Kishore Lulla

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Kishore Lulla
Born (1961-09-04) September 4, 1961 (age 62)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Flag of India.svg Indian
Alma mater Government Law College, Mumbai
Years active1980–present
Organizations
Children2
RelativesSunil Lulla (Brother)

Kishore Lulla is the chairman of Eros Media World (formerly Eros International Plc), the first Indian media & entertainment company to be listed on New York Stock Exchange and also the first to be delisted in 2021. [1] He is the executive director at Eros International Media Limited, which is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and was barred by the Securities and Exchange Board of India in June 2023. [2] He is also chairman of Eros Investments, a holding company for his investments. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Early life

Lulla graduated with a bachelor's degree in arts from Mumbai University. He also attended the School of Business and Law at the Government Law College, Mumbai. [3]

Career

Eros International

Lulla has held the position of director at Eros Media World Plc (formerly known as Eros International Plc) since 2005. He is also the Executive Director of Eros International Media Limited since the 28 September 2009, the company listed in BSE as well as NSE stock exchanges. [7] [8] As Executive Chairman of the Eros Group [4] Kishore, started working for Eros when he was 16. He teamed with his father and went to UK. [9] He has expanded and popularized Bollywood films in U.K. U.S. and the Middle East and entered newer markets like Latin America, South Korea and America under Lulla Bollywood films. [10]

Eros Investments

Eros Investments has recently established collaborations with an artificial intelligence firm, Stability.ai. [11] [12] Additionally, they have revealed plans to develop blockchain enterprises in Dubai and have announced a strategic partnership with the Dubai World Trade Centre Authority. [13] [14] Kishore’s daughter, Ridhima Lulla, launched a virtual universe called Immerso. [15] Eros Investments also acquired a 90% stake in DRM company, Ent Global, with plans to let creators and fans to interact directly to purchase, sell and trade various digital assets. [16]

Contributions to bollywood

He is the founder of Bollywood For You (B4U), a music and entertainment platform. He co-founded Eros International Ltd, in London in 1988 which went into administration in 2023. He has been in the launch of the UK's first 24- hour Bollywood digital satellite and pay TV channel on the BSkyB platform. [7] In 2000, The Economist discussed Lulla's goal of globalizing Bollywood.

Other contributions

Kishore is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. He is also a member of the Young Presidents' Organization and also a board member of the University of California, Los Angeles Film School.

In 2010, Kishore Lulla and his family set up the Eros Foundation for the education of children and worked to bring equality for women in workplace. [17]

Awards and recognition

Awards

Honours and recognition

Controversies

Eros has struggled to shake off accounting fraud allegations for years. [25] [26] In 2012, BDO, the accounting firm, identified a couple of questionable transactions involving Eros and Prime Focus, a company operated by Namit Malhotra. [26]

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