Kishore Lulla is the chairman of

Eros International plc Eros International plc was an Indian multinational global mass media conglomerate. It generally works in the Indian film and entertainment industry. It co-produced, acquired and distributed Indian language films through its film production a ...

, the first Indian Media & entertainment company listed on

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. He is also executive chairman and director of Eros International PLC and executive director at

Eros International Eros International Media Ltd (also known as Eros India) is an Indian motion picture production and distribution company, based and originated in Mumbai, India. Founded by Arjun Lulla in 1977, it is one of the leading production and distributi ...

Early life

Lulla graduated with a bachelor's degree in arts from

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. He also attended the

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and

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at the

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Career

Eros International

Lulla is a member of

since 11 April 2006. He is also the Executive Director of Eros International Media Limited since the year of 28 September 2009, the company listed in BSE as well as NSE stock exchanges. He is the director of

since 2005 and

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since January 2010. As

of the Eros Group Kishore, started working for Eros when he was 16. He teamed with his father and went to UK. He has expanded and popularized

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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.

Contributions to bollywood

He is the founder of Bollywood For You (B4U), that is recognized as India's biggest global network of Hindi movies and

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. He co-founded Eros International Ltd, in London in 1988. He has been in the launch of the UK's first 24- hour Bollywood digital satellite and pay TV channel on the

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platform.

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.

Awards and recognition

Awards

* Lulla received the Entertainment Visionary Award by the

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of Southern California for promoting

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. * Asian Business Awards 2007 * Indian Film Academy Awards 2007 * Entrepreneur of the Year at the GG2 Leadership & Diversity Awards * Global Citizenship Award 2014 by the American Jewish Committee * India Splendor Awards 2007

Honours and recognition

*As per The Sunday Times rich list released in 2011, Kishore Lulla was among the richest Indian with a net worth of 240 million pounds and with a family fortune of 206 million pounds. * In 2015, Kishore Lulla was a part of the Sun Valley Conference. *Lulla was honoured at the 2018 Economic Times India-UK Strategic Conclave as one of the Game Changers of India.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lulla, Kishore Hindi film producers Living people Film producers from Mumbai 1961 births