Aamir Khan’s next big venture “Rang De Basanti” may release in December this year. It is said that UTV has tentatively confirmed Dec 16 as release date of the Rs.300 million film.

“It is true that Dec 16 is one of the release dates being considered for the film, but we are yet to get a confirmation on this,” said Sanjeev Mehta, vice-president (distribution) of UTV Pictures.

The “Rang De Basanti” cast includes Soha Ali Khan, Alice Payton, Sharman Joshi, Madhavan, Atul Kulkarni, Om Puri and Waheeda Rehman.

Aamir recently stated in an interview that he would now have a release every eight months with “Rang De Basanti” followed by Yash Raj Enterprises’ “Fanaah” directed by Kunal Kohli, which is scheduled to begin shooting in October and will be released next year.

UTV is also all set to start the shooting of its next film with Aamir, “Mr Mehta and Mrs Singh”, in July 2006, soon after he finishes the shooting of “Fanaah”.