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Bollywood News : Mumbai/ London (18 July 2008): Eros Multimedia, the Indian arm of Eros International plc (“Eros”), the leading London-listed Indian media and entertainment company, has entered into an exclusive two year output deal with India’s leading digital entertainment media company, Hungama Mobile, for the development, distribution and marketing of Eros’s music content for download on mobile phones.
Hungama Mobile will repurpose Eros content into desktop wallpapers, ringtones, games, song videos and other content that has appeal on the mobile format and monetise this content by distributing it to handset manufacturers such as Nokia and Motorola and mobile service providers such as Vodafone, Idea, BSNL, Airtel, Reliance, du, SingTel, Verizon, Rogers, T-Mobile and MTN.
The deal covers content from some major forthcoming releases from the Eros roster, including the modern day Aladin starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Riteish Deshmukh, Toonpur ka Super Hero, starring real-life husband and wife duo Ajay Devgan & Kajol, the much anticipated Kambakth Ishq with Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor, Salman Khan’s Veer and Freeze starring Neil Nitin Mukesh and Bipasha Basu. A venture which is currently under production, featuring Deepika Padukone of Om Shanti Om fame and Saif Ali Khan, will also fall under the auspices of the deal.

According to COAI (Cellular Operators Association India), the Mobile Entertainment in India is on the rise as it caters to a 300 million and growing mobile community. India is the 2nd largest mobile market and has had a massive adoption of mobile music, gaming etc through the largely youthful consumer community.

Commenting on the deal, Kumar Ahuja, Senior Vice-President of Eros‘s New Media & International Sales said: “Hungama Mobile is an established player in the mobile content distribution space and we are confident of the quality content and innovative products that it will provide to consumers. Through this association, we are looking to maximize the mobile distribution potential from our premium content. The deal allows us to achieve full visibility of our mobile syndication revenues for the next two years from our film slate”.

Saleem Mobhani, Chief Operating Officer of Hungama Mobile said: “We have been working with Eros for many years as partners on our portal, www.bollywoodhungama.com and this association of exclusive mobile entertainment content for their future releases until 2010 only strengthens this association. Hungama
Mobile is the only digital media company that has an established network across 30 countries and will scale to over 60 by the end of this year, giving immense value to studios and record labels for both promoting their films as also realizing revenues via the
digital medium.”

- Eros Entertainment Press Release

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The Indian arm of Eros International, the London AIM listed leading integrated company within the Indian media & entertainment sector, was awarded the prestigious Amity Corporate Excellence Award at Amity International Business School’s Tenth International Conference-INBUSH (International Business Horizon) 2008.

Eros was conferred the ‘Amity Corporate Excellence Award’ which is based on the results of a survey conducted by a team of students and faculty from Amity Business School identifying strengths and core competencies of leading corporates across different sectors in India. A high level jury consisting of industrialists, scholars and academicians evaluated the findings. Some key parameters were: Understanding of Organizational structure, Employee Strength, business code of conduct, Corporate Social Responsibility, Employee welfare schemes and many more.

“The Corporate Excellence Award received by Eros is a reflection of the humble contribution we have been able to make towards the overall corporatisation of the Indian entertainment sector and the solidarity of the Eros team towards our common goal,” said Sunil Lulla, President – Eros International India.

The citation by the institute stated the Award being bestowed on Eros “for having achieved the enviable position of one of the best and most admired business organizations with its unparalleled performance. It is a matter of great pride that the company rather than resting on past laurels keeps pushing itself to achieve greater heights”.

- Eros Entertainment Press Release

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Eros Multimedia P. Ltd. has emerged a major player and their line up of films in 2008 is surely impressive. Have a look:-

* The Great Indian Butterfly : 29th Feb (Subject to change - may push to 28th Mar) Starring: Aamir Bhasir/Sandhya Mridul/Koel Purie/Barry John; Directed by: Sarthak Dasgupta

* Black & White : 7th Mar
Starring: Anil Kapoor/Anurag Sinha/Aditi Sharma; Directed by: Subhash Ghai

* 1-2-3 : 21st Mar (Date can be revised)
Starring: Upen Patel/Suniel Shetty/Tusshar Kapoor/Paresh Rawal/Esha Deol/Tanisha/Sameera Reddy; Directed by: Ashwani Dheer

* Mr White Mr Black : 29th Mar
Starring: Suniel Shetty/Arshad Warsi/Ahishka Khosla/Rashmi Nigam; Directed by: Deepak Shivdasani

* U, Me Aur Hum : 11th Apr
Starring: Ajay Devgan/Kajol; Directed by: Ajay Devgan

* Pankh : 2nd May (Subject to change - may push to June)
Starring: Bipasha Basu/Mahesh Manjrekar/Lilette Dubey; Directed by: Sudipto Chattopadhyay

