Unpredictable revenue streams leave Indian film producers vulnerable to funding disputes
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- ✓Pen India moved the insolvency tribunal against Reliance Entertainment over a ₹20 crore security deposit dispute.
- ✓“Film financing is unusual because repayment is often commercially connected to an inherently unpredictable asset,” said Aishwarya Kaushiq.
- ✓With revenues uncertain, producers now face legal battles as funding arrangements get caught in insolvency courts.
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- India Economy
Pen India had advanced ₹20 crore to Reliance under a security deposit agreement which Reliance Entertainment argued did not constitute a money-lending arrangement. The company also contended that its liability had been extinguished under a contractual provision that required repayment through a third-party satellite or digital rights provider.
“Film financing is unusual because repayment is often commercially connected to an inherently unpredictable asset, which is the film itself,” said Aishwarya Kaushiq, a partner at BTG Advaya, a law firm. “Money may be expected to come from theatrical collections, satellite or digital rights, distribution revenues or a combination of these. The problem arises when expected revenues do not materialize. The legal question then becomes very simple: who agreed to carry that risk?”
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