Domestic Production UTV Motion Pictures has created a niche for itself in the production space by producing cutting edge commercially and critically acclaimed cinema, supplemented with strong storylines and backed by top-of-the-line talent, in front of and behind the camera. These attributes, aided with high voltage marketing and promotion, provide added appeal to the end product, few of which include iconic movies like Rang De Basanti, Jodhaa Akhbar, Swades, A Wednesday!, Dev.D, Kaminey and many more...
Leaving no stone unturned, UTV Motion Pictures has worked with talented directors that include the very best in the industry, such as Aamir Khan, Anees Bazmee, Anurag Kashyap, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Prakash Jha, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Ramgopal Verma, Rensil D'Silva, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Shyam Benegal and Vishal Bhardwaj to name a few. The stars that UTV has worked with continue to be our USP. We are working with some of the most talented actors in the country such as Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapur, John Abraham, Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra, Konkona Sen Sharma, Ajay Devgan, Nana Patekar, Rajeev Khandelwal, Irrfan Khan, and the list goes on.
After a successful maiden venture Kanaamochi Yenada in Tamil, UTV Motion Pictures forayed into another project with Priyadarshan as a co-producer (remove four frames) for the remake of the commercial and critically acclaimed Khosla Ka Ghosla called Poi Solla Porom. This proved hugely successful, completing 100 days in theatre. UTV Motion Pictures went on to co-produce the remakes of the superhit A Wednesday! - Unnaipol Oruvan (Tamil) and Eenadu (Telugu) by joining hands with Actor Kamal Haasan. The remakes starred Kamal Haasan, Mohan Lal and Venkatesh.
International Production UTV co-produced two Hollywood movies with Fox Searchlight in 2007, making it the first and only Indian company to have mainline Hollywood film releases - the box office hit and critically acclaimed masterpiece by Mira Nair, The Namesake; and I Think I Love My Wife, with Chris Rock in the lead role and as Director. Strengthening our base globally, UTV also co-produced M. Night Shyamalan's film The Happening with 20th Century Fox, which released in 2008 and grossed over 170 million dollars at the worldwide box office.
Pioneering the stint of producing movies abroad, UTV was the first Indian production house to announce its independent production venture globally in April 2009, with The Exterminators. It also has a co-production agreement with the Actor/Producer Will Smith, his production company Overbrook Entertainment and with Sony Pictures Entertainment, for two films to be produced and distributed worldwide.