* Mehbooba : 6th June
Starring: Ajay Devgan/Sanjay Dutt/Manisha Koirala; Directed by: Afzal Khan

* God Tussi Great Ho : 27th June
Starring: Salman Khan/Priyanka Chopra/Amitabh Bachchan; Directed by: Rumi Jaffery

* Money Hai Toh Honey Hai : 11th July
Starring: Govinda/Aftab Shivdasani/Upen Patel/Manoj Bajpai/Celina Jaitley/Hansika Motwani; Directed by: Ganesh Acharya

* Hal-e-dil : 25th July
Starring: Nakul Mehta/Amita Pathak; Directed by: Anil Devgan

* Drona : 1st Aug (subject to change)
Starring: Abhishek Bachchan/Priyanka Chopra; Directed by: Goldie Behl

* Roshan : 29th Aug
Starring: Bobby Deol/Kangana Ranaut; Directed by: Sameer Karnik

* Had Bahedi : Sept
Starring: Rishi Kapoor; Producer: Kaleidoscope Ent. Pvt. Ltd.

* Yuvraaj (Diwali Release) : 24th Oct
Starring: Salman Khan/Katrina Kaif/Anil Kapoor/Zayed Khan; Directed by: Subhash Ghai

* Toonpur Ka Superhero : Nov
Starring: Ajay Devgan/Kajol; Directed by: Kireet Khurana

* Alladin : 21st Nov
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan/Sanjay Dutt/Ritesh Deshmukh; Directed by: Sujoy Ghosh

* Kambakht Ishq : 5th Dec
Starring: Akshay Kumar/Preity Zinta; Directed by: Saabir Khan

* Saif Ali Khan/Deepika Padukone film (Christmas release) : 25th Dec (Thursday)
Directed by: Imtiaz Ali

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Leading integrated Tamil media & entertainment company Ayngaran International, which is an Eros International company, announces the production of Shankar‘s ‘Robot’, starring superstar Rajnikanth.

After the grand success of ‘Shivaji’, Tamil film industry’s most popular star, Rajnikanth, talented director, Shankar, and music maestro, A. R. Rahman, are coming together once again in the much anticipated ‘Robot’.

Expected to be the grandest film ever to be made in Indian cinema, ‘Robot’, will be produced in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and other languages.

Director, Shankar, commented:
“It’s very exciting to be working again with talents like Rajnikanth and A.R. Rahman. Combined with production & distribution muscle of Ayngaran – Eros International, ‘Robot’ has the potential of becoming this year’s biggest film.”

Rajnikanth commented:
“I am immensely happy to be working with Ayngaran – Eros International for ‘Robot’. This film by Shankar is one of its kinds to be made on Indian screen. No one has done it before.”

K KarunaMoorthy, CEO of Ayngaran, commented:
“After the grand success of ‘Shivaji’ and ‘Billa’ we are all geared up for ‘Robot’ now. Aligning with Eros International’s consolidation strategy, we are leveraging our position to integrate the Tamil film industry by producing & releasing films on the global platform. It’s a pleasure working again with the magical team of Rajnikanth, Shankar and A.R. Rahman. We are positive that ‘Robot’ will break all box office records. “

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Eros Music, a division of Eros International, the London AIM listed leading integrated company within the Indian media & entertainment sector released its first non-film album, music composer-singer Aadesh Srivastava’s Beyond Boundaries…Apna Bana Le. Eros marks its foray into the world of pop with Aadesh’s second non-film album after a gap of ten years.

With several Bollywood hits to his credit, the prolific music composer takes this tradition of touching people’s heart with his music a little further with his solo album. Aptly titled, ‘Beyond Boundaries… Apna Bana Le…’ for the maker feels music does transcend borders and nationalities. What makes the album unique is the versatile musician has not only composed the songs in the album but has also sung them all by himself with a variation in his voice in each song. India’s leading lyricist, Sameer, has written the lyrics of the eclectic mix of tracks with internationally acclaimed Remo lending able support with his trademark music – a fusion of different cultures and styles. The hugely acclaimed DJ Suketu has arranged the music for Beyond Boundaries.

With Aadesh’s Beyond Boundaries, Eros Music adds to its repertoire in the endeavor to present hit music after its previous successes of Omkara, Cheeni Kum, Namastey London etc. Eros established its own music label with Vishal Bharadwaj’s Omkara, a powerful Indian adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello and also its India distribution arm to complement its extensive international distribution network, stamping its position as a global content producer-owner-distributor.

