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PVR Q4 net slumps 40% to Rs 126.5 million
MUMBAI: PVR‘s net profit has dived 39.96 per cent to stand at Rs 126.5 million for the quarter ended 31 March 2009, compared to Rs 210.7 million a year ago.
Total income rose 15.06 per cent to Rs 2.75 billion, as against Rs 2.39 billion in the previous fiscal.
Meanwhile, the total expenditure of the company also increased 20.11 per cent to Rs 2.47 billion, as against Rs 2.06 billion in the year ago period.
For the whole fiscal, the net profit of the company stood at Rs 87.1 million, a steep fall of 59.71 per cent from last fiscal’s Rs 216.2 million.
Revenue for the year jumped 32.31 per cent to Rs 3.55 billion, while expenses stood at Rs 3.40 billion.
Movie exhibition business accounted for a revenue of Rs 2.94 billion, as against Rs 2.39 billion in FY‘08. Operating profit for the segment was at Rs 239.4 million. Capital employed in the segment stood at Rs 3.14 billion.
In the movie production and distribution business, the company earned Rs 721.2 million as compared to Rs 359.4 million in the previous fiscal. However, PVR incurred an operating loss of Rs 81.8 million as compared to operating profit of Rs 19.1 million from the segment. The company employed capital of Rs 308.2 million towards this segment.
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Rashmika Mandanna, Shanaya Kapoor and Naila Grrewal climb IMDb’s Indian celebrity rankings
Upcoming films and returning shows are driving fan interest across Bollywood and streaming
MUMBAI: Bollywood’s popularity contest has a new weekly scorecard, and the numbers are telling. IMDb’s Popular Indian Celebrities list for this week places Shanaya Kapoor at number six, buoyed by buzz around her film Tu Yaa Main. Naila Grrewal slots in at seven on the back of the returning comedy series Maamla Legal Hai, while Rashmika Mandanna climbs to eighth, riding mounting anticipation for Cocktail 2.
The list, available exclusively on the IMDb app for Android and iOS, tracks trending Indian entertainers and filmmakers each week, drawing on data from more than 200m monthly visits to the platform worldwide.
Further down the rankings, Raaka is keeping two of its biggest names in the spotlight. Deepika Padukone holds 11th position, with Allu Arjun close behind at 13th, as the film continues to find traction with audiences.
The list offers fans a weekly pulse on who is breaking through, who is holding steady, and who is fading. It is a barometer as unsparing as the box office itself.
