UTV Goes to the 15th Shanghai International Film Festival!

Mumbai, 14 June 2012: Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu produced by UTV and Dharma Productions and directed by Shakun Batra, Dhobi Ghat produced by Aamir Khan Productions and directed by Kiran Rao and Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told produced by UTV and Shekhar Kapur and directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Jeff Zimbalist, have been selected to be screened at the prestigious 15th Shanghai International Film Festival to be held in Shanghai from 16 – 24 June 2012.

These films from UTV’s line-up represents 3 different forms of cinema and is a great showcase for India at the festival. The movies will be presented in the Panorama Section of the festival. Previously the Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer - Jodhaa Akbar, from UTV’s slate was screened at the Shanghai International Film Festival in 2009.

UTV Motion Pictures’ foray into newer markets like Hong Kong, Taiwan, Latin America, South Korea, Turkey, Romania, Russia, and Italy in the past has led to the wider showcasing of films produced by the studio. Many of UTV’s acclaimed titles have, in the past, travelled in the festival circuit including Jodhaa Akbar, A Wednesday! Welcome to Sajjanpur, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Mumbai Meri Jaa, Chillar Party and Welcome to Sajjanpur and more recently Delhi Belly and Paan Singh Tomar amongst others.

“China is a booming market for movies and is growing at a scorching pace. There is an increasing interest for Indian content in many Asian markets like China, South Korea and Taiwan. We recently released Delhi Belly in mainstream cinemas in Hong Kong and we have seen an encouraging response. At UTV, we send our movies to film festivals in our focus markets and The Shanghai International Film Festival is a perfect platform to showcase our movies and to get an opportunity for 3 movies is a rare honour!" says Amrita Pandey, Executive Director - Syndication, International Distribution & Disney Media Distribution, Studios, Disney UTV

About the films: Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu: ‘EMAET’ is a light hearted, tragicomedy about a guy in his mid-twenties, going through a breakdown in his personal as well as work life. Rahul Kapoor (Imran Khan), 26, loses his job as an architect in Vegas and by a twist of fate, he meets Riana Braganza (Kareena Kapoor), a quick- witted hairstylist, who is everything he isn't. Will this friendship turn to love? Produced by Dharma Productions and UTV Motion Pictures, the film is directed by Shakun Batra and stars Imran Khan and Kareena Kapoor and released worldwide on 10 Feb 2012.

Dhobi Ghat: Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries) is the story of four people from very different backgrounds, whose worlds intersect and leave them forever altered. As they find themselves drawn into compelling relationships, the city finds it's way into the crevices of their lives, separating them even as it brings them closer... Fragments of their experience - seen through a naive video diary, black and white photographic images and painting - form a portrait of Mumbai and its people bound together as they journey through longing, loneliness, loss and love. Produced by Aamir Khan Productions, the film is directed by Kiran Rao and stars Aamir Khan, Prateik Babbar and Monica Dogra and released worldwide on 21 Jan 2011.

Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told (Documentary): We love it. We hate it. We see it as regressive. We see it as modern. Melodramatic or Mythic? Bollywood. Some say it's the only culture that holds India together. Others say it's the most corrupting influence on Indians and should be banished from their shores. A love affair that has lasted over 70 years between almost 2 billion people worldwide. Not only does it refuse to stop, it keeps on growing. Embracing it's most important, it's most vilified, it's most loved element: the song and dance. No Bollywood film needs to be called a musical. It needs no such excuse. It just is one. Regardless of the genre. Does Bollywood reflect the changing history and moralities of one of the largest and youngest democracies in the world? Produced by Shekhar Kapur and Trishya Screwvala, Film makers, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Jeff Zimbalist try to analyze Bollywood but instead give in to it's overpowering beat and sensuality, preferring to give you an experience of Bollywood. They leave it to you to decide. For how do you define a love affair? About UTV Motion Pictures: The Motion Pictures division of UTV, established in 2004, is one of the only integrated studio models in the Indian film industry. Its activities 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!, Fashion, Kaminey and more recently Raajneeti, Udaan, Peepli [Live], No One Killed Jessica, Delhi Belly, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu and Paan Singh Tomar. Over the years, UTV has worked with the most eminent production and direction talent in the industry including 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, Akshat Verma, Remo D’souza, and many others.

After the breakout hit No One Killed Jessica, the critically acclaimed Dhobi Ghat and the rip-roaring comedy Delhi Belly in 2011, UTV also became one of the few studios to successfully venture into south regional cinema with Deiva Thirumagal and Muran. This year started on a high octane note with the romantic blockbuster Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya followed by Paan Singh Tomar, a content driven film built through marketing, distribution, reviews and word-of-mouth, Tamil superhit film Vettai and Masala Café and first Malayalam film Grandmaster and now Rowdy Rathore which is so far the 3rd biggest Opening and a non-holiday opening day film of all time. Coming up, UTV has an impressive slate of movies lined up for 2012 with Barfi!, Heroine, Joker in Hindi and Mugamoodi and Thaandavam in Tamil and Husbands in Goa in Malayalam and many more.

For further information, please contact: Sujata Chanda Studios - Disney UTV [email protected]