UTV’s ‘Thaandavam’completes 60 days shoot in London
London, June 13th, 2012: UTV’s next Tamil release Thaandavam has completed a two (2) month long, extensive shooting schedule in London. The film written and directed by Vijay of ‘Madrasapattinam’ and ‘Deivathirumagal’ fame stars ‘Chiyaan’ Vikram, Anushka Shetty, Jagapathi Babu, British Actress Amy Jackson, Lakshmi Rai, Nasser, Santhanam amongst others.
The film crew started its shooting in and around London in the first week of April, and shot some breathtaking scenes in various locations in UK and will be leaving for India on 15th June.
“We are very excited the way the film has turned out so far. We braved the London weather and uninterrupted rain to complete the shoot on time and now we are all set to finish the remaining scenes in India with the entire cast ” says G. Dhananjayan, Chief – South Business, Studios, Disney UTV.
The post production of the film will begin once the unit returns to India and the music launch is scheduled for August. The film is slated to hit theatres worldwide in September.
About the Film:
‘Thaandavam’ is an action entertainer in the backdrop of two countries India and United Kingdom and how an honest officer gets entangled into a conspiracy and his attempts to save the people and country’s honor from the conspirators. After the highly appreciated and commercial hit ‘Deivathirumagal’ in 2011, the team of Vikram-Vijay is back with this film.
The film was shot in Delhi and Chennai for four weeks before shifting to London for this extensive schedule. It was shot in most popular locations of London and the surrounding areas capturing the natural beauty and heritage of this magnificent country. The cast and crew received excellent support from the local authorities of London, which has helped completing the film as planned.
The film’s Cinematography is by Nirav Shah, Music by G.V. Prakash Kumar (A.R. Rahman’s nephew), Lyrics by Na. Muthukumar, Art Direction by Nagu and Editing by Anthony. The film is 25th musical from G.V. Prakash Kumar, who is one of the top music composers of South India today and for Thaandavam he has recorded five (5) memorable melody numbers.
About UTV Motion Pictures:
The Motion Pictures division of UTV, established in 2004, is one of the only integrated studio models in the Indian film industry. Its activities span across creative development, production, marketing, distribution, licensing, merchandising and syndication of films worldwide. UTV has a library of over 50 films including Hindi, Regional, Animation and International Productions. The last decade in Indian cinema has seen UTV delivering some of the most iconic films including Swades, Rang De Basanti, Jodhaa Akbar, A Wednesday, Dev D, Khosla Ka Ghosla, The Namesake, Life in a Metro, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Fashion, Kaminey and more recently Raajneeti, Udaan, Peepli [Live], No One Killed Jessica, Delhi Belly, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu and Paan Singh Tomar. Over the years, UTV has worked with the most eminent production and direction talent in the industry including Aamir Khan, Karan Johar, Mira Nair, M. Night Shyamalan, AshutoshGowariker, Prakash Jha, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Farah Khan, Vishal Bhardwaj, AnuragKashyap, Madhur Bhandarkar, AnuragBasu and ShyamBenegal, while backing new talent like Neeraj Pandey, Raj Kumar Gupta, NishikantKamat, Dibakar Banerjee, VikramadityaMotwane, AmitTrivedi, Akshat Verma, Remo D’souza, and many others.
After the breakout hit No One Killed Jessica, the critically acclaimed Dhobi Ghat and the rip-roaring comedy Delhi Belly in 2011, this year started on a high octane note with the romantic blockbuster Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya followed by Paan Singh Tomar, a content driven film built through marketing, distribution, reviews and word-of-mouth and 3rd biggest Opening Day and non-holiday opening day of all time Rowdy Rathore. Coming up, UTV has an impressive slate of movies lined up for 2012 with Barfi!, Heroine, Joker and many more.
In 2011, UTV also became one of the few studios to successfully venture into south regional cinema with DeivaThirumagal and Muran and had a successful 2012 so far with Vettai, Masala Café in Tamil and first Malayalam film Grandmaster and today it is producing and distributing many films in a year in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu languages. Forthcoming releases include Mugamoodi and Thaandavam in Tamil and Husbands in Goa in Malayalam.
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