UTV announces the commencement of shoot of its next Tamil film ‘SIGARAM THODU’

Chennai, 8th May 2013: UTV Motion Pictures today announced the commencement of shoot of its next Tamil production ‘Sigaram Thodu’. Written and directed by Gaurav (‘Thoonga Nagaram’ fame), the film stars Vikram Prabhu (of ‘Kumki’ fame) in the lead. The film also features Sathyaraj in a pivotal role, Monal Gajjar as the female lead, Sathish (of ‘Ethirneechal’ fame), Kovai Sarala and many others.

The key technicians on the film are: Director of Photography: Ulaganathan (Rendavadhu Padam, Thoonga Nagaram fame) Editor: Praveen – Shreekanth Art Director: Milan Music Director: D. Imman Written & Directed by: Gaurav

“We are quite excited to commence our next home production today. Apt to the title ‘Sigaram Thodu’ (meaning scale the peak), the shooting of the film has commenced today in the Himalayan mountains near Chandidevi temple at Haridwar. The script has shaped up well and the entire cast and crew are very excited to be a part of the film”, said G. Dhananjayan, Chief – South Business, Studios, Disney UTV

The first schedule of the film is for 10 days and will be shot across the locales of Haridwar and Rishikesh.

STUDIOS – DisneyUTV

Bringing together the best of both worlds, The Walt Disney Studios and UTV Motion Pictures have formed one of the leading film studios in . The Studio’s activities span across creative development, production, marketing, distribution, licensing, merchandising and syndication of films in India and worldwide.

UTV Motion Pictures as a dominant player in the Indian film industry has been in the forefront of bringing Indian films to a global audience and the last decade in Indian cinema has seen UTV delivering some of the most iconic films including , , , A Wednesday, Dev D, , The Namesake, Life in a Metro, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Fashion, , , , Udaan, , Delhi Belly and more recently , Paan Singh Tomar, , ABCD, Kai Po Che, Barfi! and Heroine. Rowdy Rathore has recently emerged as the 4th highest grosser of all time in Indian cinema. In 2011, UTV also became one of the few studios to successfully venture into South Indian cinema with Deiva Thirumagal and Muran, and has had a successful 2012 so far with , Masala Café, , and Settai in Tamil, and Grandmaster and Husbands in Goa in Malayalam.

UTV has a library of over 70 films including Hindi, Regional, Animation and International Productions, which have been showcased in over 50 festivals across 28 countries, receiving almost 250 awards in the last 7 years.

The Walt Disney Studios has seen unprecedented box office success in India recently with MARVEL’s The Avengers which was distributed and marketed in India by UTV Motion Pictures. The film emerged the 4th highest grosser of all-time amongst Hollywood films in India. Prior to this, Cars 2 and Pirates of the Caribbean 4 released in 2011 and were the biggest animation and live action titles of all time for Disney in the country. In 2010, Prince of Persia became the highest grossing western film in India that year. Earlier, Disney released its first live action Hindi feature Do Dooni Chaar in 2010 and subsequently after the success of the film, released Anaganaga-O-Dheerudu, a Telugu feature targeted at the southern audiences and second Hindi live-action film Zokkomon.

Coming up from the combined Studio is an inimitable slate with films like Race 2, AnyBody Can Dance (ABCD), Kai Po Che!, Himmatwala, Ghanchakkar, Satyagraha and Express in Hindi, Settai in Tamil and Telugu, Oz- The Great and Powerful, Iron Man 3, Monster University, Lone Ranger in English and many more.

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