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  • Sidharth Malhotra to travel time in his next film

    Sidharth Malhotra to travel time in his next film

    MUMBAI: Karan Johar’s student of the year Sidharth Malhotra is already a hit among the ‘cinemagoers.’ After back to back hits like Hasee Toh Phasee and Ek Villain, the actor has become one of the most successful newcomers in the industry. As he prepares to take on Akshay Kumar in the boxing ring in Karan Malhotra’s Brothers, a remake of ‘Warriors’ and cloak himself as a vigilante superhero in Vikramaditya Motwane’s Bhavesh Joshi, Sidharth Malhotra has another interesting movie in his bag.

     

    According to media reports, Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani has roped in Sidharth Malhotra to act in their next film which will be co-produced by the actor’s mentor Karan Johar. The movie was initially offered to Aamir Khan but the actor and the studio failed to agree on the remuneration and other commercial clauses.

     

    The yet untitled film is said to be a love story with a twist, about a time-traveller, with a romance which spans across timelines and will be directed by debutante Nitya Mehra.

     

    Confirming the news to media Sidhwani said, “Yes, Sidharth is on board and Karan too. Karan is a good friend and we’ve been talking about collaborating on a film for quite some time now. It was a conversation with the film’s hero which eventually brought Karan onboard. He heard about this film from Sid and asked us for the script. He loved it so much that he said he would be happy to get involved in any capacity. Farhan and I have never co-produced before, Karan is our first partner.”

     

    The film is expected to go on floors by April 2015, the leading lady will be locked in another four-five days.

  • Balaji Telefilms Q1-2015 PAT triples

    Balaji Telefilms Q1-2015 PAT triples

    MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms Limited (Balaji) reported triple the (2.9 times) consolidated PAT at Rs 10.56 crore in the quarter ended June 2014 (Q1-2015) as compared to Rs 3.62 crore during the previous quarter ended June 2013 (Q1-2014) and versus loss of Rs 27.36 crore in the preceding quarter ending March 2014 (Q4-2014).

     

    Consolidated PAT expanded on the steep increase in revenue from operations which rose 61 per cent to Rs 135.34 crore against Rs 84.03 crore in Q1-2014, and was almost same as revenue from operations in the preceding quarter Q4-2014.

     

    Three major segments contribute to Balaji’s revenue – Commissioned Programmes, Sponsored Programmes and Films. While the revenue from films for the company stood at Rs 89.33 crore, 44 per cent more than Rs 61.65 crore in Q1-2014, the revenue from commissioned programmes was Rs 46 crore in Q1-2015 as against Rs 22.77 crore in Q1-2014 and Rs 39.86 crore in Q4-2014. The profit made by the film segment was 23 per cent down to Rs 26.06 crores y-o-y.

     

    Revenue from Sponsored Programs in Q1-2015 was nil.

     

    EBITDA for the company was in positive at Rs 14.71 crore as against negative in the preceding quarter (Q4-2014) at Rs 5.01 crore.

     

     Let us look at the other numbers reported by the company.

     

    The company’s total expenditure rose 35 per cent in Q1-2015 to Rs 123.49 crore as compared to Rs 91.33 crore in Q1-2014 and 13 per cent as against Rs 109 crore in Q4-2014.

     

    Cost of production/acquisition and telecast fees contribute 44 per cent to the Balaji’s total expense, while marketing and distribution expense was 14 per cent of the total expenditure. The Cost of production/acquisition and telecast fees fell 19 per cent to Rs 55.49 crore in Q1-2015 versus Rs 69.26 crore in Q1-2014 and Rs 52.73 in Q4-2014.

     

    Balaji’s expenditure for marketing and distribution fell 27 per cent in Q1-2015 to Rs 18.07 crore as against Rs 24.96 crore in Q1-2014 and Rs 20.30 crore in Q4-2014

     

    Finance costs for Q1-2015 have been drastically reduced by the company to Rs 0.02 cr as compared to Rs 1.37 crore last quarter (Q4-2014)

     
    Let us look at Balaji’s subsidiary companies.

     

    Balaji Motion Pictures Limited (BMPL), a subsidiary of Balaji posted a profit growth of 147 per cent at Rs 8.84 crore versus Rs 3.57 crore in Q1-2014. Revenue for BMPL stood at Rs 89.39 crore, 44 per cent more than Rs 61.66 crore

     

    BMPL released three movies in the current quarter, among which ‘Ek Villain’ crossed the 100 crore mark.

