MUMBAI: The festival season is arriving and film production companies are preparing for their big releases.

Coinciding with Ramzan, Yash Raj Films and Boney Kapoor‘s BSK Network & Entertainment have lined up Dil Bole Hadippa and Wanted respectively for release this Friday. Also to release is Khussro Film Productions‘ Blue Oranges.

Dil Bole Hadippa, starring Shahid Kapoor and Rani Mukerji in the lead, is a romantic comedy with cricket as its background, while Wanted (starring Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia) is a film with gang war as its base. Blue Oranges (starring Rajit Kapoor, Harsh Chaya and Rati Agnihotri), on the other hand, is a murder mystery.

Interestingly all the three films have debutante directors helming the projects. While Dil Bole Hadippa has been helmed by Anurag Singh, dance maestro Prabhu Deva has directed Wanted and Rajesh Ganguly has directed Blue Oranges.

Also releasing this week is Pixar Films‘ 3D animated film UP that has been directed by Pete Docter who had earlier directed Monsters Inc.

UP is the story of a 78-year old balloon salesman Carl Fedricksen who fulfils his dream to fly when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wild in South America.

Next week will see the release of UTV‘s What‘s Your Rashee and Anjum Rizvi‘s Fast Forward.