Bollywood filmmaker Sajid Nadiadwala, who has made a huge contribution to the Indian film industry in his 30-year-old career through his movies and the talent that he has introduced, will be conferred with the Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et Lettres (Knight in the National Order Arts and Letters).

The French government is bestowing this honour on him for his achievement as a producer and for improving Indo-French relations. It will be conferred on him at a special ceremony that will take place in New Delhi in the coming weeks.

This is the second international honour for the filmmaker. In 2013, the Italian territory of Puglia's Official Tourist Board, along with Apulia Film Commission, dedicated a travel itinerary to him called the Sajid Nadiadwala Housefull Itinerary in Puglia.

The itinerary starts in the north of Puglia in the beautiful headland of Gargano and ends at the sea scenario of Salento in the south, going through the green land of Trulli in the centre of the region.