CNN-IBN Indian of the Year: Entertainment nominees revealed

CNN-IBN is back again with one of the biggest and the most credible awards in the Indian media, CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2013, in association with GMR, where the iconic inspirational faces of India in the present calendar year are recognized.

A highly distinguished jury panel comprising of personalities bestowed with the most prestigious Padma honors choose the winners across five different categories: Politics, Sports, Entertainment, Business and Public Service.

CNN-IBN unveils the nominees in the entertainment category of CNN-IBN Indian of the Year'. The contenders for the 8th edition of the upcoming award includes renowned celebrities like Deepika Padukone for reinventing herself as a leading lady and delivering a slew of hits in 2013, Farhan Akhtar for his full-bodied performance in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Hrithik Roshan for creating the India's most successful superhero movie through Krrish, Kapil Sharma for creating the most successful stand-up comedy show ever, that has a universal appeal across audiences, Shah Rukh Khan for producing and starring in one of the Hindi cinema's biggest blockbuster, Chennai Express and last but not the least Team Lunchbox for the sensitive and skilfully mounted film that has piqued the west's appetite for the Indian Cinema.