MUMBAI: Udaan, officially selected to compete in the ‘Un Certain Regard‘(A Certain Look) category at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival held in May this year, is scheduled to release on 16 July.

The film, directed by Vikramaditya Motwane, is the story of Rohan, who after being abandoned for eight years in a boarding school, returns to the small industrial town of Jamshedpur and finds himself closeted with an authoritarian father and a younger half brother who he didn‘t even know existed.

Forced to work in his father‘s steel factory and study engineering against his wishes, he tries to forge his own life out of his given circumstances and pursue his dream of being a writer. 

Breaking free from the shackles of his father, Rohan achieves his dream after a lot of struggle.

The film has been produced by Sanjay Singh, Anurag Kashyap and Ronnie Screwvala. It stars Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy, Aayan Boradia and Ram Kapoor among others.

Vikramaditya was assistant director to Sanjay Leela Bhansali in films like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and associate director in Devdas. He also had a stint with Deepa Mehta in Water in 2005.