MUMBAI: Media major UTV Motion Pictures will launch its music label, with the music release of Ashutosh Gowariker's Jodhaa Akbar next week.

Music for the film, which was previously to be released by Big Music, has been scored by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.

The film has been produced by UTV Motion Pictures, which has earlier associated with T Series to release the music of its films like Goal, and with Sony BMG for its big hits like Rang De Basanti and Lagaan. It is likely that the music will now be released on 27 December. The film is scheduled for a 25 January 2008 release.

Big Music pulled out of the deal earlier this week, citing insufficient time provided by UTV for the promotion of the music. UTV has now decided to go ahead on its own, by launching its own label to release the music of Jodhaa Akbar.

The Ashutosh Gowariker film, which stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai in lead roles, began filming on 6 November, 2006 in Rajasthan. Jodhaa Akbar is based on the life of Emperor Akbar and his wife Jodhaa.

Rahman himself has averred that the music of Jodhaa Akbar is contemporary so that it satisfies both critics and music lovers.