The announcement of Padma awards happened on Wednesday. Earlier there were the speculations that Manoj Bajpayee who played the role of a gay professor in film Aligarh will be honored with Padma awards. But as soon the announcement of the awards happened on Wednesday evening, as the fans started wishing Manoj on social media. Aligarh's writer Apurva Asrani tweeted, the news is just in that Manoj Bajpayee has won the Padma Bhushan - one of the country's highest civilian honors. My joys know bound today, as I have been fortunate to see his magic closely from Satya to Aligarh. Congratulations. Manoj Bajpayee wants to play Om Puri However, after an hour the writer removed his tweet because there was no name of Manoj Bajpayee in the official list. Now it's there to think about that why the management dropped Manoj's name who gave two brilliant performances in good movies like Aligarh and Budhia Singh : Born to Run. This is to notice that for Aligarh, Manoj Bajpayee has won Filmfare best actor critics award. So many thought Manoj will get this honored. Manoj Bajpayee envies with Rajkumar Rao Although many are saying that Manoj Bajpayee played the role of a gay professor and India's law doesn't support this at all. So maybe to avoid controversies it has happened. Now when Manoj Bajpayee was contacted for this he replied have you seen the whole list when my name is not there so there is nothing to discuss it. You may also like :- Bollywood Movies 2017 Upcoming movies List Box office collection Superhit Movies List Top 10 Highest Grossing Movies 100 Crore Club