The melodies of ‘Beyond Boundaries…’ are carefree and joyful and ranges from the very energetic Punjabi number, ‘Chak De Chak De…’ to a raag-based Sufiyana song, ‘Ishq Sufiyana Ishq Sufiyana…’ to the hip-hop, ‘One For The Road…’ amongst others, which is sure to keep the audience grooving and asking for more. . And not to miss, the patriotic number, ‘Namaste Salaam Hindustani Mera Naam’. The ‘Ghagro Ghumme Se Ghumme Se Chhori Ko’, is a vibrant number that truly brings with it the flavour of Rajasthan. It is highly foot tapping and would be lapped by people from all over. The music master weaves his magic all over with a high-pitched powerful song in, ‘Ali Dum Ali Dum...’ Both raga based melodies and sprinted youthful and peppy numbers come easy to this composer, which is well reflected in this album.

And what else makes this album different from the others? Well… the versatile musician has not only composed the songs in the album but has also sung them all by himself. So, what’s new, you may ask? Well… the catch is -- Aadesh has sung every song in, ‘Beyond Boundaries…’ with a variation in his voice. Yes, every number has been sung in a different voice. Be it the high-pitched ‘Om Shanti Om…’ or the soulful number, ‘Oindhi Jad Oindhi Nayyo Jondi…’ or the classical ‘Kunj Gali Mein Bheti Radha…’ And when Aadesh is in charge of the compositions, one does expect some trademark melodies. Last, but not the least Aadesh leads to the dance floor with his hip hop number ‘Do You Know That’ sung along with his two young sons aged nine and eleven.

Once a while, comes an album, which breaks all barriers and proves to be a turning point in Indian music. Aadesh’s ‘Beyond Boundaries…’ is sure to tread the path of glory. So for all those people out there who thought Aadesh could do wonders only at making music check his vocal chords too.

Add ‘Beyond Boundaries…’ to your music collection. The album promises a fun-filled ride!

Produced by Jagran Events & Music, Veecon Music and Film Production Pvt. Ltd., ‘Beyond Boundaries…’ has chartbusting music, sure to melt the hearts when the audio flirts with the frequencies. This is the reason why ‘Beyond Boundaries…’ is a reason to celebrate since as many as nine tracks promise to make it the album one joyful delight.

The people behind this effort are ace lyricist Sameer, pop singer Remo Fernandes and DJ Suketu. While Remo is directing the videos Suketu is the music arranger.

- Eros Entertainment Press Release

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Eros International, the London AIM listed leading integrated company within the Indian media & entertainment sector, has announced the launch of Sujoy Ghosh’s modern day Aladin, the evergreen Arabian Nights story in a big Bollywood format which has recently gone on floors. With Aladin, Eros also makes a foray into visual effects with their recently launched EyeQube Studios handling the same for the film.

Eros International in association with Sujoy Ghosh’s production company Boundscript is producing the hi-end special effects film, which stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Riteish Deshmukh and will introduce Jackie Fernandez opposite Riteish.
As part of its 360 degrees presence strategy, Eros International recently announced the launch of EyeQube, a visual effects company that is headed by international talent Charles Darby, the man behind the remarkable visual effects of several Hollywood blockbusters like Titanic, Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Matrix, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon etc. EyeQube will create specific teams to handle individual film projects and exclusively handle top-end visual effects for Aladin.

Aladin has just wrapped its Rajasthan schedule and the second schedule is presently being shot in Mumbai at Filmcity & Mehboob Studios. The film is aiming for a 2008 release.

Aladin comes as part of a five-film deal between Eros International and Boundscript. All five films will be high-end visual effects driven and each film will be aimed at raising the visual effects benchmark.

- Eros International Press Release

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London, November 27, 2007: Eros International, the London AIM listed leading integrated company within the Indian media & entertainment sector has won three awards at the DVD Entertainment India Summit held on 24th Nov 2007 in Mumbai.

The event was organised by India’s leading magazine publishing group Infocast Systems Pvt Ltd. which publishes Studio Systems, Optical Disc Systems, Cinema Systems, Pro Sound Systems magazines.

Eros bagged awards in three categories including Best technical Interactive menu design for ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’, Direct to Disc Special Interest for ‘Bollywood Bodies’ featuring John Abraham and Bipasha Basu and Best documentary/Educational (Instructional) for Shiamak Davar’s ‘Bollywood Jazz’

Commenting on this occasion Mr. Hanif Khatri, Senior Vice President, India Operations, Eros International said ‘”We at Eros International are constantly upgrading our technologies to meet the ever growing consumer demand and we hope to excel our own caliber in the future.”

- Eros International Press Release

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London, November 26, 2007: Eros International, the London AIM listed leading integrated company within the Indian media & entertainment sector and Carving Dreams Motion Pictures, a division of Carving Dreams Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., the country's leading talent agency have signed Bollywood Superstar Hrithik Roshan as the main lead for their debut co-production venture.

