Although the year took off with few remarkable projects and later came to a halt due to multiplex-producers strike, 2009 successfully ended with ‘Paa’ and ‘3 Idiots’ as wonderful festival treats. Now, 2010 is bound to fly high with ‘Kites’ with a dash of ‘Mirch’ to ‘Well Done Abba’ – a mixed bag of films ranging from mainstream and masala to regional and art house from the banner of Reliance BIG Pictures.

With maverick directors such as Anurag Basu, Mani Ratnam, Shyam Benegal, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Rituparno Ghosh and Shaji N Karun bringing the best out of Hrithik Roshan, Barbara Mori, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Kangana Ranaut, Boman Irani, Jishu Sengupta, Indraneil Sengupta, Mamootty amongst many others the Reliance BIG Pictures slate is sure to watch out for!

Here’s a sneak peek into some promising films of the banner for the year 2010:

Kites: A truly international film ‘Kites’ tells the story of a young con-man man who lives 'life' in Las Vegas, always ready to make fast money in any way possible, always looking for the big score. Directed by Anurag Basu and produced by Rakesh Roshan the film stars Hrithik Roshan, Barbara Mori, Kangana Ranaut and Kabir Bedi. It is shot in Mumbai, New Mexico, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. The film will have an Indian and international version which will release simultaneously. Brett Ratner, best known for the Rush Hour series, Family Man starring Nicholas Cage and X-Men The Last Stand is currently at work on the English version of Kites and tailoring it to appeal it to an international audience.

Well Done Abba: It’s the story of Armaan Ali, a driver working in Mumbai. He takes leave for a month to find a husband for his teenage daughter, who lives in a small locality close to Hyderabad. Armaan Ali returns to work only after 3 months. His young employer wants to sack him but is persuaded to listen to the reason why Armaan got so delayed.

Directed by Shyam Benegal, the film features Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba, Sammir Dattani, Ila Arun, Sonali Kulkarni, Ravi Kishen, Rajit Kapur, Ravi Jhankal and Yashpal Sharma.

Raavan: The most anticipated movie of Mani Ratnam. Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan come on screen together in this modern day adaptation of the epic Ramayan. Raavan is being readied in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

Mirch: Directed by Vinay Shukla Mirch revolves around the protagonist Maanav, a committed struggling filmmaker whose girlfriend Ruchi, a successful film editor, arranges for him to meet film producer Nitin, who is not very convinced about Maanav's script. Maanav then suggests four stories on infidelity, woven together by a common story.

The film includes Konkana Sen Sharma, Raima Sen, Shahana Goswami, Shreyas Talpade, Rajpal Yadav, Boman Irani, Sushant Singh, Arunoday Singh and Prem Chopra with special appearances by Saurabh Shukla & Tisca Chopra.

Chaloo Movie: The police raid a theatre where movie tickets of a very successful film are being sold in black. When Police Inspector Sher Khan interrogates Khoji, a man in his 20s, he claims that he is the director of the very film whose tickets he is selling in black. The cynical Sher Khan puts Khoji behind bars after which he receives two phone calls - one from the Police Commissioner and another from the dreaded don “WC”, both of whom support Khoji’s detention. A hilarious turn of events reveal who Khoji is, whether he is really the film's director, why is he selling his film's tickets in black and what do the Police Commissioner and don “WC” want from Khoji.

Starring Rajpal Yadav, Shekhar Suman, Divya Dutta, Hrishta Bhatt and Sayali Bhagat, Chaloo Movie is directed by Vinod Pande.

Besides these, the banner is also working over regional projects in 8 Indian languages. Shaji Karun’s Kutty Srank (Malayalam), Rituparno Ghosh’s Abohomaan and Buddhabed Dasgupta’s Janala (Bengali), M S Sathyu’s Ijjodu (Kannada) are BIG’s few interesting movies in the coming year.