Film Production
Software segment leads Mukta Arts to loss in Q1-2015
MUMBAI: Mukta Arts reported standalone net loss of Rs 24.62 crore in the quarter ended June 2014 (Q1-2015) as against net profit of Rs 0.74 crore during the previous quarter ended June 2013 (Q1-2014) and loss of Rs 3.35 crore in the quarter ended March 2014.
Q1-2015 saw the loss in the software segment of the company of Rs 25 crore. While Q4-2014 also saw a loss of Rs 2.69 crore in the segment, the segment had shown a profit in Q1-2014 of Rs 0.69 crore.
As net sales of the company declined 66.89 per cent to Rs 23.09 crore in Q1-2015 as compared to Rs 69.73 crore during Q1-2014 and fell 57 per cent against Rs 53.95 crore in Q4-2014, the revenue for the software division contracted 67 per cent in Q1-2015 to Rs 16.75 crore versus Rs 51 crore in Q4-2014 and was 75 per cent lower than Rs 65.92 crore in Q1-2015.
The total income from operations (net) for Q1-2015 fell 65 per cent to Rs 24.95 crore versus Rs 71.44 crore in Q1-2014 and was 56.3per cent lower than Rs 57.1 crore in Q4-2014.
The company reported a 29.3 per cent fall in total expenditure to Rs 49.73 crore as against the total expenditure for Q1-2014 which was Rs 70.34 crore and 17 per cent lower than the total expenditure for Q4-2014. Mukta Arts paid Rs 23.06 crore as producers and distributors cost in Q1-2015
The company reported 49 per cent increase in finance costs in Q1-2015 versus Rs 1.32 crore in Q1-2014.
Film Production
Disney to cut 1,000 jobs under new chief executive
The entertainment giant’s freshly installed boss inherits a restructuring already in motion, with marketing and corporate roles bearing the brunt
CALIFORNIA: Walt Disney is preparing to slash up to 1,000 jobs in the coming weeks, the Wall Street Journal reported, as the entertainment giant’s freshly installed chief executive moves swiftly to trim fat and tighten the ship.
The cuts, less than 1 per cent of Disney’s global workforce of 231,000, will fall hardest on marketing and corporate roles. The planning, notably, began before D’Amaro formally took the top job in March, suggesting the new boss inherited a restructuring already in motion rather than one of his own making.
Driving the push is Asad Ayaz, Disney’s newly appointed chief marketing officer, who in January assumed command of a unified, company-wide marketing operation spanning film, television and streaming. His consolidation drive has been given a suitably cinematic internal name: Project Imagine.
The move is modest by Disney’s recent standards. Between 2023 and 2025, under former chief executive Bob Iger, the company eliminated roughly 8,000 positions across several brutal rounds of cuts, saving $7.5 billion, comfortably exceeding its own targets. As recently as June 2025, several hundred more jobs were axed across Disney Entertainment, hitting film and television marketing, publicity, casting, development and corporate finance.
Disney’s structural headaches are well-documented: shrinking streaming margins, a weakened box office, and fierce competition from Amazon and YouTube gnawing at its flanks. The company is merging its Disney+ and Hulu teams into a single app, has brought in consultants from Bain & Co to guide its broader cost strategy, and is betting heavily on digital growth.
The wider entertainment industry offers little comfort. Sony Pictures, Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery have all taken the knife to their workforces in recent years, and further cuts loom if Paramount’s acquisition of Warner goes through.
For D’Amaro, the message is clear: there will be no honeymoon period. The magic kingdom still has some cost-cutting spells left to cast.
