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UTV Motion Pictures is a film unit of UTV Software Communications, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.
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 Motion Pictures delivering some of the most iconic films. UTV Motion Pictures' films have also been selected to represent India at the Academy awards; films were Rang De Basanti (2006), Harishchandrachi Factory (2009) Peepli Live (2010) and Barfi! (2012). In 2011, UTV Motion Pictures also became one of the few studios to successfully venture into South Indian cinema. UTV Motion Pictures 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.
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Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana (2012)
Directed by Sameer Sharma
Genres Comedy
Actors Kunal Kapoor, Huma Qureshi, Huma Qureshi, Rajesh Sharma, Dolly Ahluwalia, Vipin Sharma
Omi Khurana’s London dream has just ended. On the run from a dangerous UK gangster who he owes money to, Omi returns to his native village in Punjab, pretending to be a well-heeled London lawyer. Much has changed since Omi ran away from home a decade back after stealing money from his doting grandfather, Daarji. The old man has since become senile and most importantly, forgotten the secret recipe of "Chicken Khurana" a dish that made the Khurana dhaba (restaurant) famous across Punjab. Omi’s childhood sweetheart, Harman is soon to be married to his cousin, Jeet, though neither seems too happy about it. Adding to the quirkiness of the Khurana family is a free loader uncle, Titu, who once did a stint at a mental asylum. Omi's grandfaher has a cousin sister who ran away from home at early age and is now a saint. His grand father dies on his last visit to his restaurant. Omi tries to restore their family restaurant with the help of Harman. While working on restaurant both of them reconcile and start to have feelings for each other. Meanwhile Omi discovers the secret ingredient from his grandfathers famous chicken recipe was a narcotic herbal medicine but keeps it a secret forever.
Mugamoodi (2012)
, 2h42Directed by Mysskin
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Superhero films
Actors Jiiva, Narain, Pooja Hegde, Prakash Raj, Nassar, Girish Karnad
Bruce Lee (Jiiva) is a martial arts specialist but unluckily he is unable to use those skills to make a living. Instead, he falls in love with Police Deputy Commissioner Gaurav's (Nassar) daughter Shakthi (Pooja Hegde), and tries to impress her and her elder sister's kids with his martial art skills. To make it more fun for them he pretends to be a superhero by wearing on a costume each time he visits. On his way back on one such visit, Lee finds himself caught in between cops and robbers chase in the city. He decides to assist the police and manages to nab one robber from the gang and hands him over to the police. Lee doesn't realize that by doing so he has asked upon himself the revenge of Dragon (Narain) who heads the same gang. As the police were involved too, Dragon eyes to take revenge on Police Commissioner Gaurav also. Dragon then connives a plan that eventually frames Lee as a robber and the attempted to kill the Police Commissioner. What lies ahead for Lee now is to prove his innocence to the Police, win his love back Shakthi and more importantly bring Dragon and his gang to justice.
Deiva Thirumagal (2011)
, 2h46Directed by A. L. Vijay
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Vikram, Sara Arjun, Anushka Shetty, Amala Paul, Nassar, Santhanam
Krishna (Vikram) is intellectually disabled and has the mental ability of a six-year old. He lives a peaceful life in the hill station of Ooty. He is cared for by Victor (Krishna Kumar), the owner of a chocolate factory where Krishna works. One day he excitedly announces to the village that he will become a father. That night, his daughter is born, but his wife Banumathy dies during childbirth. Unable to grasp the concept of death, he simply accepts that his wife has "gone to God" and starts life as a father. He names his daughter Nila, and raises her with love and care. She soon grows into a happy young girl (Sara). With the help of Victor and his other mentally challenged friends, Krishna enrolls Nila in school.
Thank You (2011)
, 2h17Directed by Anees Bazmee
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Suniel Shetty, Rimi Sen, Chahat Khanna
Raj (Bobby Deol), Yogi (Sunil Shetty) and Vikram (Irrfan Khan) are best friends and business partners who are married to Sanjana (Sonam Kapoor), Maya (Celina Jaitley), and Shivani (Rimi Sen), respectively. What their wives don't know is that their husbands cheat on them often with not one, but many women.
