Mumbai, Aug 12 - Mumbai will have to wait. With Maharashtra in the grip of swine flu and the country's entertainment capital's malls and multiplexes shut down for three days, much awaited films such as 'Kaminey' and 'Life Partner' will give the city a miss as these are released worldwide.

The swine flu scare has also led to a weeklong shutdown in Mumbai.

'We are going ahead with the release of the film ('Kaminey') this Friday across the country and worldwide. This will not include the markets of Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai following the directive given by the government. We look forward to release the film in these regions as soon as the cinemas are given permission to re-open,' Siddharth Roy Kapur, CEO of UTV Motion Picturesm said in a statement released here Wednesday.

'Being a corporate, we are fully insured for the two-day delay we are facing in these markets,' he added.

Aman Gill, director, domestic theatrical distribution of Studio 18, the distributors for 'Life Partner', echoed the view.

'We are going ahead with the worldwide release of 'Life Partner' as per schedule, as we can't stop the release because the prints have already been dispatched. Except Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai, we will release the film wherever we can,' Gill told IANS over phone from Mumbai.

Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, 'Kaminey' stars A-listers like Shahid Kapoor in a double role and Priyanka Chopra in the lead.