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'''UTV Motion Pictures''' (also known as '''Disney-UTV''') is the feature film unit of UTV Software Communications. UTV Motion Pictures is one of the leading film studios in India and one of the largest production studios in [[South Asia]]. The | '''UTV Motion Pictures''' (also known as '''Disney-UTV''') is the feature film unit of UTV Software Communications. UTV Motion Pictures is one of the leading film studios in India and one of the largest production studios in [[South Asia]]. The studio's activities span creative development, production, marketing, distribution, licensing, merchandising and worldwide syndication of films in Indian territories. It is currently the distribution label of [[The Walt Disney Company India|Disney]] for feature films produced by [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]]. | ||
UTV Motion Pictures has a library of domestic regional films and animation productions alongside select international productions. As of 2017, Disney-UTV has suspended producing domestic films, with its latest domestic entry being ''[[Jagga Jasoos]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Disney India to exit from Hindi film production business|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/disney-india-to-exit-from-hindi-film-production-business/articleshow/53865976.cms|access-date=15 December 2016|work=The Economic Times|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.|date=26 August 2016}}</ref> The label is overseen by Amrita Pandey who oversees Walt Disney Studios feature films in South Asia.<ref>http://corporate.disney.in/sites/default/files/Amrita%20Pandey.pdf</ref> | UTV Motion Pictures has a library of domestic regional films and animation productions alongside select international productions. As of 2017, Disney-UTV has suspended producing domestic films, with its latest domestic entry being ''[[Jagga Jasoos]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Disney India to exit from Hindi film production business|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/disney-india-to-exit-from-hindi-film-production-business/articleshow/53865976.cms|access-date=15 December 2016|work=The Economic Times|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.|date=26 August 2016}}</ref> The label is overseen by Amrita Pandey who oversees Walt Disney Studios feature films in South Asia.<ref>http://corporate.disney.in/sites/default/files/Amrita%20Pandey.pdf</ref> | ||
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In 2008–2009, UTV Motion Pictures emerged as one of the largest production houses in [[India]] with 10 Hindi film releases, one in Tamil and M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening" – the first mainstream Hollywood movie co-produced by an Indian movie studio. UTV also distributed Disney's [[Confessions of a Shopaholic (film)|Confessions of a Shopaholic]] and [[Bedtime Stories (film)|Bedtime Stories]] in Indian territories. | In 2008–2009, UTV Motion Pictures emerged as one of the largest production houses in [[India]] with 10 Hindi film releases, one in Tamil and M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening" – the first mainstream Hollywood movie co-produced by an Indian movie studio. UTV also distributed Disney's [[Confessions of a Shopaholic (film)|Confessions of a Shopaholic]] and [[Bedtime Stories (film)|Bedtime Stories]] in Indian territories. | ||
Along with production, UTV distributes its movies in more than 45 countries around the world on the same day as their theatrical release in India. UTV Motion Pictures is among the | Along with production, UTV distributes its movies in more than 45 countries around the world on the same day as their theatrical release in India. UTV Motion Pictures is among the top 20 distributors in North America and is the first Indian film studio ever to have crossed the US$5 million revenue mark in the first half of a year.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} | ||
In the South Asian market, after their successful maiden venture – ''Kanaamochi Yenada'' in Tamil, UTV Motion Pictures released ''Poi Solla Porom'', the remake of ''Khosla Ka Ghosla'' with Priyadarshan as a co-producer. The movie was a commercial hit, 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) with | In the South Asian market, after their successful maiden venture – ''Kanaamochi Yenada'' in Tamil, UTV Motion Pictures released ''Poi Solla Porom'', the remake of ''Khosla Ka Ghosla'' with Priyadarshan as a co-producer. The movie was a commercial hit, 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) with actor Kamal Haasan. | ||
== Filmography<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.disney.in/disney-companies/studios/past-releases|title=Disney UTV Releases|access-date=14 May 2017}}</ref> == | == Filmography<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.disney.in/disney-companies/studios/past-releases|title=Disney UTV Releases|access-date=14 May 2017}}</ref> == | ||