A non-strategic investor like Poonawalla brings in not only capital but also creative freedom. Indian cinema needs more investors like him, reports Vanita Kohli Khandekar.
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PVR Cinemas, India's leading chain of multiplexes, is set to enter Chennai with a 1800 seating capacity facility at the upcoming fully-integrated shopping-cum-entertainment mall, 'Ampa Centre One' in the heart of the city.
PVR Cinemas announced on Tuesday its foray into tier II and tier III cities of the country with 'PVR Talkies' and said it would be investing Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion) over the next three years towards its expansion. \n
'What is Balaji without Ekta (Kapoor), what is Dharma without Karan (Johar?)'
Multiplex operator, PVR Limited, on Thursday said that there might be a spurt in ticket prices by 8-10 per cent this year.
Multiplex chain operator PVR is planning to invest up to Rs 400 crore over the next three years to set up 250 screens across the country. The expansion would be funded through a mixture of debt, equity and internal accruals.
Much of the discussion is happening at a "family level, not a corporate level". That means it is an Ambani or a Goenka in direct talks with Johar.
India's largest cinema chain, PVR, will open 30-40 more screens across the country in the next six months, a senior company official said.
'Outside the house, he was this iconic deified figure.' 'Inside, he was a sorted-out, genial householder, always ready to lend a patient ear to our problems.'
Open offer to buy 26 per cent additional stake from public on cards.
With the opening of these multiplexes, the total number of screens of the company would go up to 76 with an aggregate seating capacity of 19,454.
Tech titan Google on Wednesday launched the Google Wallet app for Android users in India, allowing them to securely store essentials like boarding passes, loyalty cards, event tickets, and public transport passes. The digital wallet, which becomes operational in India from Wednesday, comes as a complementary service to existing payment app Google Pay, a top official said.
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PVR Ltd., the retail entertainment company, is planning to open 500 screens across the country in three years. For this financial year, the company plans to open 60 screens in cities including Surat, Kochi, Pune, Bhopal, Vijaywada, Mysore, New Delhi and Jalandhar.
'If the South starts shooting on IMAX more, it will be beneficial. And likewise, it will benefit Bollywood directors.'
PVR Cinemas, the Rs 180 crore (Rs 1.8 billion) multiplex chain, is foraying into eastern India this financial year. It is looking at setting up 50-60 screens in 7-8 locations in eastern India within the next 5 years.
In a counter affidavit filed in the court, the department has said that temporary transfer of rights to copy in a limited manner will be chargeable to service tax.
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Retail investors now own a larger share of smallcap companies than they did a year ago, thanks to their conviction in mutual fund (MF) schemes focused on this segment. Data from Capitaline shows that MFs' average holding in the National Stock Exchange Nifty Smallcap 250 Index stood at 9 per cent at the end of the October-December quarter of 2023-24 (FY24), up from 7.76 per cent in the same quarter of 2022-23.
This is the first time that a trailer has been launched midair.
It also asked why the data shared pertained to a period from April 2019 even though the scheme for anonymous political funding was introduced in 2017.
'Bottomline, hairline and waistline -- you have to watch them always.'
From steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal to billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal's Airtel, Anil Agarwal's Vedanta, ITC, Mahindra and Mahindra, and a lesser-known Future Gaming and Hotel Services were among the prominent buyers of the now-scrapped electoral bonds for making political donations.
'Elections and audience interest in specific movies are often independent factors.'
'While Rocky Aur Rani is a good film, there is nothing compelling in the content for which viewers would be ready to pay a premium.'
When the Pakistan innings ended, there were 1.1 crore viewers live on the app and this increased to 1.4 crore viewers during the innings break.
'In terms of ticket sales, Hindi is at 50-60 per cent while the South markets are at 80-90 per cent of pre-pandemic levels.' The patchy performance of Hindi, the largest segment of the business is the nub of what is bothering Indian cinema.
The BJP enters challenging times where it has been given a task to hold onto the values of Ram in running the country as defined by Narendra Modi in Ayodhya, notes Sheela Bhatt.
With the spate of businesses turning their attention to Ayodhya, land rates have shot up, in some pockets by as much as 10 times. Whether one walks into a hotel lobby or sits down for a meal, land deals are being discussed at every other table -- one on one or among groups.
The premium mall, Jio World Drive (JWD), is spread across an area of 17.5 acre and it will be Mumbai's first rooftop Jio drive-in Theatre which will be operated by PVR. JWD will house only premium international and Indian brands.
Assume Voot, JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar are merged into one entertainment app, and you have a streaming service with more than 233 million unique visitors. That is a reach just under half of India's largest streaming app: YouTube. 'This level of consolidation does not exist even in the US.'
'We will see footfall returning to pre-COVID levels by January.'
The key risks against a fast recovery would include long delays in business travel resumption, delays in commissioning, etc.
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