Remo D'Souza to direct Prabhu Deva, international dance diva Lauren Gottlieb, several famed
choreographers and India's dancing sensations in UTV's next dance extravaganza
Mumbai, March 6th, 2012: UTV Motion Pictures' next project, India's first high-octane dance film in 3D, is all set to go on the floors. Titled ABCD - AnyBody Can Dance, the film is being directed by ace choreographer and now director Remo D'Souza who will have some of the finest dancers performing some dazzling dance sequences in the movie.
India, a country that is known for it's dancing the
world over has not really made movies based purely on dance.
UTV Motion Pictures, which has always been a front-runner in
making path breaking and entertaining blockbusters, will be
producing India's first high-octane dance musical in
3D.
India's best choreographers and dancers of the last few
decades - Prabhu Deva and Ganesh Acharya, play key characters
in the film. ABCD also stars hit reality dancing show Dance
India Dance winners like Salman Khan, Dharmesh, Prince,
Mayuresh and Vrushali all essaying central characters. Lauren
Gottlieb, the global winner of the popular television talent
shop So You Think You Can Dance, has been cast as the lead
heroine.
Announcing the project, Siddharth Roy Kapur, CEO of UTV
Motion Pictures says, "We are thrilled to kick off one of our
most exciting projects to date, ABCD (AnyBody Can Dance),
India's first ever 3D dance musical. It has always been
our endeavour to bring audiences movies that are different
from the tried and tested, and with ABCD we believe
we're pushing the boundaries of innovative content. Remo
has proven to everyone that he is not only a sensational
choreographer but also a director who knows the pulse of
today's audience. He's the best choice to direct a
film based on dance, and with Prabhu Deva (who is also
directing Rowdy Rathore for us), Ganesh Acharya and other
leading lights from India's dance fraternity in the
cast, ABCD promises to be a total paisa-vasool family
entertainer."
Director Remo D'Souza is excited that his dream project
has gone on the floors. He says, "It is like a dream coming
true for me. I had always nurtured the thought of making a
film on my passion - dancing. ABCD is a culmination of
multiple dreams actually for me - I get to make a dance film
and get the one and only Prabhu Deva to dance and act in it.
I'm really glad that UTV is supporting me to the hilt to
make this film. No other production house would have
supported me to realise my vision the way UTV is. I'm
also excited that the film's seeing the union of the
best reality show dancers from India (Dance India Dance
winners) and the West (winner of the top dance reality show
of America So You Think You Can Dance) acting in it. So, you
can imagine the quality of dancing that you will get to see
in ABCD."
Prabhu Deva adds, "I can feel so much energy on the sets
of ABCD. Shooting for the film is an experience by itself.
There are so many fantastic young dancers in this film and
matching steps with them has been really fun and tough for me
at the same time. I feel like a teenager being around them
and it's great to be dancing again. In fact, I feel more
like a dancer working in the film than being an
actor."
ABCD will see the sensational music composer duo Sachin-Jigar
creating high energy tracks that will surely become dance
anthems in the country.
The film is set to release by the end of 2012.
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, Ashutosh Gowariker,
Prakash Jha, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Farah Khan, Vishal
Bhardwaj, Anurag Kashyap, Madhur Bhandarkar, Anurag Basu and
Shyam Benegal, while backing new talent like Neeraj Pandey,
Raj Kumar Gupta, Nishikant Kamat, Dibakar Banerjee,
Vikramaditya Motwane, Amit Trivedi, 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 followed by Paan
Singh Tomar, a content driven film built through marketing,
distribution, reviews and word-of-mouth. Coming up, UTV has
an impressive slate of movies lined up for 2012 with Barfi!,
Rowdy Rathore,
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