MUMBAI: Seventymm, a movie rental company, has tied up with foreign language film distributor Palador Pictures Ltd.

Through this tie up, Seventymm plans to augment its portfolio by adding films to its library made by renowned directors like Akira Kurosawa, Francois Truffaut and Wong-Kar Wai, whose works have not had a commercial release in India.

Seventymm COO Subhanker Sarker said, "World cinema has a niche but discerning audience and we will continue to enrich our offerings in this genre by bringing more exclusive titles for our consumers. Titles like Two English Girls and Shoot the Piano Player are truly rare in India and Seventymm is very excited to add this selection to its repertoire."

Some of the films available on Seventymm include - Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, The Throne of Blood and Red Beard, and Wong-Kar Wai's The Mood for Love, Chun King Express and the romantic flick Happy Together. In addition, the other films available are movies like Run Lola Run, Beautiful Mind and Motorcycle Diaries.

Palador Pictures Ltd MD Gautum Shiknis, "Palador's effort is to make world cinemas legitimate in India. We are also in a quest to eradicate piracy as well as popularise the concept through innovative marketing tie-ups just like the one with Seventymm. Through this tie-up, we hope to achieve the goal we have started out with."

Seventymm currently offers over 15,000 titles covering Hindi, English, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Oriya, Punjabi and Rajasthani movies.