U.K.'s Mara buys 'Yellow Boots'

LONDON -- Mara Pictures, a boutique distrib concentrating on South Asian designed films, has acquired U.K. theatrical privileges for helmer Anurag Kashyap's "That Girl in Yellow Boots."The Hindi, British and Kannada-language film follows an english lady who requires a journey through Mumbai's underbelly in mission of her missing father. Pic stars Kalki Koechlin and Indian indie veteran Naseeruddin Shah.The film opened in the Toronto Film Festival this past year and it has performed in a number of fests worldwide since.Kashyap is incorporated in the vanguard of India's burgeoning indie film movement and is renowned for edgy fare like "Black Friday," "Dev.D" and "Gulaal."IndiePix will release the film in The United States on Sept. 2. Mara is planning for a U.K. release within the last quarter of the year.Mara has additionally acquired "Kidulthood" helmer Menhaj Huda's coming-of-age drama "Everywhere and Nowhere" for any Sept. 11 U.K. re-release. Pic was launched individually by its producers in May and underperformed in the box office. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com