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UTV
movies to be showcased at the Indian Cinema
Exhibition, MoMa (New York)
Mumbai: 5th June 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 2009. 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.
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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 Khans 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 movies include
David Dhavans Hook Ya Crook, Vishal Bhardwajs
Kaminey, Ashutosh Gowarikers What's Your
Raashee, Tigmanshu Dhulias Pan Singh Tomar
and many more.
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