Kishore Lulla, Chairman & CEO, Eros International further added, "We are happy to be working with Carving Dreams, one of the best outfits in the business of celebrity and entertainment marketing. I am delighted that Hrithik Roshan will be playing the lead role. That has elevated out first project together to an entirely different level. We are looking forward to a wonderful relationship & many more such ventures and specifically giving this particular film a great global distribution and marketing platform pulling our entire group's resources together."

Announcing the deal, Bunty Bahl, Director, Carving Dreams Motion Pictures said, "We are very pleased to be collaborating with Eros International, who are clearly the market leaders in film production and global distribution today. Having worked closely with Hrithik Roshan as his business mangers for over two years now, we hope to be sensitive to his creative needs and expect him to be involved in our film beyond the boundaries of an actor. As we foray into film production, Hrithik was the most natural choice for us to fortify our relationship further. The Hrithik-Carving Dream-Eros combo is sure to create waves."

Hrithik Roshan confirmed the news and said, "Yes, I am positively excited about this venture and am looking forward to work with two of the best in our industry. Carving Dreams entertainment p ltd, manage my business profile in terms of endorsements, appearances etc... hence agreeing to do their debut film production project is a step towards strengthening our existing relationship. While Eros International is known for their excellent film production and global distribution network, so it helps to work with the best. I am confident that this union is definitely going to be a winner. "

- Eros International Press Release

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Eros International, the leading integrated company within the Indian media & entertainment sector announces an unprecedented opening of Shah Rukh Khan’s Om Shanti Om, produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and directed by Farah Khan. The film opened to rave reviews and advance bookings on the 9th November and has since grossed over US$19 million worldwide in its first week making it the most successful opening in Indian cinema history.

Om Shanti Om released across 1,400 plus screens globally, and for the first time saw screenings as early as 7.45 a.m. in certain multiplexes in India, making it one of the most anticipated films in recent times. Om Shanti Om’s staggering first week gross collections of US$13.5 million in India make it the best ever opening there. The figures overseas are no less remarkable with the film grossing $1.5 million at the UK box office and over $2million in North America in its first week.

With the film opening in cinemas in India to a fantastic 95-100 percent capacity audiences and maintaining a steady 80-90 percent from Monday, Om Shanti Om promises to be the biggest film of SRK’s career.

Om Shanti Om stars Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in pivotal roles. The film's score and soundtrack has been composed by the musical duo, Vishal Shekhar with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. Cinematography for the movie is by V. Manikandan whilst editing is handled by Shirish Kunder.

Om Shanti Om is a story of love, dreams, betrayal and destiny revolving around a film actor ‘Om’ (Shah Rukh Khan) and his love interest ‘Shanti’ (Deepika Padukone). Om was a junior artist and Shanti a superstar in the 1970’s. He was her biggest fan. She was his biggest inspiration.


The film has over 30 of Bollywood's hottest stars including Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Kajol, Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra, Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan and many more putting in a guest appearance.

Eros has previously distributed Main Hoon Na as well as Paheli, which are both Red Chillies Productions.

With Om Shanti Om, Eros International continues its successful line up of global releases including hits like Omkara, Salaam-E-Ishq, Eklavya, Provoked, Namastey London, Cheeni Kum, Partner, Gandhi My Father, Heyy Babyy etc.

- Eros Entertainment Press Release

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Eros International, the leading integrated company within the Indian media & entertainment sector announced the global release of ‘Dus Kahaniyaan’, which will take place on 23rd November 2007.

Eros International’s and White Feather Films’ first project together ‘Dus Kahaniyan’, is a sensational film with a huge lead cast. An unusual concept, ‘Dus Kahaniyaan’ produced by Sanjay Dutt and Sanjay Gupta has ten spectacular stories directed by six different directors including Apurva Lakhia, Hansal Mehta, Jasmeet Dhodi, Meghna Gulzar, Rohit Roy and Sanjay Gupta himself.

Dus Kahaniyaan’ is releasing in cinemas worldwide on 23rd November 2007.

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Eros International, the leading integrated company within the Indian media and entertainment sector announced the acquisition of the international rights of Rakesh Roshan’s Krazzy 4 produced by Film Kraft Productions and directed by Jaideep Sen. Krazzy 4 stars Juhi Chawla, Dia Mirza, Arshad Warsi, Irrfan Khan, Rajpal Yadav and Suresh Menon.

Krazzy 4 is a comedy with a social message and is a wholesome commercial entertainer, which will appeal to every section of audiences. The film is based around the four characters played by Arshad Warsi, Irrfan Khan, Suresh Menon and Rajpal Yadav who form the crazy foursome with key supporting roles by Juhi Chawla and Dia Mirza.

Following tradition of all Rakesh Roshan films, Krazzy 4, currently under production, also begins with the letter K and will have music by Rajesh Roshan.

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