Photon Kathaas Productions

Trading update

Chennai, 3 December 2012.  Photon Kathaas Productions Ltd. (AIM: PKP, "Photon Kathaas", "the Company"), the South Indian film company, announces today that due to delays in the release of two of the five productions scheduled for release in  the second half of the year ending 31st December 2012, second half results will be impacted.  As a result, the full year may show a small loss instead of the anticipated profits referred to in the interim statement published 18 September.

The two productions "Tamilselvanum Thanizhar Anjalum" (tamil) and "Courier Boy Kalyan" (Telugu) will be now released in the first half of 2013. Based on the current schedule of productions, the Company anticipates returning to growth in 2013.

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About Photon Kathaas Productions

Photon Kathaas Productions is the first film company specifically created to make and distribute films of different genres to a primarily South Indian audience, speaking the languages of Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.

PKP benefits from a special creative relationship with its chief creative officer, Gautham Vasudev Menon. Gautham is one of the leading directors and producers in South Indian cinema. He has been involved in nine films to date, not only as a director but also as a screenplay writer, an executive producer and a producer. His earlier films include: Minnale (2000), Rehna He Tera Dile Mein (2001), Kaaka Kaaka (2003), Gharshana (2004), Vettaiyadu Vellaiyadi (2006), Pachaikili Muthucharam (2007), Vaaranam Aayiram (2008) Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010), Ye Maaya Chesave (2010), Nadunissi Naaygal (2011) and Ekk Deewana Tha (2012).

A. R. Rahman is PKP's creative adviser. He is an Indian film composer, record producer, musician and singer and is credited for totally overhauling the style in which music is made in India. A. R. Rahman has won two Academy Awards (Slumdog Millionaire), 25 Filmfare Awards, four Indian National Film Awards, a Bafta Award, two Golden Globes and two Grammy Awards.