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‘Deadline – Sirf 24 Ghante’ is releasing worldwide on 10 November
Mumbai October 25, 2006 : Plus Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.’s third production ‘Deadline – Sirf 24 Ghante’ is releasing worldwide on 10th November 2006. ‘Deadline – Sirf 24 Ghante’ is presented by Percept Pictures Company.
Producer Ravi Agarwal and director Tanveer Khan had to organize only one preview of ‘Deadline – Sirf 24 Ghante’ to entice three corporates to pitch for presenting the film. Comments producer Ravi Agarwal, “who says that films are not selling these days! A good film gets buyers any time. We did not even show our film to the distributors. We had three corporates who were keenly interested in presenting the film and we went with Percept Pictures because their network is very strong. We are very happy with them.”
With the unusual star cast of Konkona Sensharma, Sandhya Mridul, Irrfan Khan, Rajit Kapur, Zakir Hussein and Jhanak Shukla (Princy), it is an abduction thriller. It is the first time that all of them are working together and that too in a thriller. ‘Deadline – Sirf 24 Ghante’ is produced by Ravi Agarwal and directed/written by Tanveer Khan. Says Tanveer Khan about this film, “Deadline will create my identity as a writer and director. This will become my reference point.” According to him story of the film is nothing unusual but it is how we tell the story that makes a film into unusual cinema.
”Deadline-Sirf 24 Ghante” has one of the best technical team in Baba Azmi for cinematography, Dileep Shukla for Screenplay/Dialogue, Sanjay Sankla as Editor, Bijon Dasgupta for Art direction, Bhiku Verma for action and Jitendra Chaudhary for sound.
Plus Entertainment has already produced two films under its banner. AKALPIT and SALAAM (both Marathi) have released to fabulous critical appreciation while their maiden venture into Hindi cinema shall release on 10th November under the title ‘Deadline- Sirf 24 Ghante’.
Amongst these films, Salaam has been nominated for 4 Screen awards including Best Film.
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Network18 Q4 revenue grows 9.7 per cent, EBITDA at Rs 30 crore
PAT improves to Rs 306.6 crore, margins steady amid cost pressures.
MUMBAI: Not all news is breaking, some of it is quietly improving. Network18 Media & Investments Limited appears to be doing just that, tightening losses and stabilising margins even as costs continue to weigh on the business. For FY26, the company reported revenue from operations of Rs 1,955.1 crore, up from Rs 1,896.2 crore in FY25, signalling modest top-line growth in a challenging media environment. Total income stood at Rs 1,978.2 crore, compared to Rs 1,913 crore a year earlier.
Profit after tax came in at Rs 306.6 crore for the year, a sharp turnaround from Rs 3,225.4 crore in FY25, largely reflecting the absence of large exceptional items that had inflated the previous year’s numbers. On a more comparable basis, the company’s operating performance showed signs of gradual stabilisation.
However, the quarterly picture remained under pressure. For the March quarter, Network18 reported a loss of Rs 53.1 crore, narrower than the Rs 98.1 crore loss in the same period last year, but still indicative of ongoing cost challenges.
Expenses continued to track high. Total expenses for FY26 stood at Rs 2,235.7 crore, up from Rs 2,197.8 crore in FY25. Key cost heads included operational expenses of Rs 765.9 crore, employee benefits of Rs 475.9 crore, and marketing, distribution and promotional spends of Rs 427.1 crore, underlining the continued investment required to sustain reach and engagement.
At an operating level, margins remained under strain. Operating margin stood at 2.33 per cent for FY26, marginally higher than 1.77 per cent in FY25, while net profit margin remained negative at -13.02 per cent, though improved from -14.89 per cent.
On the balance sheet, total assets rose to Rs 8,957.6 crore as of 31 March 2026, from Rs 8,317.5 crore a year earlier. Equity strengthened to Rs 4,958.7 crore, while borrowings increased to Rs 3,112.8 crore, reflecting a higher reliance on debt to support operations.
Cash flows told a mixed story. While financing activities generated Rs 83.9 crore, operating cash flow remained negative at Rs -24 crore, highlighting ongoing pressure on core cash generation. Cash and cash equivalents, however, improved to Rs 33.9 crore from Rs 1.8 crore.
The numbers point to a company in transition growing revenues, trimming losses, but still grappling with structural cost pressures. In a sector where scale often comes at a price, Network18 seems to be inching towards balance, one quarter at a time.