     

    Bolt Media Limited (BML), another subsidiary of Balaji, reported a loss of Rs 0.25 crore versus loss of Rs 0.22 crore in Q1-2014. Revenue of the company increased to Rs 2.5 crore from Rs 0.83 crore in Q1-2015.

     

    Cost of Production/Acquisition and Telecast Fees for BMPL and BML was at Rs 74.88 crore and Rs 2.45 crore respectively in Q1-2015.

     

    BML is commissioning serials such as “Dharma-Kshetra” (26 episodes) and “Rakht” (10 episodes) for EPIC Television Networks Private Limited (Expected launch by Q2 of FY15).

     

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  • ‘Kick’ continues successful run at BO

    ‘Kick’ continues successful run at BO

    MUMBAI: Entertainment, which opened to rather tepid response, continued to remain so; the film’s mouth publicity reports were not very complementary either. There was little raise over the Friday collections on Saturday.

     

    However, the film has been able to manage a not so encouraging Rs 30.9 crore. The film showed little improvement on Saturday but did better on Sunday improving by about 25 per cent over its Friday figures. Next weekend offers four holidays with Independence Day on Friday and Gokul Ashtami on Monday but that benefit won’t be available so much to this film as theatre chains are blocked for the release of Singham Returns. 

     

    Lateef The King Of Crime is a disaster.

     

    Kick has maintained excellent collections in its second week cashing in on open run and the aftermath of Eid. The film crossed the Rs 200 crore mark on its eleventh day and ended the second week with Rs 49.1 crore thus taking its two week total to Rs 213.05 crore.

     

    Hate Story 2 comes to the end of its run with adding Rs 20 lakh in its third week and taking its three week total to Rs 35.8 crore.

     

    Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania has collected Rs 1.20 crore in its fourth week taking its four week total to a healthy Rs 76.4 crore.

     

    Ek Villain has added 10 lakh in its sixth week to take its six week total to Rs 102.97 crore.

  • ‘Kick’ to soon enter the Rs 200 crore club

    ‘Kick’ to soon enter the Rs 200 crore club

    MUMBAI: While this week’s release, Lateef, has failed to find viewers, Kick, which was the directorial debut of producer Sajid Nadiadwala, with Salman Khan as its lead star and the Eid festival for release has created new records as it went along in the second week.

     

    Despite four days to go for the Eid, the film had a massive opening weekend of Rs 83.84 crore. Eid on Tuesday, helped the film consolidate its week days with just about as much collections as the weekend through its first week, almost doubling the weekend total with a first week total of Rs 163.95 crore. The film continued to hold sway in its second weekend with another Rs 34.02 crore there by taking its 10 day total to 197.97; in touching distance of the 200 crore mark. 

     

    Hate Story 2 has done excellent to hold its own in opposition of Kick to collect Rs 13.4 crore in its second week and taking its two week total to Rs 35.6 crore.

     

    Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania has added another Rs 3.5 crore for its third week to take its three week total to Rs 75.2 crore.

     

    Ek Villain has collected Rs 20 lakh in its fifth week to take its five week total to Rs 102.67 crore.

     

    Holday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty has added 20 lakh in its eighth week to take its eight week total to Rs 111.47 crore.

  • Q1-2015: PVR posts higher q-o-q revenue: F&B grows 20%: Board moots Rs 500 crore issue

    Q1-2015: PVR posts higher q-o-q revenue: F&B grows 20%: Board moots Rs 500 crore issue

    BENGALURU:  Last fiscal (FY-2014), Indian motion picture exhibition, production and distribution house PVR Limited (PVR) entered the Rs 1000 crore club by posting operating income (TIO) of Rs 1351.23 crore for the year. In Q1-2015, the company posted an 8.1 per cent increase in consolidated TIO at Rs 362.26 crore as compared to the year ago TIO of Rs 335.19 crore and 15.3 per cent more than the Rs 314.23 crore in the immediate trailing quarter (Q4-2014).

     

    Note: Rs 100 lakh = Rs100,00,000 = Rs 1 crore = Rs 10 million.

