This was my question on facebook! O well.. I guess either it's not as exclusive as I thought or someone pinched it. But I'm happy it was asked and answered :D

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On being asked why Abu Dhabi was chosen as the venue for the world premiere of MNIK, Vijay Singh said, "Middle East's revenue contribution is 25% of the international revenues. This is a very important market for us. The reason why we are doing our world Premiere here is because of the theme of the film, the importance of Abu Dhabi and this region we believe has a lot of potential."