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MUMBAI: Mukta Arts has posted a net profit of
Rs 112.16 million for the fourth quarter of
the fiscal ended March 2008, down from Rs 149.78
million a year ago.
Revenue,
however, rose to Rs 433.36 million, up from
Rs 295.19 million. The company released three
films during the quarter - Bombay to Bangkok,
Black & White and Marathi blockbuster Valu.
For
the full year, Mukta Arts' net profit went up
marginally to Rs 141.15 million, as against
Rs 137.16 million for FY'07. Revenue rose to
Rs 1.09 billion, from Rs 967.43 million in the
previous year.
Mukta
Arts has six films under production - Right
yaaa Wrong (Sunny Deol, Irfan Khan, Konkona
Sen, Isha Kopikar); Yuvraj (Salman Khan,
Anil Kapoor, Zayed Khan, Katrina Kaif); Kande
Pohe (Shreyas Talpade, Tushar Dalvi, Shipa
Tulaskar, Subhodh Bhave, Bharti Achrekar); Hello
Darling (Celina Jaitley, Gul Panag, Isha
Koppikar, Javed Jaffrey, Chunky Pandey); Paying
Guest (Shreyas Talpade, Ashish Choudhary,
Vatsal Seth, Javed Jaffrey, Celina Jaitley,
Riya Sen, Neha Dhupia, Sayali Bhagat) and Cycle
Kick (K.P. Nishan Nanaiah, Sunny Hinduja,
Girija Oak, Ishita Sharma, Dwij Yadav, Tom Alter)
The
earnings per share (face value Rs 5) for the
year 2007-2008 was at Rs 6.25. The Board has
declared an interim dividend of 40 per cent.
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