Jr Bachchan starrer Dum Maro Dum to releasein2011

"The film is shaping up very well and the audiences should get ready to enjoy a gripping, moving film with great visual appeal, coming their way on 4th February," said producer Ramesh Sippy.

"Dum Maaro Dum has a great script, it is vibrant and contemporary and we expect the film to appeal to a wide audience," says Vijay Singh, CEO, Fox Star Studios.

The February timing is perfect as it is strategically timed just before the cricket World Cup. The window of late January and early February works for us also as we are familiar with the release environment during that period, he said.

Dum Maaro Dum will be Fox Star Studio's third release in the same period as it released Slumdog Millionaire in 2009 and My Name is Khan in 2010 during the period of late January and early February. Coincidentally, February 5 happens to be the birthday of Abhishek Bachchan, who plays the role of a fearless cop in the film.

Dum Maaro Dum is co-produced by Fox Star Studio and Ramesh Sippy Entertainment and stars Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Rana Daggubati, Prateik Babbar and Aditya Panscholi.

The film's first schedule in Goa is complete and the second schedule in Mumbai is to begin in June 2010. The film is written by Shridhar Raghavan, and the music is composed by Pritam with lyrics by Jaideep Sahni.

Sippy said 'DMD' is an edgy dramatic thriller which races through the by lanes, beach shacks and raves of India's largest tourist destination Goa.