UTV announces release dates for Rowdy Rathore Prabhudeva directed Akshay Kumar starrer to hit cinemas worldwide on June 15th 2012
Mumbai, September 30 2011: UTV Motion Pictures today announced the release date for Rowdy Rathore as June 15th 2012.
Rowdy Rathore is directed by Prabhudeva and stars Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead roles. Produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, UTV Motion Pictures and Hari Om Productions, the film is a remake of the superhit Telugu film Vikramarkudu, which was also remade in Tamil as Siruthai, another superhit. The film will see Akshay Kumar back in his original action avatar, this time under the direction of the maestro of the masala action genre, Prabhudeva. The movie went on the floors on 10 August 2011 and is pegged to be one of the most anticipated movies of 2012.
About UTV Motion Pictures: The Motion Pictures division of UTV, established in 2004, is an integrated studio model in the Indian film industry as well as in the whole of South Asia region. The activities of the studio span across creative development, production, marketing, distribution, licensing, merchandising and syndication of films worldwide. UTV has a library of over 50 films including Hindi, Regional, Animation and International Productions. The last decade in Indian cinema has seen UTV delivering some of the most iconic films including Swades, Rang De Basanti, Jodhaa Akbar, A Wednesday, Dev D, Khosla Ka Ghosla, The Namesake, Life in a Metro, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Kaminey and more recently Raajneeti, Udaan and Peepli [Live]. Over the years, UTV has worked with some of the most eminent talent in the industry like Aamir Khan, Karan Johar, Mira Nair, M. Night Shyamalan, Ashutosh Gowariker, Prakash Jha, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Farah Khan, Vishal Bhardwaj, Anurag Kashyap, Madhur Bhandarkar, Anurag Basu and Shyam Benegal, while backing new talent like Neeraj Pandey, Raj Kumar Gupta, Nishikant Kamat, Dibakar Banerjee, Vikramaditya Motwane, Amit Trivedi and many others.
UTV opened the year 2011 on a strong note with the breakout hit No One Killed Jessica, critically acclaimed Dhobi Ghat and Delhi Belly, which has emerged an instant cult hit opening doors for a whole new genre of cinema and has an impressive slate of movies lined up for the rest of the year with My Friend Pinto, Barfii, Rowdy Rathore, Ghanchakkar, Joker, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu and many more.
For further information, please contact: Aishwarya Gurjar: 96198 47047 Jyotika Ahuja: 96191 22379