Lata was conferred the Insignia of Officier de la Legionne d’Honneur by French ambassador to India Jirtme Bonnafont on the occasion of the opening of the French Film Festival from December 2-6 in Mumbai, which is part of the French cultural festival Bonjour India. Lata Mangeshkar, Yash Chopra, Anu Malik, Anurag Kashyap, Rozza Catalano, Tanuja, Kabir Bedi, Sudhir Mishra, Milind Soman, Kitu Gidwani, Lalit Pandit at the French cultural festival Bonjour India in Mumbai on 2nd Dec 2009.