Eros, a leading integrated studio within the Indian media & entertainment sector,
announced today that it has signed a multi-film content licensing deal with Rupert
Murdoch owned Star Network. The deal includes already released and forthcoming
films such as:
VEER, an epic love story of a warrior, one of the biggest films made for Indian
Cinema, starring Salman Khan, Zarin Khan, Mithun Chakraborty and Jackie Shroff,
which had a worldwide theatrical release in January 2010.
And
HOUSEFULL, a romantic comedy scheduled for worldwide theatrical release in April
2010. From the successful Producer-Director team of Sajid Nadiadwala and Sajid
Khan, Housefull brings together a star-studded cast lead by Akshay Kumar, Arjun
Rampal, Ritesh Deshmukh, Deepika Padukone, Lara Dutta and Jiah Khan,
supported by Boman Irani.
Sameer Rao, General Manager Star Gold said, “We are pleased to have acquired
the exclusive satellite TV rights for films such as VEER and HOUSEFULL. These
movies will be enjoyed by audiences of the STAR TV network all over the world. For
us, this represents yet another significant deal in our continuing and fruitful business
relationship with Eros.”
Pranab Kapadia, President - Distribution, Eros, said, “This deal signifies yet another
step towards cementing further our strong relationship with major TV Networks like
Star. We try to tailor-make packages to suit the audiences on each network so that
both sides can maximise the potential from the television broadcast ”.
Eros also recently announced a series of major television licensing deals with Zee
Network & Star.
26 April 2010
