at the time as he was busy playing for his English county team.
"Congress footprint is shrinking and that's why they're not to be seen anywhere. We want to know if Rahul Gandhi is missing from the poll-bound state is Ranneeti (strategy) or the new Rajneeti," he told ANI in an interview.
At another public rally in Gujarat's Mandvi Assembly constituency earlier on Friday, Thakur took a swipe at the Congress saying that it ruled the country to 'divide' people.
Alaya F became the centre of attention as she appeared for the world premiere of her film 'Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat' alongside director Anurag Kashyap and co-star Karan Mehta at the Marrakech Film Festival.