MUMBAI: After winning hearts of audiences abroad at various film festivals, Harishchandrachi Factory is set for its all-India release on 22 January.
UTV Motion Pictures has taken the distribution rights for the movie that is co-produced by Paprika Media and Mayasabha Production.
Harishchandrachi Factory is India‘s official entry at the 82nd Academy Awards and has been co-produced.
Says UTV Motion Pictures CEO Siddharth Roy Kapur, "Harishchandrachi Factory is a film which has received incredible appreciation from around the world. We are promoting the film aggressively at the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs, and we hope to give it the best chance possible to receive the global acclaim it richly deserves. Indian audiences will get to watch the film on 22 January and we are confident its appeal will reach across all audiences irrespective of language."
Harishchandrachi Factory is Paresh Mokashi‘s directorial debut and stars extremely talented actors such as Nandu Madhav, Vibhawari Deshpande, Mohit Gokhale, Atharve Karve, Dilip Joglekar, Ketan Karande, Dhiresh Joshi, Sandip Pathak, Vaibhav Mangle, Ganesh Mayekar, Ambarish Deshpande, Pravin Tarde, Mayur Khandge, Gary Richardson and Gary Tanton.
UTV has mounted an aggressive awards campaign for the film. In addition to the Academy Awards, Harishchandrachi Factory is also competing at the Golden Globes and the British Academy (BAFTA) awards.