7 Khoon Maaf (2011)
, 2h17Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Erotic, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Priyanka Chopra, Neil Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham, Irrfan Khan, Annu Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah
7 Khoon Maaf tells the story of an Anglo-Indian woman, Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes (Priyanka Chopra), who murders all her husbands. Susanna tries to find love, but six of her seven husbands have a flaw which proves fatal. The killings (and her yearning for love) are explained by the loss of her mother at a young age. The story is told by a young forensic pathologist, Arun, (Vivaan Shah) to his wife, Nandini (Konkona Sen Sharma). Arun has watched Susanna since their childhood, and has a secret crush on her. He owes his life to her; she funded his education, making him what he is today. Arun tells his wife that Susanna has committed suicide, leaving him a note congratulating him on his marriage. The doctor must now confirm that the body found is Susanna's. Arun is unable to overcome his grief over her death and pours out his heart to his wife, who listens patiently.
Chillar Party (2011)
, 1h59Directed by Vikas Bahl, Nitesh Tiwari
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Irrfan Khan, Aanjjan Srivastav, Rajesh Sharma, Shriya Sharma, Shreya Sharma, Ranbir Kapoor
This film is about a gang of innocent but feisty kids who lead carefree lives in Chandan Nagar colony that takes on the big bad world of politics when one of their friend's life is endangered. It starts with an introduction to the lead actors, who live in Chandan Nagar Society. Each of the eight children has his own identity and a nickname based on these qualities. Akram is the fast bowler (Ramashankar), Encyclopedia is the mastermind (Arjun). Not only that, but their whole team has a nickname – CHILLAR PARTY. They explain that they have mainly two enemies with the 'over-sized' neighbouring cricket team to whom they always lose, and a dog to whom they have given a name – Loose Motion, since it has a tendency to make messes. So they develop an enmity against dogs. Their hopes are shattered shortly after a boy- Fatka who was employed for washing the cars of the society, enters with his dog Bhidu. They do everything to throw the boy and his dog out, but become unsuccessful. Eventually they develop a friendship with each other as Fatka helps them by serving as the lead bowler during the match with the neighbouring cricket team. But their happiness is short-lived when a reckless politician, welfare minister Shashikant Bhide, enters their life after his personal secretary is attacked by Bhidu for hurting Fatka.
Harishchandra's Factory (2010)
, 1h36Directed by Paresh Mokashi
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical
Actors Vibhawari Deshpande, Ketan Karande
Le film raconte la réalisation du premier long métrage de fiction indienne, réalisé par Dadasaheb Phalke.
Tees Maar Khan (2010)
, 2h11Directed by Farah Khan
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Ali Asgar, Akshaye Khanna, Aarya Babbar, Raghu Ram
Tees Maar Khan revolves around conman Tabrez Mirza Khan (TMK, Akshay Kumar) who has been a criminal since he was young. He was caught in France and was deported back to India. Two police officers Chatterjee (Aman Verma) and Mukherjee (Murli Sharma) took him but he escaped.
I Hate Luv Storys (2010)
, 2h15Directed by Punit Malhotra
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Sonam Kapoor, Imran Khan, Sammir Dattani, Samir Soni, Bruna Abdullah, Aamir Ali Malik
Simran (Sonam Kapoor) loves Bollywood romances so much so that her life has begun to resemble one. With her awesome job and a "Mr. Perfect" fiancé, Raj (Sameer Dattani), she lives a dreamy life. But then comes Jay (Imran Khan), who brings a fresh joy into her life. Jay is an assistant to a director who is famous for his love story films; however, Jay hates love stories. He is a disbeliver of love. He first hates Simran for her obsession with romance, and Simran also has a bad impression of him, but soon after, the two become friends.
Raajneeti (2010)
, 2h50Directed by Prakash Jha
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Politic
Themes Films about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Political films, Bollywood
Actors Ajay Devgn, Nana Patekar, Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Bajpayee
The film begins with a quick flashback into the life of Bharti Rai (Nikhila Trikha), the daughter of chief minister Ramnath Rai (Darshan Jariwala). Influenced by leftist ideology, she rebels against her father and joins the rival party of leftist leader Bhaskar Sanyal (Naseeruddin Shah). Bharti develops an illicit relationship with Bhaskar, who, guilt-ridden over taking advantage of the younger woman, leaves for parts unknown, having unwittingly gotten Bharti pregnant. Upon the child's birth, he is abandoned in a boat by Brij Gopal (Nana Patekar), Bharti's brother. Bharti later marries Chandra Pratap (Chetan Pandit), the younger brother of Bhanu Pratap (Khan Jahangir Khan). Bhanu leads the Rashtrawadi political party.
