Mumbai, 20th March, 2010: Reliance Big Pictures is co-producing Kunal Kohli’s “Break ke baad” starring Imran Khan & Deepika Padukone
The movie is the first directorial venture of Danish Aslam who was first assistant director to Kunal Kohli on films like “Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic”, “Faana” and Yahsraj Films’s “Ta ra rum pum” and “Salaam Namaste”. The film has music by Vishal Shekhar and lyrics by Prasoon Joshi”Break Ke Baad” is a modern day love story that tracks a couple after their break up. Sharmila Tagore plays a pivotal role in the film as a beautiful retired actress. The film also stars Shahana Goswami and Yudi of Channel V fame.
Commenting on this association Kunal Kohli said, “Reliance Big Pictures has been for some time now partnering with only the best in the business both in India & USA. As partners, each of us brings our strengths to the table. Reliance Big Pictures has ended last year with a bang after Rock On, Paa and 3 Idiots. This year too they have the most awaited films like Kites and Ravana to be followed by Break ke Baad. So here’s to continuing the good cinema & some very interesting films ahead.”
Sanjeev Lamba, CEO, Reliance Big Pictures added, “We have wonderful films lined up this year, “Break ke baad” being one of them. Kunal has always been a great storyteller and we are hoping that this association will result in a great cinema watching experience for all movie-goers across boundaries.”
About Reliance Big Entertainment: Reliance Big Entertainment Ltd. (RBEL, www.rbe.in) is the flagship media and entertainment arm of the Indian conglomerate Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (www.relianceada.com). It has a significant presence in filmed entertainment (film production, distribution, exhibition and TV content), broadcasting, studio infrastructure, processing, digital services, music, home video, animation, events, out of home, gaming and new media.
Reliance BIG Pictures (www.reliancebigpictures.com), RBEL’s motion picture brand, has built a formidable Indian film production slate in English, Hindi and several other Indian languages, which it markets and distributes worldwide. The slate has projects with leading production houses and marquee Indian directors, both mainstream and arthouse, including Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Mani Ratnam, Rakesh Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, Kunal Kohli, Priyadarshan, Madhur Bhandarkar, Sudhir Mishra, Shaji N. Karun, Shyam Benegal, Rituparno Ghosh, Surya and others.
RBEL has partnered with Steven Spielberg & Stacey Snider in the new DreamWorks Studios. Additionally RBEL also has unique creative partnerships for film development and production with Brian Grazer & Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment, Nicholas Cage’s Saturn Productions, Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment, Tom Hank’s Playtone Productions, George Clooney’s Smokehouse Productions, Chris Columbus’ 1492 Pictures, Jay Roach’s Everyman Pictures, Jim Carrey’s JC 23 Entertainment, Brett Ratner’s Rat Films, Julia Robert’s Red OM Films, Deepak Nayar’s Kintop Pictures and others. Reliance MediaWorks Limited, member of Reliance ADA Group is India’s largest film processing, exhibition and services company.
Reliance ADA Group (www.relianceada.com) is among India’s largest private sector, business houses and has interests in communications, financial services, health, energy, infrastructure and media & entertainment.
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