UTV Spotboy and Shringar Films to release FILMISTAAN on 6th June 2014 Mumbai, 7th April 2014: UTV Spotboy and Shringar Films today announced that their co-production FILMISTAAN will release on 6th June 2014. In keeping with its focus on high concept films that showcase emerging young talent, UTV Spotboy has decided to back this incredible film, which has been amongst the most acclaimed movies at film festivals around the world last year and is already a National Award winner for the Best Hindi Film to have been produced in 2013! FILMISTAAN is a funny and heart-warming story about how Bollywood binds all South Asians, even across borders. It is a true ode to the magic of our movies and their life-changing and life-affirming influence on people. The trailer of FILMISTAAN will be unveiled in cinemas with 2 STATES on April 18th, 2014. "At UTV Spotboy, we have always believed in the power of a good story and that is the reason we have decided to back a movie like FILMISTAAN. With a first time director and a fresh ensemble cast, this film has already bagged a National Award for Best Film and has been the toast of film festivals around the world. We believe it's a film that just about everyone will relate to because it is about the magic of Bollywood. We will back it with aggressive marketing and distribution to take it to audiences everywhere and are very happy to be associating with Shringar Films on this venture", said Amar Butala, Creative Director - Studios, Disney India. Talking about the association Shyam Shroff, Director – Shringar Films said, "It gives me immense pleasure to join hands with UTV Spotboy for the release of FILMISTAAN. It's a story about people's passion for Bollywood and how it really influences their lives. Having grown on up on Bollywood myself I feel it's a story which deserves to be told and I am excited about embarking on this journey with Siddharth, Amrita, Amar and their amazing team as I truly believe that UTV Spotboy will give the film its deserved canvas." “It gives me immense pleasure to join hands with UTV Spotboy for the release of my debut film. Every movie is a reflection of its director's thoughts and this movie is a reflection of the way I think. I am extremely excited about the mainstream release of my film and look forward to the audience's reaction," added Nitin Kakkar, writer and director of FILMISTAAN. Movie Synopsis A lovable Bollywood buff and wanna-be-actor Sunny goes with an American film crew to the remote areas of Rajasthan to work on a documentary film. One night late after shoot, a terrorist group kidnaps him and takes him to Pakistan. When the leader of the terrorist group meets Sunny, he realizes that the inept terrorists have mistakenly kidnapped him and taken him prisoner instead of an American crew-member. With little choice, the terrorists decide to keep him hostage until they locate their original target. Sunny finds himself hostage in enemy land, amidst guns and pathani-clad terrorists. The house Sunny is confined to belongs to Aftaab, a Pakistani who pirates Hindi films but like Sunny loves Indian films, and the two of them bond over the pirated Bollywood films that play in the village. Soon they become close friends and Aftaab promises to help Sunny escape and cross the border from Pakistan back into Rajasthan. 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 activities of the studio span across creative development, production, marketing, distribution, licensing, merchandising and syndication of films. 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, Shahid, The Lunchbox and Highway. The studio has to its credit 4 films in the last 7 years to 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 Deiva Thirumagal and Muran, and has had a successful run so far with Vettai, Masala Café, Mugamoodi, Thaandavam, Settai and Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru in Tamil, and Grandmaster and Husbands in Goa in Malayalam. UTV has a library of over 80 films including Hindi, Regional, Animation and International Productions, which have been showcased in over 50 festivals across 28 countries, receiving almost 350 awards in the last 7 years. The Walt Disney Studios has seen 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. 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 is an inimitable slate with films like 2 States, Pizza 3D, Heropanti, Kick, Shaatir, Khoobsurat, Haider, P.K., Jagga Jassos, Fitoor and many others in Hindi, Sigaram Thodu, Anjaan, Purambokku in Tamil, Million Dollar Arm, Guardians of the Galaxy in English and many more. 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