UTV Motion Pictures
UTV Motion Pictures is an Indian motion picture company. It is a subsidiary of UTV Software Communications which is in turn owned by The Walt Disney Company India. From early 2017, UTV suspended producing domestic films, it has been an off-and-on distribution label for Disney's feature films releasing in India since. The studio's activities spanned creative development, production, marketing, distribution, licensing, merchandising and worldwide syndication of films in Indian territories.
UTV Motion Pictures has a library of domestic regional films and animation productions alongside select international productions. Its latest domestic production being Jagga Jasoos. The label was until late overseen by Amrita Pandey, who later joined Junglee Pictures.
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 Motion Pictures then moved into film production in Bollywood, and further expanded in Hollywood in partnership with studios such as 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures and Sony Pictures.UTV co-produced two Hollywood movies with Fox Searchlight in 2007, making it the first and only Indian company to have mainline Hollywood film releases – "The Namesake” by Mira Nair and "I Think I Love My Wife" by Chris Rock.
Pioneering the movement of South Asian film production companies producing movies abroad, UTV was the first Indian production house to announce its first independent production to be released internationally in April 2009, with "The Exterminators". During this period, UTV Motion Pictures also had a co-production agreement with actor Will Smith through his production company Overbrook Entertainment and with Sony Pictures Entertainment, for two films to be produced and distributed worldwide.
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 film co-produced by an Indian film studio. UTV also distributed Disney's Confessions of a Shopaholic and 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 its 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.
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 film 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 and Eenadu with actor Kamal Haasan.
Filmography
Films produced by UTV Motion Pictures
UTV Spotboy
The following films were produced under the UTV Spotboy banner.| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| 2008 | Aamir | Raj Kumar Gupta | |
| 2008 | Welcome to Sajjanpur | Shyam Benegal | Co-produced with IX Faces Pictures and Bindass |
| 2009 | Dev.D | Anurag Kashyap | Co-produced with Bindass National Film Award for Best Music Direction Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Film |
| 2009 | Aagey Se Right | Indrajit Nattoji | Co-produced with Bindass |
| 2010 | Udaan | Vikramaditya Motwane | Nominated – Prize of Un Certain Regard at 2010 Cannes Film Festival Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Film |
| 2011 | No One Killed Jessica | Raj Kumar Gupta | Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Film |
| 2011 | 7 Khoon Maaf | Vishal Bharadwaj | Co-produced with VB Films |
| 2011 | Chillar Party | Nitesh Tiwari and Vikas Bahl | Co-produced with SKBH Productions National Film Award for Best Children's Film |
| 2012 | Paan Singh Tomar | Tigmanshu Dhulia | National Film Award for Best Feature Film National Film Award for Best Actor |
| 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. National Film Award for Best Direction National Film Award for Best Actor |
| 2013 | Remo D'Souza | ||
| 2014 | Filmistaan | Nitin Kakkar | Co-produced with Satellite Pictures Pvt. Ltd National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi |
| 2014 | Pizza | Akshay Akkineni | Remake of 2012 Tamil film Pizza Co-produced with Getaway Films |
Films only distributed
Walt Disney Studios films in India
acquired UTV Motion Pictures through UTV Software Communications in 2012 since then, UTV Motion Pictures became the exclusive distributor for all Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures releases for South Asian territories from 2013 onward.- ‡ – indicates a film that was also released in dubbed versions.
| Year | Release date |
| Oz the Great and Powerful | 8 March 2013 |
| Iron Man 3 ‡ | 26 April 2013 |
| Monsters University | 21 June 2013 |
| The Lone Ranger | 5 July 2013 |
| Planes | 23 August 2013 |
| ' ‡ | 15 November 2013 |
| Frozen | 29 November 2013 31 January 2014 |
| Saving Mr. Banks | 7 February 2014 |
| Muppets Most Wanted | 21 March 2014 |
| ' ‡ | 4 April 2014 |
| Million Dollar Arm | 9 May 2014 |
| Maleficent | 30 May 2014 |
| ' | 18 July 2014 |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 8 August 2014 |
| Big Hero 6 | 7 November 2014 |
| Cinderella | 20 March 2015 |
| ' ‡ | 24 April 2015 |
| Tomorrowland | 22 May 2015 |
| Inside Out | 26 June 2015 |
| Ant-Man ‡ | 24 July 2015 |
| The Good Dinosaur | 4 December 2015 |
| ' ‡ | 25 December 2015 |
| The Finest Hours | 29 January 2016 |
| Zootopia | 4 March 2016 |
| The Jungle Book ‡ | 8 April 2016 |
| ' ‡ | 6 May 2016 |
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | 27 May 2016 |
| Finding Dory ‡ | 17 June 2016 |
| Pete's Dragon | 19 August 2016 |
| Queen of Katwe | 30 September 2016 |
| Doctor Strange ‡ | 4 November 2016 |
| Moana ‡ | 2 December 2016 |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | 16 December 2016 |
| Beauty and the Beast ‡ | 17 March 2017 |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ‡ | 5 May 2017 |
| ' ‡ | 26 May 2017 |
| Cars 3 ‡ | 16 June 2017 |
| ' ‡ | 3 November 2017 |
| Coco | 22 November 2017 |
| ' ‡ | 15 December 2017 |
| Black Panther ‡ | 16 February 2018 |
| ' ‡ | 27 April 2018 |
| ' ‡ | 25 May 2018 |
| Incredibles 2 ‡ | 22 June 2018 |
| Ant-Man and the Wasp ‡ | 13 July 2018 |
| Christopher Robin ‡ | 10 August 2018 |
| The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | 2 November 2018 |
| Ralph Breaks the Internet ‡ | 23 November 2018 |
| Mary Poppins Returns | 4 January 2019 |
| Glass | 18 January 2019 |
| Captain Marvel ‡ | 8 March 2019 |
| Dumbo ‡ | 29 March 2019 |
| ' ‡ | 26 April 2019 |
Non-Disney international films
| Year | Film | Country | Indian Release Title | Notes |
| 2005 | Unleashed | France United Kingdom | Gulam Belagam | Released in both Original and Hindi Dubbed versions Indian distribution only |
| 2011 | ' | Japan | Shinchan in Bungle In The Jungle | Animated Film Originally released in 2000 in Japan Hindi Dubbed Version Indian distribution only |
| 2011 | ' | Japan | Doraemon in Nobita and the Steel Troops-The New Age | Animated Film Hindi Dubbed Version Indian distribution only |
| 2013 | Japan | Doraemon The Movie Nobita Aur Jadooi Tapu | Animated Film Originally released in 2012 in Japan Hindi Dubbed Version Indian distribution only |