Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan will be honoured for his outstanding contribution to cinema at this year's Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).

'King Khan', as the actor is popularly known, will be honoured as part of the 'Salutes' programme of the festival.

Among other well known faces to be felicitated in this category are filmmakers Oliver Stone and Nabil El-Maleh.

DIFF 'Salutes' is a retrospective tribute that celebrates the work of distinguished filmmakers from Asia, the Arab world and Hollywood.

Producer-director Yash Chopra was among those honoured last year.

"Within three years, DIFF has come a long way in capturing the attention, participation and awareness of the regional and international film industry. The presence of these legends will confirm the festival as a forum that celebrates milestone cinema," DIFF Chairperson, Abdu lhamid Juma, said.

"Retrospective screenings of their acclaimed work will provide further momentum to DIFF's objective of inspiring an emerging generation of filmmakers, who we think will take the industry to new levels of growth," he said.

--- PTI