UTV and Imtiaz Ali announce a co-production

- Imtiaz Ali to be the creative producer for the official remake of the South Korean blockbuster- My Girlfriend is an Agent - Marks the debut of Preety Ali as co-producer and choreographer Bosco as director -

Mumbai, November 10, 2011: Bringing in many firsts, UTV Motion Pictures today announced an association with acclaimed director Imtiaz Ali who comes on board as the creative producer for the official Hindi remake of the 2009 South Korean romantic action comedy My Girlfriend is an Agent (MGIAA). The project also marks mark Imtiaz’s wife, Preety Ali's foray into film production with the recently set up production house, PI Films. Acclaimed choreographer Bosco of the famous Bosco-Caesar duo debuts as the director for the film.

UTV Motion Pictures has acquired the remake rights of the 2009 South Korean romantic action comedy My Girlfriend is an Agent, a film that set new box office records in South Korea, opening at number one at the box office and staying in the top ten for nine consecutive weeks. The film tells an endearing story of two spies, once in love but now at each other’s throats, on a mission to stop a Russian crime group from stealing an advanced chemical weapon.

Commenting on the development, Siddharth Roy Kapur, CEO of UTV Motion Pictures says, "It’s great to be collaborating with Imtiaz, Preety and Bosco on this really exciting project. From the day our team at UTV saw MGIAA, we knew it was a film we just had to remake in Hindi. The characters of the two main leads are so endearing and the situations they find themselves in so hilarious, that it’s the perfect recipe for an action rom-com! We showed the film to Imtiaz and he felt just the same. Getting Bosco on board to helm the project puts it in the perfect zone creatively and the whole team is now raring to go."

Imtiaz adds, “It is very exciting. It seems like full on fun – both the film and the making. A crazy, high energy no holds barred roller coaster with this highly huggable hero and highly hyper heroine. Most exciting for me is that Bosco is directing it. I don’t think many people know how to put fun on screen like Bosco. And I’m there to add to the chaos and trouble PI Films and UTV at every step of the making!”

About My Girlfriend is an Agent: My Girlfriend is an Agent is the story of two spies who have been assigned the mission to stop a Russian crime group from stealing an advanced chemical weapon. While one of them is a sexy secret agent who is a master of all forms of martial arts and envied by her comrades, the other is a rookie, known to botch up every mission he's ever been on. Interestingly they were once a couple, deeply in love, but neither aware of the other's real job. The two try to work out their complicated relationship, while still trying to save the world.

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 and Delhi Belly. Over the years, UTV has worked with the most eminent production and direction talent in the industry including , , Mira Nair, M. Night Shyamalan, Ashutosh Gowariker, , , Farah Khan, Vishal Bhardwaj, , 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, the critically acclaimed Dhobi Ghat and the rip-roaring comedy Delhi Belly, which has emerged an instant cult hit opening doors for a whole new genre of cinema. UTV has an impressive slate of movies lined up for 2012 with Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Barfii, Rowdy Rathore, Heroine, Joker and many more.