Vidhu Vinod Chopra to be honoured in London

The Indian Film Festival of London (August 25-29) are honoring Vidhu Vinod Chopra with an award for his extraordinary contribution to cinema 

The festival will also screen the producer's six films -- An Encounter With Faces (1978); Parinda (1989); 1942: A Love Story (1993) and Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2007).

A charity screening of 3 Idiots will close the festival, the proceeds of which will go to UNICEIF.

There will also be a Question & Answer session where the producer will be interviewed in front of a live audience by a veteran of the British film industry.