Kishor
Lulla gets Eastern Eye Asian Business Award London: Kishore Lulla,
who set up Eros International's UK office in London, has been selected for the
Eastern Eye Asian Business Award for 2007 for giving Indian cinema an international
platform. Prince
Andrew, the Duke of York, presented the coveted award to Lulla at a glittering
ceremony held at the Hilton Park Lane on Tuesday night, in the presence of over
1,000 distinguished invitees from various walks of life. Others
who received awards included Surinder Arora (KPMG Entrepreneur of the Year), Shamir
Shah Pricewaterhouse Coopers Young achiever of the Year), Arti Poddar (Hamptons
International Newcomer of the year) and Sital Punja (Fortis Bank Community Award).
Lulla
played a key role in the growth of Eros International, which now operates in over
50 countries with worldwide offices in India, UK, USA, Dubai, Australia, Fiji
and Isle of Man. The company controls content through productions and co-productions,
long-term output deals with production houses and talent, and by globally distributing
content across all multimedia formats. Lulla has been instrumental in evolving
Eros international from a Bollywood film distribution company into a vertically
integrated studio model. The company has become the world's first Indian cinema
studio and has a market share of over 35 per cent. Back
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