Eros Now reaches 7.9 million Paying Subscribers as of FYE 2018 Quarter-on-quarter Subscriber growth of 58%

Eros International Plc (NYSE: EROS) (“Eros” or “the Company”), a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry, today announced that Eros Now, its cutting edge digital over-the-top (OTT) South Asian entertainment platform, has reached over 100 million registered users and 7.9 million paying subscribers worldwide as of March 31, 2018. This substantial growth in paying subscribers represents a 58% increase over the last reported quarter and a 277% increase from 2.1 million paying subscribers as of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017.  The Company also today reiterated its previous guidance that its Eros Now paying subscriber base is expected to double over the next 12 months to approximately 16 million paying subscribers by fiscal year end 2019. 

Eros Now recently launched its first worldwide direct-to-digital original film, Meri Nimmo, in association with acclaimed director Aanand L Rai, to very positive critical reception. In addition, over the next year Eros Now is planning to launch a stable of feature films, made-for-digital originals films and over 20 original episodic programs, all of which will be available exclusively only on Eros Now to paying subscribers. In addition to exciting new content, several factors have contributed to the platform’s outsized growth including enhancement of the consumer experience on the Eros Now service, introduction of pioneering content innovations and renewed alliances with domestic and international content distribution partners including the major mobile telecom operators in India. The recent successes come as a result of the company’s unique partnership strategy, which has been built upon the agreements with various distribution partners over the past few years and has been key to delivering high quality subscribers with increased time spent on the platform. The steady and robust growth figures are an indication of the loyalty consumers feel towards the platform. 

Speaking on the significant development, Rishika Lulla Singh, CEO, Eros Digital said, “When we launched three years ago, our mission was to reach out to viewers looking for differentiated and quality content. In December 2016, we achieved 2.0 million paying subscribers which doubled to 5 million within a year. This quarter has seen a substantial leap resulting in 58% Q-on-Q growth. This benchmark is a testament to our strong content library coupled with a strong tech backbone. I am very confident of our original content line-up and we are geared up to experience an exponential growth in our paying subscriber base, this is just the start which will only get better.” 

About Eros Now 

Eros Now is Eros International Plc’s leading on-demand South Asian entertainment network accessible anytime, anywhere, on most Internet-connected screen including mobile, web, and TV. With over 10,000 digital titles, Eros Now offers its 100 million registered users and 7.9 million paying subscribers worldwide the promise of endless entertainment hosting one of the largest libraries of movies, as well as premium television shows, music videos and audio tracks, unmatched in quantity and quality. Product features, such as video in HD, multi-language subtitles, movie downloads, and high quality original drama series differentiate the Eros Now entertainment offering. To see, watch now: www.erosnow.com 

About Eros International Plc 

Eros International Plc (NYSE: EROS) is a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry that acquires, co-produces and distributes Indian films across all available formats such as cinema, television and digital new media. Eros International Plc became the first Indian media company to list on the New York Stock Exchange. Eros International has experience of over three decades in establishing a global platform for Indian cinema. The Company has an extensive and growing movie library comprising of over 3,000 films, which include Hindi, Tamil, and other regional language films for home entertainment distribution. The Company also owns the rapidly growing OTT platform Eros Now. For further information, please visit: www.erosplc.com.

"It’s fun to play the fool," says Ryan Reynolds about his character in the upcoming sequel Deadpool 2

‘Deadpool 2’ is currently the quirkiest and most talked about superhero film with the foul mouthed Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and Josh Brolin who returns as ‘Cable’ post playing Thanos in his last superhero outing.

The hilarious trailers have already given a tantalizing glimpse of the fun to expect, but what’s left to see is the upgrade that Deadpool has got from his first installment. He also seems to have gallows humour of the no-holds-barred kind that made the character such a favorite among the audience. In the movie, Deadpool goes on a mission to rescue a child from Cable and creates a super team of heroes, called the X Force.

