After an excruciating wait, we finally get a glimpse ofHrithik and Aishwarya In Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Jodhaa Akbar. The couple doesindeed look like every bit of royalty and keep watching this space for the videotrailer in coming days. Jodhaa Akbar Release Date Confirmed As 25thJanuary, 2008 Ashutosh Gowariker and UTV have finally (stress onfinally) have decided on a release date for JODHAA AKBAR. Expect the epic movieto hit the theaters on 15th January, 2008.
“The change of release date is due tothe fact that JODHAA AKBAR has an extremely demanding post-production schedule,”the statement adds. Jodhaa-Akbar is garnering a lot of critical acclaim at theCannes Film festival, which doesn’t surprise me ,considering it’s directed bythe brilliant Ashutosh Gowariker. In fact Ashutosh Gowariker also made it toVariety’s list of the 60 most important people to watch out at Cannes ’07.
The film has been produced UTV and Ashutosh GowarikerProductions and they were overwhelmed by the response generated by the 2-minutepromo showcases at Cannes. Says Sunita Gowariker, “The reactions were amazing.Buyers for Germany, France and South Africa were very excited. Representativesfrom Venice and Rome were keen that JODHAA-AKBAR be showcased at theirfestivals.” Bollywood continues its new found love affair with the CannesFestival! UTV has confirmed that the highly anticipated Jodha Akbar and the notso highly anticipated Goal will be showcased in Cannes first!
Says UTV marketing and sales vice president Siddharth RoyKapur, "Indian films have always raised the curiosity factor in the west. Thenew wave of Indian cinema has been widely acknowledged and welcomed across theglobe, which is a great positive for us. This year, we would unveiling two ofour movies, both of which have been positioned as international projects with auniversal appeal." Other films to be showcased include; Swades, Pradeep Sarkar'sParineeta, Mahesh Manjrekar's Viruddh, Priyadarshan's Chup Chup Ke, FarhanAkhtar's Don, Vishal Bharadwaj's Blue Umbrella and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra'sRang De Basanti. Now that is an impressive list and as usual we salute UTV forgoing an extra mile to promote Good Hindi Cinema!
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