Reliance BIG Pictures to Release 'Ghajini' Outside of India

In an unprecedented manner for a Bollywood title, the Aamir Khan starrer 'Ghajini', written and directed by the acclaimed A.R. Murugadoss, will add a further 22 countries to its huge India release pattern on December 25th. Orchestrated by BIG Pictures, the motion pictures brand of Reliance BIG Entertainment Ltd, the widely anticipated remake will premiere day and date in over 300 cinemas. The original Tamil language film was a box office and critical success, garnering the Best Actress Award for Asin Thottumkal at the South India Filmfare Awards, who also stars in the remake.

'Ghajini' features amazing new music from Golden Globe(R) nominee (Best Original Score - 'Slumdog Millionaire') and Andrew Lloyd Webber collaborator A.R. Rahman, with lyrics by Prasoon Joshi.

The key markets are the UAE with 36 prints, the US and Canada with 112 prints and the UK with 65 prints. The film will also open simultaneously in Norway, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore.

"There has been a very high response from exhibitors to 'Ghajini', with keen anticipation from the media and public alike. Aamir Khan has been off the screen for almost a year and his fan base cannot wait, having already pushed the soundtrack up on the charts," Says Jawahar Sharma, COO, International Distribution, BIG Pictures.

"'Ghajini' is by far the most awaited film of 2008. With the storyline revolving around short term memory loss, with all the excitement and intrigue imaginable, we are hopeful of meeting the audiences' expectation this holiday season. We are confident of the team at BIG Pictures and have completely backed their vision for promoting the film overseas," said producers Madhu Mantena and Tagore Madhu.

For more information on the film log on to http://www.rememberghajini.com

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Reliance BIG Entertainment Ltd. (RBEL) (http://www.rbe.co.in ) is the flagship media and entertainment arm of Indian conglomerate, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG), (http://www.relianceada.com) with significant presence in film entertainment (film production, distribution, and exhibition), broadcasting and new media ventures.

With investments over USD 1 billion in its Filmed Entertainment business RBEL's motion picture brand BIG Pictures has built a formidable film production slate in Hindi, English & other Indian languages, which it markets & distributes worldwide. The slate has projects with leading production houses and marquee Indian directors like Vidhu Vinod Chopra, David Dhawan, Indra Kumar, Ravi Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Sudhir Mishra. Shaji N. Karun, Shyam Benegal, Rituparno Ghosh, Buddhadev Dasgupta, M.S Sathyu & Amol Palekar,

On the Hollywood slate, BIG Pictures has development silos with Nicolas Cage's Saturn Productions, Jim Carrey's JC 23 Entertainment, George Clooney's Smokehouse Productions, Chris Columbus' 1492 Pictures, Tom Hank's Playstone Productions, Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment and Jay Roache's Everyman Pictures.

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