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  • UTV’s Kai Po Che to premiere at Berlin Film Fest

    UTV’s Kai Po Che to premiere at Berlin Film Fest

    MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures‘ upcoming film Kai Po Che is scheduled to have its world premiere at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival scheduled to go under way next month.

    The film, based on Chetan Bhagat‘s novel The 3 Mistakes of My Life, will be screened at the film festival on 13 February.

    The film, which stars newcomers Sushant Singh Rajput, Raj Kumar Yadav and Amit Sadh in lead roles, portrays the journey of three friends as they discover cricket, religion and business in their respective fields.

    Said Disney UTV Managing Director – Studios, Siddharth Roy Kapur, “We are incredibly proud that Kai Po Che has been selected for a world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. What is even more creditable is that it is the only Indian film in the official panorama selection announced by the festival this year.

    For a film dependent entirely on its strong story line rather than its lineup of stars, this is a huge achievement and for that I would like to commend Abhishek Kapoor and his entire cast and crew for bringing all their talent and passion to bear, to make Kai Po Che a film for the ages.”

    Set against the backdrop of religious politics, the story of Kai Po Che underlines the three mistakes made by Govind. The film as well as the book is set in Gujarat and hence the title Kai Po Che.

    Thirty-one fictional features from 23 countries will provide insights into contemporary world cinema production at the 10-day-long Berlin ale festival.

    The film will hit screens in India on 22 February.

  • Barfi and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara win awards at 6th Cinemascapes

    Barfi and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara win awards at 6th Cinemascapes

    NEW DELHI: UTV Motion Picture‘s movie starring Ranbir Kapoor ‘Barfi‘, has received an award for the best Hindi film shot on an Indian location. The film is also India‘s official nomination to the Oscars.

    Held for the first time, the awards recognized the contribution of cinema to tourism growth. The awards were given away in four different segments by Ramesh Sippy, Mahesh Bhatt and noted film maker and chairman of MAMI Shyam Benegal, and T P Aggarwal, president of IMPPA.

    The award was received by Anurag Basu and Siddharth Roy Kapur at the 6th annual Cinemascapes, an event that celebrates the coming together of cinema and tourism, held in Mumbai recently. It brought together 14 exhibiting companies to meet with the professionals in the film fraternity. The event has been supported by the Film and Television Producers Guild of India as its anchor partner since its inception and this year it also became a part of the Mumbai Film Festival.

    Ritesh Sidhwani received the award for the best Hindi Film shot on International locations for ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara‘ which has been shot in Spain, a country that received stupendous growth in its Indian arrivals after the release of the film.

    The awards also recognized the journey of South Indian films in going aboard. ‘Ordinary‘ and ‘Dookadu‘ were memorable in popularising destinations. Fox Star Studio represented by Vivek Krishnani received an award for the film “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” as the best International film shot on Indian Cinemascapes.

    Apart from films, television soaps and TVCs were also recognized for their contribution in popularizing locations in India and Overseas. Balaji film CEO Tanuj Garg the of received an award for the best general entertainment TV fiction shot in an overseas location for ‘Bade Achhe Lagte Hain‘ and Sumit received the best general entertainment TV fiction award on an Indian location for ‘Diya aur Baati‘.

    The best TVC shot on a cinemascape – International was ‘Cinthol Soap World‘, while ‘Visa Kashmir‘ received the best TVC shot on cinemascape in India. In addition, the Jury also recognized the contribution made by the directors and cinematographers for films such as ‘Rockstar‘ and ‘Urumi‘.

    The contribution made by the destinations was also recognized. Goa was chosen as the best cinemascape destination in India and Thailand as the best cinemascape destination overseas.

    The late Yash Chopra was remembered for his outstanding contribution in promoting Cinemascapes in his films over the years and was conferred with a special award by the Jury.

    The Film and Television Producers Guild of India was represented by Guild President Mukesh Bhatt and veterans Amit Khanna, Ramesh Sippy, Bobby Bedi and Manish Goswami during the daylong event.

    The event was also supported by other leading industry association including the IMPPA with the presence of its president T P Aggarwal, Film Federation of India represented by L. Suresh and Ravi Kottarakara, representatives of Motion Pictures Association of America, and Entertainment Society of Goa CEO Manoj Srivastava.

    The award ceremony was preceded by two days of discussing challenges in the sector and how the film industry was reaching out in search for Cinemascapes, to enhance the quality and appeal of cinema, and how destination promoters were eagerly wooing the cinema world, thereby increasing the tourism potential of their destinations.

