UTV World Movies has become the first Indian channel to bag the exclusive rights to telecast the Golden Globe Awards for the next 3 years in the SAARC region (excluding Pakistan). The channel will air the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards’ Live on 12 January at 6:30 a.m.
Speaking on the exclusive offering, Shantonu Aditya, Executive Director, UGBL said, “Kicking off 2009 in our own exclusive style, we are hosting the year’s most dazzling event and saluting the world's most favourite movies and television programs. Showcasing the event LIVE on the television screens, we are bringing the stars and the best of movies closer to our viewers."
Waltz with Bashir a part of the UTV World Movies library has also been nominated for the 66th Annual Golden Globes this year.
With the Golden Globe Jury narrowing down the very best from a series of films, the nominees are slated to be remarkable and exceptional in their own rights. Labeled as ‘blockbuster films’ based on the reviews by renowned critics and audiences of course, movies like Slumdog Millionaire, Frost /Nixon, Mama Mia, The Reader, Kung Fu Panda and many more have made it to the nomination list for the Best Motion Pictures categories across drama, comedy, musical, animation respectively. Giving in their best of their talent, Leonardo Dicaprio, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Meryl Streep and Kate Winslet eagerly await to be declared the most deserving actor/ actress for the year.