UTV signs three film deal with leading South Producer-Director N. Lingusamy
Mumbai, July 11, 2011: UTV Motion Pictures today announced a three film deal with the renowned South Indian Producer-Director - N. Lingusamy of Aanandham, Run, Sandakozhi, Bheema and Paiyya fame. The studio will co-produce, market and distribute three power packed films - Vettai, Vazhakku Enn 18/9 and Kumki, in association with the director’s own banner, Thirrupathy Brothers Film Media.
The first film Vazhukku Enn 18/9, will be written and directed by ace director Balaji Sakthivel, who has directed blockbusters like Kadhal and Kalloori. Slated for a September 2011 release, the film will have a new star cast, with music by debut composer Prasanna and camera-work by Vijay Milton.
Next is the action packed entertainer Vettai, releasing in November 2011. Directed by Lingusamy himself, the film stars popular South stars Arya, Madhavan, Sameera Reddy, Ashutosh Rana and Amala Paul. Yuvan Shankar Raja composes the music and Nirav Shah is the DOP.
2012 will see a film from Prabu Solomon, who recently delivered the critically acclaimed super hit film Mynaa. His next titled Kumki will feature the upcoming star in the making - Vikram Prabhu, son of popular actor Prabhu and grand son of Sivaji Ganesan.
With this association, UTV Motion Pictures has six releases lined up in Tamil cinema, beginning with Deivathirumagal (releasing on July 15th), followed by Cheran and Prasanna starrer Muran ; three films with Thirrupathy Brothers; and finally Mysskin’s Mugamoodi starring Jiiva in April/May 2012.
About Motion Pictures- UTV The Motion Pictures division of UTV, established in 2004, is an integrated studio model in the Indian film industry which constitutes the whole of 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 My Friend Pinto, Barfii, Short Term Shaadi and many more. For any further information, please contact: UTV: Pallavi Deshmukh / Aishwarya Gurjar: 97699 56801 / 96198 47047