UTV Movies to Be Showcased at the Indian Cinema Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! , a Wednesday and Jodha Akhbar to Be Screened
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UTV movies to be showcased at the Indian Cinema Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! , A Wednesday and Jodha Akhbar to be screened 5th June, Mumbai, 2009: UTV Motion Pictures’ films Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, A Wednesday and Jodha Akhbar will be showcased at the Indian Cinema Exhibition scheduled to be held at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York from 8th – 17th June. These films will be lined up for the exhibition titled The New India. Abhay Deol, much loved for his role of a notorious thief in Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, will be introducing the movie on 8th and 13th June. Actor Naseeruddin Shah, who mesmerized the audience with his power packed performance in the film A Wednesday, will unveil the movie on 10th and 11th June. Jodha Akhbar, the star studded magnum opus, is slated for a premiere on 17th June. “We are very honoured that our films are being screened at MoMA, one of the world's most reputed museums of modern art. The movies to be presented, A Wednesday, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! and Jodha Akhbar, are truly representative of the incredible diversity of genres that contemporary Indian cinema has begun to explore. We are very proud of these movies and happy that they will have the chance to be watched by cinema enthusiasts looking to discover voices from the next generation of Indian cinema”, said Siddharth Roy Kapur, CEO, UTV Motion Pictures About UMP Plc: Established in 1995, as a division within UTV Software Communications, UMP Plc has arrangements with a number of major Hollywood studios including Walt Disney, Fox Searchlight and Will Smith's company Overbrook Entertainment. Listed on at the London AIM market, UMP Plc has played an active role in pioneering the studio model to the Indian film industry, where it is able to leverage script development, budget and time management and international distribution. UMP Plc has emerged as a strong player in Indian and International cinema with the success of movies like 'Rang De Basanti', 'Khosla Ka Ghosla', 'The Namesake' ‘Jodhaa Akbar’, ‘A Wednesday’ & 'I Think I Love My Wife'. UMP Plc has co-produced movies like Ashutosh Gowariker's 'Jodhaa-Akbar', which is the biggest blockbuster of 2008 and M. Night Shyamalan's 'The Happening' which is amongst the top grosser in Hollywood. UMP Plc has also distributed movies like Aamir Khan's directorial debut 'Taare Zameen Par, & his production Khan’s Jane Tu Ya Jane Na in the international markets. With an aggressive slate of over 15 movies for the year 2009 some of its forthcoming David Dhavan’s Hook Ya Crook, Vishal Bhardwaj’s Kaminey, Ashutosh Gowariker’s Whats Your Raashee, Tigmanshu Dhulia’s Pan Singh Tomar and many more For more info log onto www.utvmotionpictures.com For Further queries please contact: Esha Kak Padma Rao Assistant Manager – Corporate Communications Executive – Corporate Communications UTV UTV # +919819966211 # 9833180409 .