UTV announces its first Super Hero project in Tamil - MUGAMOODI ~The first ever movie on martial arts with industry stalwarts coming together for the ambitious project~
Mumbai, Thursday, June 30, 2011: UTV Motion Pictures announced today, its first Super Hero project in Tamil, Mugamoodi, to be written and directed by acclaimed director Mysskin, and starring Jiiva of “Ko” fame and Narain of “Anjathey” fame, in lead roles. The technicians, heroine and artistes for other lead roles are currently being finalized. This will be the first ever Tamil movie to be made focusing on extensive martial arts, and promises to be an action packed entertainer and a treat for kids and families alike.
Mysskin and Jiiva, two bright talents from the Tamil film industry, will come together for the first time in this project. Popular actor Narain will play a role he has never been seen in before. Both actors Jiiva and Narain will undergo special martial arts training with experts flown in from the Shaolin Temple of Martial Arts in China. An extensive hunt for the heroine of the film is now underway.
The story is based on the theme of the superhero that lies dormant in every one of us. Destiny pushes a love struck young man into a dangerous world of adventure. How he fights the evil incarnate and becomes the savior of society is what Mugamoodi is about.
The pre production on the project is already in progress, including scouting for the appropriate technical team to work on the film and exotic locales overseas to film the songs. Consultants from IIT will be designing hi-end gadgets to be used in the movie and the superhero costumes will be created by select teams from NIFT.
Principal photography is scheduled to commence in September 2011. The film will be a big summer release in 2012.
About UTV Motion Pictures The Motion Pictures division of UTV, established in 2004, pioneered as an integrated studio model in the Indian film industry and in South Asia region as well. 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 and critically acclaimed Dhobi Ghat and has an impressive slate of movies lined up for the rest of the year with Chillar Party, Arjun, Delhi Belly, My Friend Pinto, Barfee, Short Term Shaadi, Heroine and many more. For any further information, please contact: Pallavi Deshmukh / Aishwarya Gurjar 97699 56801 / 96198 47047