PVR Pictures to bring an impressive line up from Cannes Film Festival 2010 to India
Includes a host of highly anticipated movies like Rabbit Hole, Bel Ami, Butter, Jack, Ledge to name a few
Tweet-- With the recently concluded 63rd Cannes Film Festival 2010 being much in news for having showcased critically acclaimed and new genres of world movies, the Indian audience has a lot to look forward to in the coming months. PVR Pictures, flagship film production and distribution arm of the PVR Group, acquired many high quality films to be released in India. Some of these much awaited films acquired are the year's most-awaited movies like Rabbit Hole (Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart), Bel Ami (Rob Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci), Butter (Hugh Jackman & Jennifer Garner), Jack (John Cusack), One Day (Jim Sturgess & Anne Hathaway), Jane Eyre to name a few.
In the past, with movies like Burn After Reading, Blindness, Twilight, New Moon, Remember Me, Death At a Funeral, Taking Woodstock, Aviator, Chicago, Finding Neverland, Paris Je taime PVR Pictures with its path breaking efforts has been instrumental in recognizing the gap with respect to the demand and supply of discerning cinema and has successfully been able to contribute in developing the cinema viewing patterns by attracting a growing number of Indian audiences towards quality cinema.
Commenting on the line up of English releases for 2010 Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Bijli, Joint Managing Director, PVR Limited says, "It is an exciting time for us and we are very happy to be distributing some of the most awaited movies of the year in India showcased at Cannes Film Festival 2010. There is an impressive line-up of movies like Rabbit Hole with Nicole Kidman, Bel Ami with Hollywood heartthrob Rob Pattinson, Butter with Hugh Jackman, Jack with John Cusack etc. It is our constant endeavor to offer a wider choice of movies amongst the Indian audiences and with a variety of films releasing, we hope that there is something for everyone to look forward to".
Also, PVR Pictures is all set to give audiences a never-before movie ride with an array of back to back blockbusters like A Single Man (Colin Firth & Julianne Moore), Edge of Darkness (Mel Gibson), Eclipse (Rob Pattinson) along with all the other exciting releases coming out this year.
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About PVR PICTURES
PVR Group is among India's leading integrated media & entertainment players with a significant presence in film entertainment (film production, distribution and exhibition) and retail entertainment landscape. Regarded as the pioneers of the multiplex revolution in India, currently, PVR's cinemas serve an aggregate of more than 17.5 million patrons annually. It operates a geographically diverse cinema circuit of 136 screens with presence in 18 cities across India.
PVR Pictures is the flagship film production and distribution arm of PVR Group and has built an impressive film slate in Hindi & English which it markets and distributes. PVR Pictures made an enormously successful film production debut in 2007 with 'Taare Zameen Par' & 'Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na' and has continued to build on its creative leadership in film industry, since then. Its current year production slate includes 'Aisha' (Abhay Deol and Sonam Kapoor) with Anil Kapoor Films Company, 'Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se' (Abhishek Bhachchan & Deepika Padukone) with Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Pvt. Ltd & 'Mad Madder Maddest' with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Productions.
Spearheaded by its CEO, Kamal Gianchandani, a widely experienced media professional, PVR Pictures is led by its passionate promoters Ajjay Bijli and Sanjeev K Bijli.
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