Theatrical promos of Sikandar and 13B to be unveiled with LBC

BIG Pictures brings two enthralling films back to back this March 2009. The suspense thriller Sikandar starring Parzaan Dastur (of Parzania fame) and Ayesha Kapoor (of Black fame) and the supernatural thriller 13B starring R. Madhavan and Neetu Chandra, the promos of which would be unveiled with Luck By Chance which releases worldwide on January 30, 2009. BIG Pictures has a slate of 18 films for 2009 of which the three films above are planned for release in the first quarter. Directed by Piyush Jha, Sikandar is a suspense thriller. The story of a 14 year old schoolboy Sikander living in Kashmir with his uncle and aunt. One day, on his way home from a school football match, Sikandar finds a gun lying on the path which changes his life forever. Sikandar is a story about friendship, power, loyalty and triumph. Parzaan Dastur takes on the role of Sikandar after his heart wrenching performance in Parzania and IIFA award winner for her exceptional performance in the film Black, Ayesha Kapoor plays his conscience keeper. The film also has R. Madhavan and Sanjay Suri playing pivotal characters in the film. 13B, a supernatural thriller is about a middle class youth – Manohar and his family living on the 13th floor. The new television show is dissonantly similar to their family and as the show progresses all the happenings in the show takes place in the family too. The film is directed by National Award winning director Vikram K. Kumar. The film has R. Madhavan and Neetu Chandra in the lead roles and Sachin Khedekar, Murali Sharma and Poonam Dhillon as the supporting star cast. After the tremendous response for Ghajini and Rock On in 2008, this year BIG has 18 films stocked up in seven different languages catering to all sorts of audiences, national and international. BIG Pictures is working with a mix bag of directorial talent range from mavericks like Vidhu Vinod Chopra, David Dhawan, Shyam Bengal, Sudhir Mishra and Madhur Bhandarkar to visionaries like Farhan Akhtar and Abhinay Deo along with a fresh pool of budding talent like Zoya Akhtar, Piyush Jha and Vikram.