     

    Though the company reported a more than 10-fold (10.35 times) PAT in Q1-2015 at Rs 7.66 crore as compared to the Rs 0.74 crore in Q4-2014, PVR’s Q1-2015 PAT was 43.7 per cent lower than the Rs 13.6 crore in Q1-2014.

     

    PVR reported just 0.4 per cent q-o-q increase in footfalls in its cinemas in Q1-2015 at 1.52 crore, because it says that there were no big releases during the quarter. It however says that food & beverages (F&B) revenues showed a strong growth of 20 per cent over corresponding quarter of previous year on account of success of the various strategic initiatives taken by the company.

     

    The company has also informed the bourses that the board of directors of the company at its meeting held on 31 July 2014, inter alia, has approved the issue of securities up to Rs 500 crore through Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) subject to approval of the members in forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the Company.

     

    PVR chairman Ajay Bijli said, “Early Q2 industry box office results have been very strong with movies Ek Villain & Kick, we are optimistic regarding box office prospects for the remaining part of the year which underpins our confidence that we are on track with our plans for the full year. Our differentiated strategy, heightened brand awareness, and guest engagement tactics will further enhance the customer experience in 2014 & beyond.”

  • ‘Humpty…’ & ‘Hate Story 2’ lead at BO

    ‘Humpty…’ & ‘Hate Story 2’ lead at BO

    MUMBAI: Pizza 3-D has proved to be a poor performer with few takers turning up at the cinema halls. The film collected Rs 2.5 crore for its opening weekend.

     

    Virr Das is another example of a media made star who don’t work on screen. His Amit Sahni Ki List stays poor in its opening weekend with barely Rs 1.75 crore to show for three days.

     

    Riyasat, Rajesh Khanna’s last screen appearance goes unnoticed and might as well as this was not quite the film the legendary super star deserved to be remembered by.

     

    The only film to draw some audience this week is Hate Story 2, thanks partly to its brand equity and to some extent to the exposure its promotion promised. The film has managed to collect Rs 14.5 crore during its first three days.

     

    Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania is a rare tribute to an all-time classic, Dilwale Dulhania  le Jayenge in this case that has worked; usually such tributes or imitations in the name of a tribute backfire. After a sturdy first weekend at the box office, the film remained steady and finished its first week with figures of Rs 51.9 crore. The film is reported to have done steady business in its second weekend too.

     

    Bobby Jasoos managed to put together Rs 1.15 crore in its second week to take its two week total to Rs 10.05 crore.

     

    Ek Villain, almost coming to the end of its run, has collected Rs 3.1 crore in its third week to take its three week tally to Rs 102.5 crore.

     

    Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty collects Rs 30 lakh in its sixth week to take its six week tally to Rs 111.07 crore.

  • ‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania’ shows its charm at the BO

    ‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania’ shows its charm at the BO

    MUMBAI: The week’s release, an excuse to pay a homage to Yash Raj classic hit Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, is tagged as the poor man’s Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge which won’t stop minting some fast bucks for its makers. While Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania opened to a fair response, it was the strong positive response from those who watched it that benefitted the collections get better on the weekend that followed.

     

    The film has collected about Rs 31 crore, a healthy take for the opening weekend, but is not expected to sustain as well as it enters the new working week.

     

    For the record, two regional films which are creating some box office records locally are the Punjabi film, Punjab 1984 and Riteish Deshmukh’s Marathi film, Lay Bhaari.

     

    Lekar Hum Deewana Dil, another third generation Kapoor clan starrer launching Armaan Jain, is very poor managing to collect just about Rs 2.5 crore in its first week. The pre-release promotion angle of the film was unimaginative to say the least.

     

    Bobby Jasoos remained poor in its first week despite being a fair entertainer even if not up to the mark. The film collected Rs 10.9 crore in first week. It will be a loser.

     

    Ek Villain is now an established hit. It also helps consolidate the standing of Shraddha Kapoor with another major hit to her name after Aashiqi 2. The film goes on to collect Rs 22.2 crore to take its two week total to Rs 99.4 crore.

     

    Humshakal has come to the end of its poor run at the box office not making its presence felt at all in its third week.

     

    Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty adds a symbolic Rs 55 lakh in its fifth week to take its total to Rs 110.77 crore.