<i>Guru</i> to be premiered in Toronto
News
oi-Staff
By Super Admin
Wednesday,
December
20,
2006
Mumbai
(UNI):
The
world
premier
of
Mani
Ratnam's
much-awaited
Abhishek-Aishwarya
starrer
Guru
will
be
held
in
Toronto
on
January
11
next
year.
The
film,
also
starring
Tamil
star
Madhavan
and
Vidya
Balan,
and
having
music
by
A
R
Rehman
is
scheduled
for
release
on
January
12,
2007.
Roger
Nair
Productions
has
acquired
the
Canadian
rights
of
the
film
from
Bobby
Bedi
of
Kaleidoscope
Entertainment.
A
star-studded
premiere
of
the
film
will
be
held
at
the
prestigious
Elgin&Winter
Garden
Theatre
Centre,
where
most
Hollywood
films
are
premiered.
''This
has
been
path-breaking
and
a
landmark
deal
between
Canada
and
India,
in
the
process
making
Canada
an
official
territory
for
Bollywood
films,''
a
press
release
issued
here
today
said.
Roger
Nair
Productions,
headed
by
Roger
Nair
and
Padamm
Kumar
have
entered
the
distribution
market
in
a
big
way
for
Canada
territory
and
will
be
buying
films
for
North
America
and
Europe
as
well.
The
company
is
also
in
negotiations
with
some
other
top
filmmakers
for
acquiring
the
rights
of
their
films,
the
release
said.
The
company
has
accquired
theatrical,
video
and
TV
rights
for
Canada
ensuring
legal
right
to
curb
piracy
with
the
help
of
police
and
the
justice
system.