Primary Recommendation

Eros - Play on growth of Indian film industry

January 2007

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With the lineup for the latest celebrity Big Brother including one top Bollywood actress, the sights and sounds of the Indian subcontinent are clearly reaching a broader audience. One company which is benefiting is Eros, which was established three decades ago and has since become a dominant force in the international distribution of Indian film content. Eros already has an exciting and fast growing business model but as finance director Andrew Hefferman points out, it has recently begun to put into place pre-production finance for a roster of new Bollywood films which is expanding its rights ownership into the lucrative area of box office/DVDs rights for India itself. The timing couldn't be more prescient. Eros already has clo ...

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