Reliance BIG Pictures to Release 'Ghajini' Outside of India

Reliance BIG Pictures to Release 'Ghajini' Outside of India

MUMBAI, India, December 22/PRNewswire/ --

- Will Debut Day and Date in 22 Countries at Christmas.

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

Boiler Plate:

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 and
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.

For press queries kindly contact
Preeti Puri Sharma
Vice President, PR
Big Pictures
preeti.purisharma@relianceada.com

Source: BIG Pictures (A Division of Reliance Big Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.)

For press queries kindly contact, Preeti Puri Sharma, Vice President, PR, Big Pictures, preeti.purisharma@relianceada.com

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