    Japan made its entry into this space in India for the first time, with its futuristic city of Sapporo in the province of Hokkaido coming forward as the platinum partner. Sarawak in Malaysia, teamed with other states in Malaysia and made an aggressive bid for bringing Bollywood to its shores, and also promoted its forthcoming international film festival.

    The Indian states of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh continued with their support of the event, coming as Platinum and Silver partners, and made impressive product presentations to the film industry.

    Zagreb in Croatia came as presentation partner; as did Starwood Hotels and Resorts to sell hotel rooms and also its properties as enviable backdrops for film shootings, both in India and abroad. Individual exhibitors too made their mark. Delhi Tourism is on the anvil to become the single window for cinema shooting in the capital. U-Turn Tax Refund made interesting offers to help get refunds on time and help balance the economics of film shooting; Dubai and Thailand, among others, met with keen film makers and sold their destinations.

  • 1920 Evil Returns trumps Chicken Khurana

    1920 Evil Returns trumps Chicken Khurana

    MUMBAI: 1920 – Evil Returns, a sequel, collected the highest in a week that saw seven releases, netting Rs 125 million in its opening weekend as it drew strong audiences from second rung multiplexes and single screen cinemas. The collections today are steady.

    Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana, a Punjabi romantic comedy, has not been appreciated even in North where it was expected to do well. The film has collected Rs 47 million in its first weekend.

    The other four releases of the week, Ata Pata Laapat, Le Gaya Saddam, Future Toh Bright Hai Ji, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (revised restored version) and Sons Of Ram, which is co-owned by Amar Chitra Katha (ACK) Media and Cartoon Network.

    Sons of Ram is ACK Media‘s first feature film titled ‘Sons of Ram – Heroes will Rise‘.

    Chakravyuh, a dry subject on the Naxals vs System, lacked totally in entertainment quotient and found few takers. The film had a poor run at the box office with collections of Rs 160 million to show for its first nine days.

    Student of the Year benefitted due to the weeklong Dussehra holidays in Delhi- NCR and Dussehra holiday in general to collect a reasonable Rs 142 million in its second week, thus taking its two-week tally to Rs 602 million.

    English Vinglish added Rs 19 million in its fourth week taking its four week total to Rs 358 million.

    OMG Oh My God! braved the dull period and an onslaught of new releases to hold steady in its fifth week by collecting Rs 195 million, taking its total to Rs 756.5 million (excluding figures from Eastern circuits).

    Barfi! has come to the end of its fruitful run at the box office. The UTV Motion Pictures release collected Rs 3.5 million in its seventh week, taking its tally swell to Rs 1.08 billion.

  • Farah Khan mulls screening Joker to the underprivileged

    Farah Khan mulls screening Joker to the underprivileged

    MUMBAI: Producer Farah Khan intends to screen her upcoming film Joker to underprivileged children.

    Directed by her husband Shirish Kunder, the film is a fantasy-adventure film starring Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Shreyas Talpade and Minnisha Lamba.

    “Joker is a complete family film and the kids already love our friendly aliens. We have been doing a lot of events with aliens and the reaction from kids has been out of this world,” Farah said in a statement.

    The makers of the film are planning to show the film to underprivileged kids and children from reality shows a couple of days before the movie releases. “As part of the film’s promotions, we are planning to show this movie to the kids,” Farah added.

    The film tells the story about a village called Paglapur that lacks basic facilities like water supply and electricity. Since no one comes forward to solve the problems, the character played by Akshay creates a drama involving aliens to attract people‘s attention.

    Joker, jointly produced by UTV Motion Pictures, Farah and Shirish‘s production house Three‘s Company and Akshay Kumar‘s company Hari Om Entertainment, will release on 31 August.

  • The Avengers nets Rs 470 mn in India

    The Avengers nets Rs 470 mn in India

    MUMBAI: Marvel Studios and Disney’s superhero ensemble film, The Avengers, has become the fourth highest Hollywood grosser in India, according to UTV Motion Pictures.

    The big screen adaptation of the Marvel comic has earned over Rs 470 million net in its fourth-week run so far. Having released on 27 April, a week before its US release, the film is still running in both the 2D and 3D formats in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

    The top five Hollywood films in India are Avatar (net lifetime collections of Rs 990 million), 2012 (Rs 650 million), Spider-Man 3 (Rs 490 million), The Avengers, which has so far raked in Rs 460 million so far and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (Rs 350 million), according to data provided by UTV.

    The Avengers is one of the first big ticket Hollywood releases in India by Disney UTV.

