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  • Media veteran Kumar Ahuja takes the helm at AI upstart Eros Innovation

    Media veteran Kumar Ahuja takes the helm at AI upstart Eros Innovation

    MUMBAI: Kumar Ahuja, a seasoned entertainment industry executive, has been appointed chief operating officer at Eros Innovation, a global technology holding company positioning itself at the intersection of artificial intelligence and media.

    Ahuja brings nearly three decades of experience to the role, having most recently served as chief revenue officer at Sony Music Entertainment from December 2023 to August 2025. Before that, he spent over 26 years at Eros International, where he held various leadership positions including chief operating officer and president of business development.

    Eros Innovation describes itself as a technology holding company with ambitions spanning AI, media, entertainment, sports, education and bio-life sciences. The firm serves as parent company to Immerso AI and other subsidiaries, claiming to leverage four decades of investment expertise to back disruptive technologies.

    The company boasts 1.5 trillion AI tokens and operates AI data parks in Malaysia and GIFT City, India. It positions these facilities as innovation hubs for cutting-edge AI research with a particular focus on entertainment applications.

    Ahuja’s appointment comes as traditional media companies grapple with the rapid advancement of AI technologies. His extensive background in strategic partnerships and business development at major entertainment firms may prove valuable as Eros Innovation seeks to bridge the gap between established media and emerging AI capabilities.

    The company says it is pioneering “next-generation intellectual properties” through blockchain, generative AI and tokenisation, though it remains to be seen how these technologies will translate into commercial success in an increasingly crowded AI landscape.

  • Eros International’s Andhadhun Grosses Over $14 Million in China in First Weekend

    Eros International’s Andhadhun Grosses Over $14 Million in China in First Weekend

    Isle of Man, April 8, 2019– Eros International Plc (NYSE: EROS) (“Eros” or “the Company”), a Global Indian Entertainment Company, today announced that Andhadhun, an engaging thriller starring Tabu, Ayushmann Khurrana and Radhika Apte has collected over $14.0 million within four days of its release in China. Andhadhun was released in China on April 3, 2019 and continues to enjoy a very strong box office performance. The film was originally released theatrically in India and internationally on October 5, 2018 to widespread critical acclaim. Andhadhun was produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Matchbox Pictures, and distributed internationally by Eros International.

    Speaking on the film’s performance, Kumar Ahuja, President of Business Development, Eros International, said, “With the success of Bajrangi Bhaijaan and previous Indian releases, China has emerged as a key market and a major box office earner for Indian films. We are delighted with the impressive run the film is enjoying and how the fans in the country can now witness the magic of Andhadhun unfold in theatres across the country.”

  • Eros Now partners SpeedPay, bundled with BSNL

    MUMBAI: Over-the-top (OTT) Bollywood entertainment platform Eros Now has partnered with SpeedPay, a multi-purpose offline wallet and Indian state owned telecommunications provider, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL). With these partnerships, the OTT platform will now be bundled across all the existing and new data pack users of the telco provider.

    The tie-up also enables Eros Now’ premium content including old and new Bollywood movies, music videos, TV shows, originals, etc available to the data pack users.

    Eros International president business development Kumar Ahuja is extremely hopeful about the two strategic partnerships. He believes that this tie up will boast their customer base across non-metros and tier 2 cities. Associating with SpeedPay will reaffirm the platform’s philosophy and will provide premium and unparalleled entertainment services on the go.

    The partnership further strengthens Eros Now’s presence across BSNL’s SpeedPay outlets.

    Pyro CEO Paritosh Reddy expects the partnership to enhance their customer experience and hopes that it will make the unbanked sector enjoy the benefits of OTT service. For them, this alliance clearly brings more business looking at the subscribers of the digital video streaming platform.

    SpeedPay is a multi-purpose offline wallet that is used to purchase various service on-mobile from affiliated merchants based on ‘anywhere-anytime’ concept and provide safety and convenience for the customer. It claims to have approximately 1.2 million unique visitors transacting every month in the Middle East, and approximately 4 million transactions per day in India.

    Eros Now will be able reach out to a large database of over 1.3 million retailers and approximately over 2 million unique users in India through SpeedPay.

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  • India-China ink maiden film co-production deal

    India-China ink maiden film co-production deal

    MUMBAI: Even as India Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his maiden visit to China to boost trade and relations between the two countries, Indian media and entertainment firm Eros International has signed its first ever Sino-Indian co-production deal with Chinese state owned production company Chinese Film Corporation (CFC).

     

    The two companies will co-produce the movie Da Tang XuanZang (Monk XuanZang), which is based on the life of a Chinese monk (Monk Xuanzang) and stars Chinese actor Huang Xiaoming, It will be directed by HuoJianq.

     

    With this, Eros International is the first Indian studio to associate with the Chinese government and co-produce an Indo-Sino film. The movie,

     

    The deal was announced in China in the presence of CFC head La Peikang, Eros International Media president – business development Kumar Ahuja and SAPPRFT (State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China) vice minister Tong Gang along with Xiaoming and Jianq.