Thursday, November 04, 2004

UTV Motion Pictures signs breakthrough DVD deal with Netflix!

If you're a Bollywood fan, today's your lucky day. According to Bollyvista.com,
US-based Netflix has placed an advance order for 5000 DVDs for Swades (being co-produced and distributed overseas by UTV) and an order for 1000 DVDs each for Lakshya and Phir Milenge. Swades releases worldwide on December 17th 2004. UTV Motion Pictures is releasing Swades Overseas as the widest simultaneous release for a Hindi Film ever.

Lakshya is the 4th biggest grosser at the Indian Box-Office till date in 2004 (at an All India Nett of INR 244,584,783), which places it above Hum Tum (at an All India Nett of INR 182,353,634). At the US Box-Office Lakshya grossed USD 748,000, positioning it above Dhoom (USD 320,000).

This deal will give Netflix access to all the titles, which UTV Motion Pictures is distributing in North America.


UTV is an Indian television and motion picture corporation. Bollywood is a word coined by combining the words Bombay and Hollywood, which refers to the film industry of India.

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