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Big releases lift Eros’ FY’12 net up 26% to Rs 1.5 bn
MUMBAI: Eros International Media, the pure play movie production company, has posted a consolidated net profit (after minority interest) of Rs 1.48 billion for the fiscal ended 31 March 2012, up 26.1 per cent as compared to Rs 1.17 billion a year ago.
Total income jumped 34.5 per cent to Rs 9.63 billion.
Eros International Media MD Sunil Lulla said: “I am delighted to announce our results for FY’12, a year in which the company achieved continued growth and margin expansion. The results and growth have been underpinned by box office success of our major film releases as well as contributions from our underlying business model that monetizes content across multiple distribution channels. Our continued investment in content has yielded what we believe is a strong movie slate for FY2013, supported by the box office performance of ‘Housefull 2’ and ‘Vicky Donor’, that we hope to strengthen further.”
The company released a total of 77 films during the fiscal, including 20 Hindi and 50 regional language films. The list includes Ra. One, Zindagi Na Milengi Dobara, Ready, Rockstar and Desi Boyz and Tamil films like Velayudham, Mambattiyan, Engeyum Kadhal, Vedi, 3, Rajapattai, Nanban.
Eros’ Ebit for the fiscal increased by 39.9 per cent to Rs 2.26 billion (FY2011: Rs 1.61 billion).
Meanwhile, for the quarter ended 31 March, the net profit jumped 118.5 per cent to Rs 297.1 million, up from Rs 136 million in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal.
Total income in the quarter grew 88.5 per cent to Rs 2.2 billion, from Rs 1.16 billion in the year -ago period.
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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.
