Actress Preity Zinta, known for her performances in films like Kal Ho Naa Ho and Veer Zaara, will be conferred a doctorate by a leading UK university.
Zinta, who has the unique distinction of addressing the Oxford Union on Wednesday, will receive the doctorate from the University of East London at a function today.
Later in the evening, the star will attend the Loomba Foundation Diwali dinner at the Guild Hall where the deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Lord Navnit Dholakia will also be present.
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Batman 3 to be The Dark Knight Rises
Sydney: The Dark Knight Rises is the title of the next Batman sequel.
Distributor Warner Bros confirmed the name for director Christopher Nolan’’s third adventure about the DC Comics vigilante hero, which follows Batman Begins in 2005 and The Dark Knight in 2008.
Bucking Hollywood’s current wave of 3D movies, Nolan is not planning to shoot the film in 3D.
—ANI