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Eros International’s ‘Partner’ firmly holds position in UK Top 10 charts for the second week

06/08/2007

London, 30th July 2007: Eros International’s global release ‘Partner’ continues to occupy position in the UK Top 10 for the second weekend since it’s release. Directed by ace comedy director David Dhawan and starring Bollywood superstars Salman Khan, Govinda, Lara Dutta and Katrina Kaif, the film has become a runaway box office success with a stupendous opening of more than USD 10mn worldwide in the first weekend. In UK ‘Partner’ has been in UK Top 10 Charts (Source: EDI Neilson) with some of the biggest Hollywood releases like ‘The Simpsons Movie’, ‘Transformers’, ‘Harry Porter and the order of the Phoenix’, and ‘Die Hard 4:0’.

Vijay Ahuja, Executive Director and President International, Eros International Plc said “A film combining talents like David Dhawan, Salman and Govinda is no doubt a sure shot formula for box office success. There has been an excellent response to the superb chemistry between the lead actors and David Dhawan’s inimitable sense of humour”

Produced by Sohail Khan and K Sera Sera, Partner comes through a major output deal signed by Eros with K Sera Sera last year. With Partner, Eros International continues its successful line up of blockbusters releases with a major release practically every fortnight. After the success of the critically acclaimed Othello inspired Omkara, Salaam-E-Ishq, Eklavya, Provoked, Namastey London, Cheeni Kum etc, Eros has other releases in the run up to August 2007 including Gandhi My Father and Heyy Babyy.

Official website of the film: www.erosentertainment.com/partner

About ‘Partner’
Genre- Comedy
Directed by – David Dhawan
Global Distributor – Eros International
Starcast – Salman Khan, Govinda, Lara Dutta, Katrina Kaif
Release date – 20th July
Official website – www.erosentertainment.com/partner
Synopsis –
Although 99% of the women always get the man they desire, 99% of the men never get the women they love. That’s when the Love Guru steps in. Love Guru faces the biggest challenge of his career when a common man, Bhaskar Devakar Chudhary falls helplessly in love with the most eligible socialite in town – Priya Jaisingh. While Love Guru has succeeded in giving a happy ending to many love stories, he faces an uphill task when it comes to his own love story with Naina Sahani who has her own set of problems. This summer get ready for a story of a dude and a common man, from the king of comedies, David Dhawan.

About Eros International plc

Eros International plc is a well-established global player in the fast-growing Indian media and entertainment arena. Being vertically integrated means that Eros not only produces and commissions films like studios but it also distributes/exploits films across formats globally via cinemas, home entertainment, television formats and new media. Established in 1977, Eros International has three decades of market leadership in creating a global platform for Indian cinema. The company operates in over 50 countries with worldwide offices in India, UK, USA, Dubai, Australia, Fiji and Isle of Man. It has built a successful business model around the release of 30-40 new films every year and the exploitation of a film library containing more than 1,300 titles, making it one of the largest content owners in the business. Global Distribution, Motion Pictures, Music, Home Entertainment, e-Television, New Media and Animation are the main Strategic Business Units of Eros.
Eros enters its 30th year in the business with the Vision of consolidating the fragmented industry, the Strategy of operating a vertically integrated business model and the Motto of Powering Indian Cinema.

Press Contacts
UK: Vaishali@erosintl.co.uk
US: niyati@erosentertainment.com
India: amita.naidu@erosmultimedia.net

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