MUMBAI: Backed by the success of three genre-defining blockbusters of 2009 in Kaminey, Wake Up Sid and Dev.D, UTV Motion Pictures has announced an aggressive line up of four films for the last quarter of the fiscal (January to March 2010).
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Chance Pe Dance, directed by Ken Ghosh starring Shahid Kapoor and Genelia D‘souza. The film will have a worldwide release on 15 January.
India‘s official entry to the Oscars this year, Harishchandrachi
Factory will hit the screens on 22 January. This Marathi film directed by Paresh Mokashi is a co-production of UTV with Paprika Media and Mayasabha.
Peter Gaya Kaam Se, directed by John Owen stars Rajeev Khandelwal and Lekha Washington. The film is scheduled for a March 2010 release.
Finally there is Paan Singh Tomar directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. The film stars Irrfan Khan and Mahie Gill. It will also be released in March 2010.
Says UTV Motion Pictures CEO Siddharth Roy Kapur, "While 2009 has been a low year for the film industry in general, we released some interesting films which etched themselves in the minds of the audience.
"Dev.D, Kaminey and Wake Up Sid created new benchmarks for what can now be perceived as commercial cinema. Our slate for 2010 promises to be a very entertaining mix and we are very excited to be bringing audiences such a wide array of interesting cinema."
The New Year will also have UTV releasing films like Prakash Jha‘s Raajneeti, Sanjay Leela Bhansali‘s Guzarish, Anees Bazmee‘s Thank You, Rajkumar Gupta‘s No One Killed Jessica, Vishal Bhardwaj‘s Ek Bataa Saat, Aamir Khan Productions‘ Delhi Belly and Peepli Live.
