UTV gets Rekha, Katrina and Aditya together for a classic love story
The film to be directed by Abhishek Kapoor
15th May: UTV Motion Pictures today announced a scintillating star cast for Fitoor which includes the never-before seen pairing of the gorgeous Katrina Kaif and the handsome Aditya Roy Kapur along with eternal beauty Rekha in the role of a lifetime to be directed by Abhishek Kapoor.
Fitoor, an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic, “Great Expectations” is the passionate love saga of a young artist Noor, played by Aditya Roy Kapur, and a beautiful heart breaker Firdaus, essayed by Katrina Kaif. Rekha plays the role of the mercurial Begum, who is the catalyst in this tempestuous love saga that spans decades and continents.
In keeping with its setting, the movie is going to be shot across many locations in North India including Kashmir and Delhi, as well as an international destination.
Fitoor has everything it takes to make a larger-than-life love story; a timeless star-cast, a magnificent Kashmiri setting, a musical milieu, and the definitive touch of a director who knows his craft. The film is scripted by Supratik Sen and Abhishek Kapoor, and will be produced by UTV Motion Pictures in association with Guy in the Sky Pictures. It is scheduled to go on the floors in August 2014.
About Disney India’s Studio division
Bringing together the best of both worlds, The Walt Disney Studios and UTV Motion Pictures have formed one of the leading film studios in India. 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 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, No One Killed Jessica, Raajneeti, Udaan, Peepli Live, Delhi Belly, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Paan Singh Tomar, Rowdy Rathore, Barfi!, Heroine, Race 2, AnyBody Can Dance (ABCD), Kai Po Che!, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and more recently Ship of Theseus ,Chennai Express, Satyagraha, The Lunchbox, Shahid, Highway and 2 States.
The studio has to its credit 4 films in the last 10 years that have been selected to represent India at the Academy awards; Rang De Basanti (2006), Harishchandrachi Factory (2009), Peepli Live (2010) and Barfi! (2012). In 2011, UTV also became one of the few studios to successfully venture into South Indian cinema with Deivathirumagal and Muran, and has had a successful run so far with Vettai, Masala Café, Mugamoodi, Thaandavam, Settai , Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru and Ivan Veramathiri in Tamil, and Grandmaster & Husbands in Goa in Malayalam. UTV has a library of over 100 films including Hindi, Regional, Animation and International Productions, which have been showcased in over 50 festivals across 50 countries, receiving almost 400 awards in the last 10 years.
The Walt Disney Studios witnessed an unprecedented box office success in India in 2012 with MARVEL’s The Avengers which was distributed and marketed in India by UTV Motion Pictures. The film emerged as the 4th highest grosser of all-time amongst Hollywood films in India. Iron Man 3 released in 2013 became the highest Hollywood grosser for the year. More recently Captain America: The Winter Soldier became the second largest Hollywood film in India for the year 2014 so far and academy award winner Frozen emerged as the 3rd biggest Disney animation title in the region. 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. Upcoming Disney branded movies include Khoobsurat, P.K., ABCD 2 and Jagga Jasoos.
Coming up is an inimitable slate with films that span a wide variety of genres from drama, action and horror to romance, comedy and thriller including films like Heropanti, Pizza, Raja Natwarlal, Haider, Fitoor in Hindi, Sigaram Thodu, Anjaan, Purambokku, Yatchan in Tamil; Maleficent, Guardians of the Galaxy in English and many more.