Eros International Enters Malayalam Market in India with Jeethu Joseph’s Life of Josootty

Eros International Plc (NYSE: EROS) (“Eros”), a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry, announced its entry into the Malayalam market in India with director Jeethu Joseph’s, Life of Josootty.

Produced by Jayalal Menon and Anil Biswas’ Backwater Studios and Eros, Life of Josootty, is a comedy set against the backdrop of a family with a fantasy edge. The film stars popular Malayalam actor Dileep along with Rachana Narayanankutty, Jyothikrishna, Harish Peradi, Sunil Sugatha, Suraj Vengharamoodu and Kalabhavan Mani. The music is composed by Anil Johnson of Memories, Drishyam and Three Dots fame.

Life of Josootty marks Jeethu Joseph’s next venture after his recent blockbuster Drishyam with Mohanlal. In the film, Jeethu and Dileep join hands once again after their hit pairing in the immensely popular My Boss.

Commenting on the co-production venture, Sunil Lulla, Managing Director, Eros International Media Ltd said, “Eros has been one of the biggest champions of regional cinema, whether a Tamil, Telugu, Marathi or Punjabi film. This venture will allow Eros to further strengthen its vision to scale up its regional language offering through strong partnerships and attractive film content. We are very excited to enter the prolific Malayalam market by partnering with prominent talent like Jeethu Joseph and Dileep.”

Soundarya A Rajnikanth, Director - Creative & Strategy for South India, Eros added, “The Malayalam industry is filled with brilliant stories and content we look to produce and we are currently in talks with various producers, directors and actors. The Malayalam market is very important to our upcoming slate of productions and we look forward to the potential Malayalam cinema has to offer.”

Producer Jayalal Menon added, “We are very pleased to partner with a leading global studio like Eros to co-produce Life of Josootty. With their undisputed leadership in global marketing and distribution, we are confident they will present Malayalam cinema on a worldwide platform with maximum reach.”

Life of Josootty, went on into production on January 2, 2015 and will be shot across Idukki in Kerala and New Zealand. Eros International and Backwater Studios plan to release the film worldwide in June, 2015.

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 2,300 films, which include Hindi, Tamil, and other regional language films for home entertainment distribution. For further information please visit: www.erosplc.com