UTV Movies signs biggest movie acquisition deal of 2009
Mumbai, 11 July 2009

UTV Movies, the premier Hindi Movie Channel from the UTV Network has acquired World telecast rights for 25 Reliance Big Entertainment films from which 20 films will be World TV premieres. The list of films includes Blockbuster hits such as Rock On, Luck By Chance, Johnny Gaddar. Other titles include recent hits like 13B, Sikandar, Karzz, Aag, Marigold, Go, Love Story 2050, Summer 2007, Cash, Khoya Khoya Chaand, Say Salam India, Shiva, Gauri, Eik Dastak and Black Friday.

All these titles will be premiered for the first time on Indian television on UTV Movies. Other titles include evergreen ones like Dil Chata Hai, Border, Refugee, Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon and Gangajal. Commenting on this Executive Director, UTV Global Broadcasting Ltd., Shantonu Aditya said, "Hindi Movie Channels are driven by titles and we have an aggressive line up of titles on the channel. This acquisition was a key step in this direction. With these 25 movies, our 400 movies strong library has become even more exciting.”