UTV Motion Pictures inks a deal with Star Middle East

October 6th, 2009 The story of ROAD, MOVIE continues its successful international launch with its Middle East premiere at the inaugural Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) in November. This third accolade in quick succession follows its crowd pleasing reception at its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September and its eagerly awaited Asian premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival later this month.

September 19th, 2009 MUMBAI - Veteran actor Om Puri plays a terrorist who masterminds a massive attack in the US in Rensil d'Silva's "Kurbaan" and says he has no reservations about playing a 'jehaadi' as audiences are mature enough to differentiate between an actor and a film character. Irrfan Khan had apparently said no to playing a terrorist in "Kurbaan".

September 17th, 2009 Saif Ali Khan loves photography. His friend and personal photographer, Joy Dutta has clicked a number of rare black and white pictures shot for his own collection.

August 28th, 2009 After wooing the audience in India, Boney Kapoor is going an extra mile with promoting his forthcoming film Wanted overseas as well. Boney Kapoor and SK Films have entered into a marketing tie-up with Intech for the worldwide promotion of the film.

August 16th, 2009 NEVADA - Indians in America have asked the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to introduce a new award category of "Best Bollywood Film" for films made in India. Rajan Zed, a leader of the Indian American community here, said in a statement that India had the largest film industry in the world and thus it deserved at least one category in Oscars where its movies could compete among themselves.

July 31st, 2009 Ken Ghosh directed Shahid Kapoor starrer is getting more in the news for the changes it is involved in. Earlier named Star, it was changed to Yahoo.

July 27th, 2009 KOLKATA - Bengali film-maker Rituparno Ghosh's new celluloid venture, "Shob Charitro Kalponik" (All Characters Imaginary), has been selected for the 30th Durban Film Festival 2009, in South Africa. It will be the first ever premier for a Bengali film in the African continent.

June 16th, 2009 LONDON - If reports are to be believed, singer Peter Andre has signed a million-pound Bollywood movie deal. The Australian crooner, who received a standing ovation at the prestigious IIFA awards in Macau, China, was reportedly offered 1.1million pounds to appear in a new film, reports The Mirror.

June 12th, 2009 BIG Pictures, the motion pictures brand of Reliance Big Entertainment and Puja Films today unveiled the first look of their forthcoming film DO KNOT DISTURB at IIFA, 2009 at Macao. The multi star cast film is a laugh riot from David Dhawan.

June 5th, 2009 MUMBAI - The row between Bollywood producers and multiplex owners over revenue sharing came to an end as the two parties reached a deal here early Friday, industry sources said. After about four months of negotiations, the two parties reached a consensus over the rationalisation of revenue sharing for forthcoming films, the sources said.

June 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - Sunny Deol, who was last seen in forgettable flicks like "Kaafila" and "Heroes", is set to make a comeback in "Fox" and director Deepak Tijori is certain Sunny's fans will appreciate him in his new avatar in the thriller. "It's not an action movie but is basically a thriller.

May 16th, 2009 BIG Pictures, motion picture brand of Reliance Big Entertainment's, supernatural thriller, 13B- Fear Has A New Address has been official selected at the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival, to be held from 13th June to 21st June. The film will be screened in the in the International Panorama Section which turns out to have a total number of over 300,000 annual audience.

May 12th, 2009 The bubbly Genelia D’Souza has been signed by UTV Motion Pictures for Ken Ghosh’s “Yahoo” where she stars opposite Shahid Kapoor. Genelia is the perfect fit for the role because of her bubbly image.

May 9th, 2009 The purchase of rights deal (of reportedly Rs. 150 crore) between Rakesh Roshan and BIG Pictures for Roshan produced Kites has been touted as the biggest film deal Bollywood has ever witnessed.

May 3rd, 2009 7th April, 2009: Jiah Khan, one of the latest discoveries of the Indian film Industry, has inked a deal with UTV for two of their upcoming films. UTV which has always believed in nurturing talent has complete confidence on Jiah Khan and her potential.