His January engagement to Avantika Malik did generate quite a rash of media hype. And towards the end of the year, Imran Khan will earn the spotlight as he ties the marital knot with his fiancee.

Says a close source, "It will be a solemn Muslim ceremony in Mumbai followed by a grand wedding bash in a foreign country which will be attended by close friends and family."

Khan will show up in two releases this year: Punit Malhotra's 'I Hate Luv Storys' and Aamir Khan's 'Delhi Belly.' Adds the source, "Imran is looking at a time when he's completed 'I Hate Luv Storys' and before 'Delhi Belly' releases in December."

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Filmmaker Avantika Hari is on an award winning spree with her directorial debut 'Land Gold Women'. She bagged a National Award this year and will be flying off next month to collect another honour at the Canada International Film Festival.

The movie has been selected for the Royal Reel Award for Excellence in Film Making at the Canada film festival, Vancouver, to be held March 19-21.

Dealing with the issue of honour killings, 'Land Gold Women' won the National Award for Best Feature Film in English and followed it up with two gongs at the Asian Film Festival of First Films, Singapore. It won the FCA Purple Orchid Award for Best Film and the Best Screenplay Award at the fest.

Shot on location in Birmingham, the 98-minute film in English narrates the story of a British Asian family caught between Eastern tradition and Western culture. The highlight of the film is the father-daughter relationship and how the equation changes when the daughter takes hold of her life.

The film has also had premieres in the Indian Panorama Section at the International Film Festival of India, Goa. It has now been officially selected for a screening at the Peace on Earth Film Festival, Chicago and the Women's International Films and Art Festival, Miami in March 2010.

Born in India and raised in Dubai, Avantika, 29, did her masters from the London Film School and while studying she read an article that inspired her to make 'Land Gold Women'. She is now based in Mumbai.

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Mumbai,(IANS) Bollywood actor Imran Khan, who will exchange rings with his long-time girlfriend Avantika Malik Saturday night, has gifted her a Volkswagen Beetle which he especially imported from Europe.

'Imran gifted her a red Beetle as her engagement present. He got the car from Europe and was at it for a month and a half,' an official close to the Imran told IANS.

The engagement is set to take place in a farmhouse in Karjat outside Mumbai.

'It is a very private affair and only family and close friends are invited,' added the source.

The 27-year-old has been dating Avantika, who is the daughter of TV18's honcho Vandana Malik, for over five years. They have been spotted together at various events since Imran's debut film 'Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na' hit the screens in 2008.

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