Moser Baer Entertainment (MBEL), the wholly owned subsidiary of Moser Baer, has entered into a strategic alliance with UTV Motion Pictures for the exclusive home video distribution of UTV movies.
This gives MBEL domestic rights to UTV’s home video catalogue which comprises of 10 films. Moser Baer Entertainment will also get home video rights to all UTV productions released until mid 2009. The acquisition gives Moser Baer Entertainment access to premium content from UTV. The company plans to release 15 new films over the next six months. Six of them are being released in December and January. They are “A Wednesday, Mumbai Meri Jaan, Welcome to Sajjanpur, Fashion, Kismat Konnection and Oye Lucky Lucky oye.”
Other films to which Moser Baer Entertainment now gets rights include UTV’s home productions Swades, Khosla Ka Ghosla, Life in a Metro, Aamir, and others.