MUMBAI: Quentin Tarantino’s much awaited film Django Unchained will release in India in January 2013.

Set in the Deep South, Django Unchained follows Django, a freed slave who treks across America with Dr. King Schultz, a German dentist turned bounty hunter. Together, they try to retrieve Django‘s wife from the charming but sadistic Francophile plantation owner Calvin Candie and his band of ruthless slaves.

Written and directed by Academy Award winner Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained has been produced by Stacey Sher, Pilar Savone and Reginald Hudlin. The executive producers are Harvey and Bob Weinstein, Michael Shamberg, Shannon McIntosh, and James Skotchdopole.

The star cast of the film includes Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Kerry Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kurt Russell and Samuel L. Jackson.

The film is scheduled to release worldwide on 25 December.