We Are Family (2010)
, 1h55Directed by Sidharth Malhotra
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Kajol, Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Aanchal Munjal, Iravati Harshe Mayadev
Maya (Kajol) is a perfect mother whose life revolves around her three children, Aleya (Aanchal Munjal), Ankush (Nominath Ginsburg), and Anjali (Diya Sonecha). Despite being divorced from Aman (Arjun Rampal), Maya has ensured that everything runs smoothly in her house and that they continue to remain a happy family unit. However, things take an unexpected turn when Shreya Arora (Kareena Kapoor Khan)—a career-oriented fashion designer with a lot to learn about children—joins the family.
Chance Pe Dance (2010)
, 2h38Directed by Ken Ghosh
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Shahid Kapoor, Genelia D'Souza, Mohnish Bahl, Satish Shah, Vikas Bhalla, Vikas Bhalla
Sameer Behl (Shahid Kapoor) comes to Mumbai with Bollywood dreams, struggles through the day as a courier boy and keeps failing in auditions for advertisements. More stereotypes are stuffed in as he refuses to take help from his dad in Delhi, is thrown out from his rented flat by the landlord and comes away with his calculative companion. One day, a movie director, Rajeev Sharma, (Mohnish Behl) sees Sameer dancing and calls him to his office. Soon Sameer is signed as the male lead in his film and friend Tina (Genelia D'Souza) is selected as the choreographer on the same project. Homeless, Sameer sleeps in his car and works as a dance teacher in a school. Subsequently, Sameer loses his film and is disillusioned. Tina finds this out and asks him how he can spend his life like this. After some time, Tina tells him that she also quit the film and did not want to be the choreographer for that film because she saw him upset. Sameer realised the love Tina had for him. Tina encourages him to participate in a television talent-hunt show, the winner of which will win the same role that Sameer was to play. After some time he agrees to participate in it. After filling up the contest form, he also says "I love you" to Tina. In his screen-test, Sameer dedicates his monologue to his mother. After his monologue, during the interview, he comes to know that his father's shop in Delhi has been demolished. He promises Tina that he will come back for her and leaves. He leaves Mumbai to meet his father, heart-broken about the whole thing. After watching Sameer's performance in the TV, his father convinces him to go back to Mumbai and participate in the show.
Guzaarish (2010)
, 2h6Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about euthanasia, Films about magic and magicians, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films about disabilities, Bollywood
Actors Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Rajit Kapur, Shernaz Patel, Aditya Roy Kapur, Suhel Seth
The story, which is set in Goa, is about a quadriplegic magician and radio jockey named Ethan Mascarenhas (Hrithik Roshan). Sofia D'Souza (Aishwarya Rai) has been his nurse for the past twelve years. On the fourteenth anniversary of his accident, Ethan decides to file an appeal to the court for euthanasia (mercy killing) with the help of his best friend and lawyer Devyani Dutta (Shernaz Patel). Ethan's mother, Isabel Mascarenhas (Nafisa Ali), also supports him in his petition, backing her son's demand. A young man named Omar Siddiqui (Aditya Roy Kapoor) enters Ethan's life to learn magic from him.
Peepli Live (2010)
, 1h44Directed by Mahmood Farooqui, Anusha Rizvi
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghubir Yadav, Malaika Shenoy, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Naseeruddin Shah, Aamir Bashir
Natha Das ManikPuri (Omkar Das Manikpuri), better known as Natha, is a poor farmer from the village of Peepli in "Mukhya Pradesh", who struggles to farm enough money for his family made up of his elder brother, Budhia Das Manikpuri (Raghubir Yadav), his wife, Dhaniya (Shalini Vatsa) and his ailing mother, Amma (Farookh Zafar), who spends most of her time lying down and screaming at Natha and Dhaniya. Natha and Budhia often pretend to go out farming when actually they save up whatever money they have to buy alcohol. This has left the whole family famished and now the banks are demanding repayment of loans or else the family will be stripped off their land and house. In the meantime, the Mukhya Pradesh Government have called a by-election due to continuous criticism of their blind eye towards the desperate poverty that surrounds India's largest state. The opposition Apna Dal Party believe they have a chance to form the government in this election as the people have lost faith in the long-serving Sammaan Party and its Chief Minister, Ram Babu Yadav (Jugal Kishore) who, along with Federal Agriculture Minister, Saleem Kidwai (Naseeruddin Shah), believes in the industrialisation of rural areas.