Udaan

Vikramaditya Motwane, scriptwriter of films like Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal and Dev D is turning a director with the family drama film, Udaan. The film features Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy, Aayan Boradia and Ram Kapoor in key roles. Udaan was premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard category and had gone down well with the audience.

Udaan tells the story of a teenage boy named Rohan who is returning home after being abandoned in a boarding school for eight years. In the small industrial town of Jamshedpur he finds himself closeted with an authoritarian father and a younger half brother who he didn’t even know existed.

Against his wishes, Rohan is forced to work in his father's steel factory along with studying engineering. He tries to forge his own life out of his given circumstances and pursue his dream of being a poet.

Udaan is produced by Sanjay Singh, Anurag Kashyap and Ronnie Screwvala. Music is by Amit Trivedi and camera is handled by Mahendra Shetty. Editing is done by Dipika Kalra.

Udaan, distributed by UTV Motion Pictures, is scheduled for release on July 16, 2010.