Promise 35% returns against 18-20% offered by PE, other players

The initial response to films funded by cinema-focused venture funds might not have been overwhelming, but that is not stopping them from promising high returns.

Despite the bombing of films like Victory and The Stoneman Murders at the box-office, cinema venture capital funds are promising up to 35 per cent return as against 18-20 per cent internal rate of return being offered by private equity and other VC funds.

At present, Vistaar Religare Film Fund and Cinema Capital Venture Fund are the two cinema VCs registered with the capital markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)

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