Reaching out to one of the films main constituents ‘the youth’, Nikhil Advani the Director of the highly anticipated action thriller ‘D-Day’ along with key members of its cast Arjun Rampal and Irrfan Khan, on 8th July visited the student City of ‘Pune’ to promote their movie.

Apart from addressing the media at a press conference, at multiplex partner INOX’s property, where they showcased exciting footage of this action packed movie, post rejuvenating at the Marriott Courtyard, they also enthralled a large young turnout at SGS Mall, later in the evening.

However, the highlight of the day was an open house that Team ‘D-Day’ had with the enthusiastic students of Symbiosis’ Viman Nagar Campus. Apart from them sharing a lighter moment with the students where Arjun and Irrfan gave the audience a live demo of the of the high impact hand-to-hand action featured in the movie, they also surprised the students by screening their favourite scenes from the movie.

The interaction was very fruitful, with the students even presenting some very interesting viewpoints on their dreams and aspirations for India. Team ‘D-Day’ also kicked of their STAND..SPEAK...ACT... campaign, which aims at capturing the dreams and thoughts of the country’s youth on key issues especially terrorism, from here.

Produced by DAR Motion Pictures and Emmay Entertainment, ‘D-Day’ is a high octane thriller revolving around a covert mission to bring India’s Most Wanted fugitive to justice. The movie stars Rishi Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Irrfan Khan, Aakash Dahiya, Huma Qureshi, Shruti Haasan, Chandan Roy Sanyal and Sree Swara Dubey.ic

"The idea of capturing India’s most wanted man in his own playing ground is a question every Indian has asked at least once in their life. ‘D-Day’ is our attempt at bringing this very idea alive on screen. From the plot to the performances, every aspect of this movie is real, gritty and hard hitting, but more importantly, it’s honest.

The set action pieces in the film and the riveting musical score by Shankar Ehsaan Loy add several layers to the extraordinary, sweeping and rugged landscape that the film endeavors to capture. ‘D-Day’ is by far the most difficult film I’ve made," commented Nikhil Advani on his vision for the movie.

Co-produced by Essel Vision Productions (Nittin Keni), the film’s music is composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy with lyrics by Niranjan Iyengar. The film is written by Nikhil Advani, Ritesh Shah & Suresh Nair and dialogues by Ritesh Shah and Niranjan Iyengar. The director of photography- Tushar Kanti Ray brilliantly captures the mood & scale of the film while the globally renowned action director duo of Tom Struthers and John Street (duo behind action of Dark Knight Rises, Inception,etc.) herald the action.

D-DAY releases worldwide in cinemas on 19th July 2013.