UTV announces its next Tamil film ‘SIGARAM THODU’ Chennai, 2nd January 2013: UTV Motion Pictures today announced its next home production in Tamil ‘Sigaram Thodu’ which will be written and directed by Gaurav of ‘Thoonga Nagaram’ fame and will star Vikram Prabhu in the lead. After ‘Settai’ (remake of Hindi super hit film Delhi Belly) starring Arya, Santhanam, Premgi, Hansika, Anjali and Nasser and directed by R. Kannan this will be UTV’s next Tamil release this year. The pre-production work for ‘Sigaram Thodu’ has commenced from today and the film’s shooting is expected to begin from April 2013. The other cast and crew is under finalization and will be announced shortly. “As a Studio it has been our constant endeavour to bring across the right mix of content for our consumers like we have done with our Hindi slate. South is a key market for us and we will be announcing an equally eclectic slate this side as well,” said G. Dhananjayan, Chief – South Business, Studios, DisneyUTV In 2013, ‘Settai’ will be UTV’s first release in Tamil which will release in February and ‘Sigaram Thodu’ will hit theatres in December. STUDIOS – DisneyUTV 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 and more recently Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Paan Singh Tomar, Rowdy Rathore, Barfi! and Heroine. Rowdy Rathore has recently emerged as the 4th highest grosser of all time in Indian cinema. While Barfi! continues to break records in India and overseas market, it is also India’s official entry to the Oscars 2013. This is UTV’s 4th film in the last 7 years to have been selected to represent India at the Academy awards; earlier films were Rang De Basanti (2006), Harishchandrachi Factory (2009) and Peepli Live (2010). 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 2012 so far with Vettai, Masala Café, Mugamoodi and Thaandavam in Tamil, and Grandmaster and Husbands in Goa in Malayalam. UTV has a library of over 70 films including Hindi, Regional, Animation and International Productions, which have been showcased in over 50 festivals across 28 countries, receiving almost 250 awards in the last 7 years. The Walt Disney Studios has seen unprecedented box office success in India recently with MARVEL’s The Avengers which was distributed and marketed in India by UTV Motion Pictures. The film emerged the 4th highest grosser of all-time amongst Hollywood films in India. 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 from the combined Studio is an inimitable slate with films like Race 2, AnyBody Can Dance (ABCD), Kai Po Che!, Himmatwala, Ghanchakkar, Satyagraha and Chennai Express in Hindi, Settai in Tamil and Telugu, Oz- The Great and Powerful, Iron Man 3, Monster University, Lone Ranger in English and many more. For further information, please contact: Sujata Chanda: +91 9892490579 [email protected] .