    “The unprecedented success of The Avengers in India is a great demonstration of how the same aggressive marketing and distribution strategies we adopt to release our big ticket Hindi movies can be applied to Hollywood movies as well. The Avengers is one of those movies that has wowed critics and audiences alike, and in the incredible opening followed up by throngs of repeat audiences, have helped the film break records not just in India but globally. We are thrilled that one of the first big ticket Hollywood releases in India by Disney UTV, has achieved this level of success,” said UTV Motion Pictues CEO Siddharth Roy Kapur.

    Overseas, the film has joined the billion dollar box office club in just 19 days. Tapping its trajectory, international trade pundits predict that the film is slated to become the third highest grossing film of all time by the end of its run after Avatar and Titanic.

    The film stars Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Captain America, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Tom Hiddleston as Loki.

  • UTV to screen Delhi Belly at Cannes

    UTV to screen Delhi Belly at Cannes

    MUMBAI: After successfully releasing Delhi Belly in Hong Kong on 10 May, UTV Motion Pictures is set to screen the film at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival.

    The film is all about Tashi, Arun and Nitin – flatmates, buddies and partners in crime. Tashi is to get married in a month but still doesn‘t know if his fiancé is the one!

    Arun can‘t make up his mind who he wants to kill first – his girlfriend who has just dumped him or his stupid, annoying boss whose idea of creativity is sketching a smiling banana! And Nitin is about to discover that eating delicious tandoori chicken off a street vendor is going to give him the worst case of Delhi Belly he‘s ever known!

    Three regular blokes, living the regular life except for one small detail – they are on the hit list of one of the world‘s deadliest crime syndicates. Will they be able to get away before the shit hits the roof and it comes crashing down?

    Directed by Abhinay Deo and written by Akshat Verma ,the film has brilliant performance by Imran Khan, Kunal Roy Kapur and Vir Das and, along with the music which has been rendered by Ram Sampath, won many awards this year.

  • UTV to release Arjun: The Warrior Prince on 25 May

    UTV to release Arjun: The Warrior Prince on 25 May

    MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures is set to release Disney’s animated film Arjun: The Warrior Prince on 25 May.

    According to director Arnab Chaudhuri, since it was an animation film it took time to complete. “We took three years to make this film. We were waiting for the perfect summer period and I believe this is the right time for the release,” he said.

    Arjun: The Warrior Prince is an action-based animation film. “I wanted to make an action film mixed with animation. This subject was the perfect one. It is a big martial arts epic made on a big scale,”observed Chaudhuri.

    Incidentally, Ranbir Kapoor has lent his voice to the film. He has narrated the sloka ‘Yada yada hi dharmasya’ in the end credits of the film.

  • The Avengers collects Rs 246.7 mn in first week

    The Avengers collects Rs 246.7 mn in first week

    MUMBAI: Having collected Rs 140 million in its opening weekend, Marvel Studio’s The Avengers grew through the week to net Rs 246.7million from its first week run, according to figures provided by UTV Motion Pictures.

    UTV Motion Pictures, part of Walt Disney, is distributing the film in India.

    With this, The Avengers has had an all-time third biggest opening for any Hollywood film in India and is the biggest Disney-Marvel movie in India ever.

    Incidentally, the film released in approximately 800 screens in English and was dubbed in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil.

  • Author alleges Bhandarkar of stealing idea of ‘Fashion’ from her book

    Author alleges Bhandarkar of stealing idea of ‘Fashion’ from her book

    MUMBAI: Actress-turned-author Seema Seth has lodged a complaint against Madhur Bhandarkar for allegedly stealing the plot and idea of his film Fashion from her book El-Dorado and not giving her credit.

    In her complaint, Seth said Bhandarkar had indulged in clear-cut violation of the Copyright Act. She has also made Ronnie Screwala of UTV Motion Pictures a party in the case where she has sought compensation to the tune of Rs 25 million.

    “All the plot and the idea has been stolen from the said book wherein the story begins in Kolkata where an aspiring model wishes to go to Mumbai but her father opposes and mother supports,” she reportedly told the Court.

    Seth, who argued her case in person, said lawyers engaged by her were tutored and threatened to wash their hands off her case.

    The matter that was till yet being heard in the Metropolitan Court has been referred to a designated special court here dealing with copyright cases. The court has till date been hearing the matter since January.

    Incidentally, Seth’s book was published three months prior to release of the film on 29 October 2008.

  • Race 2 to release on 25 January

    Race 2 to release on 25 January

    MUMBAI: Race 2 is scheduled to release on 25 January 2013.

    The action thriller is produced by Tips Industries and UTV Motion Pictures.

    Confirmed producer Ramesh Taurani, “Race 2 releases on January 25 next year. We felt it was just the right date to release our film.”

    The film stars Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Jacqueline Fernandez, Anil Kapoor and Ameesha Patel.