When asked about how it was while shooting the action-packed sequences and what we can expect from Deadpool 2, Ryan said, “Well, playing a guy that is allowed to make mistakes and is allowed to sort of at times be offensive and say the wrong thing at the exact wrong moment gives you tremendous artistic liberty.  And it’s nice that he doesn’t really beat himself up for it, because at the end of the day, his agenda is something that's ultimately good. I mean, he inevitably wants to be better.” 

'Deadpool 2' will hit theaters on 18th May.

Amitabh Bachchan inaugurates Frames 75, an ode to the superstar's platinum year

Renowned photojournalist Pradeep Chandra and eminent film historian S M M Ausaja have joined hands to curate a unique show titled Frames 75 which uses rare  Photographs, Paintings, Sketches, Posters, Block Print art, Vinyl LP Covers, Lobby Cards and Hand-bills in 75 frames to celebrate the superstar’s journey so far.

The event which was hosted at St Regis yesterday was opened by Mr Amitabh Bachchan. Also present at the event were guests from the film fraternity, media and art world, including celebrities from across the fields.

The exhibition shall be accessible to fans and film students at Whistling Woods, the film institute helmed by noted filmmaker Subhash Ghai.

Taapsee sources decor items for her new home from Spain

Its a dream for any person to buy a home in the city of dreams, Mumbai. Actress Taapsee Paanu recently fulfilled her dreams of owning her own pad in Mumbai. Early last year she gifted herself a 3 and a half BHK apartment in Andheri, Mumbai. It was a dream come true for the talented actress who recently finished shooting for her film Manmarziyaan directed by Anurag Kashyap opposite Abhishek Bachchan and Vicky Kaushal. After completing the film she went off to Spain along with sister Shagun to source some unique decor items for her new home.

Taapsee always wanted her new home to look different from other homes and wanted to give the touch of a personal intimate feel. Taapsee loves unique decor items and artefacts and what better place would be other than Spain. She along with her sister Shagun while on holiday in Spain went on the shopping spree for their pad in Mumbai. Her sister Shagun took the onus of decorating the home with some professional help once they back in town.

When asked Taapsee about her Spain shopping for her new home, she said, “The theme of my house is shabby chic which is born in Europe so when I was doing the interiors of the house I felt the best way to do the decor is to get stuff from Europe itself and make the house unique. Even though it required insane amount of walking around during my Spain trip dragging huge bags along but it was totally worth it because all the things I managed to get won’t be available here and they surely make the home look like how I always wanted it to be."

HARJEETA: Ammy Virk starrer is a remarkable true story of Harjeet Singh, an Indian professional hockey player

Famous Punjabi singer and actor Ammy Virk is all set to hit the screens by his upcoming biopic of Indian Hockey player Harjeet Singh Tuli. Harjeeta is based on the passionate true story of Harjeet Singh, who captained the Indian squad at the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup. Well, the entire details are revealed by Ammy Virk himself, who was present in a press conference held in PVR Plaza, Connaught Place, New Delhi. Along with him the producer of the film Bhushan K Chopra, Munish Sahni, Varinderr Kumar and Vikas Jain were also present for the same.

While talking to media peeps about the movie and his character Ammy Virk, stated, "Firstly, I would like to thank the entire media for supporting our film. Yes, Harjeeta is a biopic and it's releasing this 18th May. A film on Harjeet Singh Ji Captain of Indian Hockey Tema and his life journey. This movie revealing the struggle faced by him and his family and how his passion made his dream comes true." Further, he added, "My experience while working for this film was great. For a biopic, it's difficult to match the reel life look with real character, and somehow it worked well for us. Each and everyone from our team worked really hard for this film. It's a different film I hope people will; appreciate our work."

As the movie is based on true story, it reveals the life of Harjeet Singh Tuli an Indian hockey player, whose family, like so many families in this country was struggling with the biggest problem of our nation, poverty. The passionate and much incredible story of India’s Winning Captain of HJWC 2016 Cup. Directed by Vijay Kumar Arora and featured by Sizzlen Productions & Malika Productions, Harjeeta will be releasing on May 18, 2018.