UTV Motion Pictures

UTV Motion Pictures (also known as Disney-UTV) is the feature film unit of UTV Software Communications, a media conglomerate owned by The Walt Disney Company India. UTV Motion Pictures is one of the largest film and production studios in Southern Asia. The studio has been the exclusive distribution label and feature film marketer of The Walt Disney Company India for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures movies since 2013.
Notable UTV Motion Pictures' films that have won Academy Awards in India are Rang De Basanti (2006), Harishchandrachi Factory (2009), Peepli Live (2010), and Barfi! (2012). As of 2017, Disney-UTV has suspended producing domestic films, with its latest domestic entry being Jagga Jasoos.
== History ==
UTV Motion Pictures was founded by Ronnie Screwvala and Zarina Screwvala in 1996 as UTV Motion Pictures Plc., the film distribution division of UTV Software Communications.
UTV Software Communications is an Indian media conglomerate that was founded on 22 June 1990 as United Television Software Communications and became public on 27 November 1995. The company was re-branded to its current name on 19 March 1998.
UTV Motion Pictures started in Bollywood, and eventually expanded in Hollywood in partnership with studios such as 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures and Sony Pictures.
From 2008–2009, UTV Motion Pictures became 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 and Bedtime Stories in Indian territories.
In 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired UTV Motion Pictures through UTV Software Communications. Since then, UTV Motion Pictures became the exclusive distributor for all Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures releases for South Asian territories from 2013 onward.
Alongside production duties, UTV Motion Pictures 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 the year.
==Filmography==
===Films produced by UTV Motion Pictures===
Year	Film 	Director 	Notes
2012	Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu 	Shakun Batra 	Co-produced with Dharma Productions
2012	Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya 	Mandeep Kumar 	Co-produced with Tips Industries Limited
2012	Grandmaster 	B. Unnikrishnan 	Malayalam FilmInternational distribution only
2012	Vazhakku Enn 18/9 	Balaji Sakthivel 	Tamil FilmCo-produced with Thirupathi Brothersinternational distribution only
2012	Kalakalappu 	Sundar C. 	Tamil FilmCo-produced with Avni Cinemaxinternational distribution only
2012	Arjun: The Warrior Prince 	Arnab Chaudhuri 	Co-produced with Disney India and Disney World Cinema
2012	Rowdy Rathore 	Prabhu Deva 	Remake of 2006 Telugu film VikramarkuduCo-produced with SLB Productions
2012	Joker 	Shirish Kunder 	Co-produced with Hari Om Entertainment, Cape of Good Films and Three's Company
2012	Mugamoodi 	Mysskin 	Tamil Film
2012	Barfi! 	Anurag Basu 	Co-produced with Ishana Movies
2012	Heroine 	Madhur Bhandarkar 	Co-produced with Bhandarkar Entertainment
2012	Husbands in Goa 	Saji Surendran 	International distribution only
2012	Thaandavam 	A.L Vijay 	Tamil Film
2013	Kai Po Che! 	Abhishek Kapoor 	
2013	Himmatwala 	Sajid Khan 	Remake of 1983 Hindi film HimmatwalaCo-produced with Puja Entertainment and Films
2013	Settai 	R. Kannan 	Tamil FilmRemake of 2011 Hindi film Delhi Belly
2013	Gippi 	Sonam Nair 	Co-produced with Dharma Productions
2013	Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru 	Sundar C. 	Tamil FilmCo-produced with Avni Cinemaxinternational distribution only
2013	Ghanchakkar 	Raj Kumar Gupta 	
2013	Chennai Express 	Rohit Shetty 	Co-produced with Red Chillies Entertainment
2013	Satyagraha – Democracy Under Fire	Prakash Jha 	Co-produced with Prakash Jha Productions
2013	Sigaram Thodu 	Gaurav Narayanan 	Tamil Film
2013	The Lunchbox 	Ritesh Batra 	Co-produced with DAR motion pictures, Dharma Productions, Sikhya Entertainment, National Film Development Corporation of India, ROH Films, ASAP Films and Cine Mosaic
2013	Ivan Veramathiri 	M. Saravanan 	Tamil Film
2014	Anjaan 	N. Lingusamy 	Tamil Film
2014	Raja Natwarlal 	Kunal Deshmukh 	
2014	Khoobsurat 	Shashanka Ghosh 	Co-produced with Disney India and Anil Kapoor Film Company
2014	Haider 	Vishal Bharadwaj 	Co-produced with VB Films
2015	ABCD 2 	Remo D'Souza 	Co-produced with Disney India
2015	Phantom 	Kabir Khan 	Co-produced with Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
2015	Yatchan 	Vishnuvardhan 	Tamil FilmCo-produced with Vishnuvardhan Pictures
2015	Katti Batti 	Nikkhil Advani 	Co-produced with Emmay Entertainment
2015	Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai 	S. P. Jananathan 	Tamil FilmCo-produced with Binary Pictures
2016	Fitoor 	Abhishek Kapoor 	
2016	Irudhi Suttru 	:Sudha Kongara 	Tamil FilmCo-produced with Y NOT Studios, Wikipedia:Thirukumaran Entertainment and Dream Factory
2016	Saala Khadoos 	Sudha Kongara 	Co-produced with Y NOT Studios, Rajkumar Hirani Films and Tricolour Films
2016	Mohenjo Daro 	Ashutosh Gowariker	Co-produced with Ashutosh Gowariker Productions
2016	Dangal 	Nitesh Tiwari 	Co-produced with Walt Disney Pictures, Aamir Khan Productions and Disney India
2017	Jagga Jasoos 	Anurag Basu 	Co-produced with Disney India, Picture Shuru Entertainment and Ishana Movies
===UTV Spotboy===
The following films were produced under the UTV Spotboy banner.
Year	Film 	Director 	Notes
2012	Paan Singh Tomar 	Tigmanshu Dhulia	
2012	Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana	Sameer Sharma 	Co-produced with Anurag Kashyap Films and JAR Pictures
2013	Shahid 	Hansal Mehta 	Co-produced with Bohra Bros.
2013	ABCD: Any Body Can Dance 	Remo D'Souza 	
2014	Filmistaan 	Nitin Kakkar 	Co-produced with Satellite Pictures Pvt. Ltd
2014	Pizza 	Akshay Akkineni 	Remake of 2012 Tamil film PizzaCo-produced with Getaway Films
===Films Only Distributed===
Year	Film 	Production Company
2013	Race 2 	Tips Industries
2013	Ship of Theseus 	Recyclewala Films
2013	Rangrezz 	Pooja Entertainment
2013	Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (Indian distribution only)	Dharma Productions
2014	Sholay 3D 	Sippy FilmsPen India Limited
2014	Highway 	Window Seat FilmsNadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
2014	2 States 	Dharma ProductionsNadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
2014	Heropanti 	Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
2014	Kick 	Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
2014	PK 	Vinod Chopra FilmsRajkumar Hirani Films
2015	Tamasha 	Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
2015	Dilwale (overseas distribution only) 	Red Chillies EntertainmentRohit Shetty Productions
2016	Baaghi 	Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
==External links==
* UTV Motion Pictures website
* UTV Motion Pictures page on Facebook
* UTV Motion Pictures page on Twitter
* UTV Software Communications Ltd.
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