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Renuka in the Wall Street Journal - February 21, 2007

Renuka Pullat was recently featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal in an article. "
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Suniel and Kim's visit to SF - November 9, 2004

Both the stars were recently in California to attend a fund-raiser and promote their upcoming film "Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav "
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San Jose Mercury News - April 8, 2004

Interest grows for Indian film industry
By John Boudreau
Renuka Pullat has a new pitch to Silicon Valley venture capitalists. It's about exotic locales. Melodramas full of song and dance, romance and, of course, ``a little bit of fighting.'' It's an Indian formula flick -- otherwise known as a Bollywood movie. It's also a new kind of investment for a small wave of Indo-American entrepreneurs and VCs who, having tired of gadgets and Internet technology, are seeking fortunes in Bollywood -- or at least a little bit of fun.
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India West - November 12, 2003

S.F. Bay Area Couple Produces Bollywood Film
By Lisa Tsering
HILLSBOROUGH, Calif. - Entrepreneurs Krishna and Renuka Pullat would like to bring some Silicon Valley savvy to the Bollywood film industry, and they're starting on a big scale. "I've been looking at the way business is conducted in the film industry, and I see a lot of room for improvement," Krishna Pillai told India-West, smiling expansively as he looked out over a luxe launch party at the couple's hillside home Nov. 1. The Pullats have formed a production company called Kria Entertainment, with offices here and Mumbai, and are eagerly awaiting the release of Kria's first film, Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav.
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Screen Debut

Padma Shree Laloo
He has been pretty much a star on the small screen for many years. Now it's time for the RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav to make a splash on the big screen. Bollywood Director Mahesh Manjrekar (of Vastav and Hattiyar fame) met Laloo in Patna last week and expressed his desire to make an "entirely non-political" film on his life titled Padma Shree Laloo. Laloo promptly agreed…Says Manjrekar " Laloo's fan following goes beyond politics. I hope the film will be a super hit." If Laloo writes the dialogue, it may well be.
- Farzand Ahmed.

India Today - December 9, 2002

Will the Laloo magic work for Bollywood?
By K. Balchand
PATNA Nov. 25. Is the name of `Laloo Prasad Yadav', chief of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, a `mantra' for reviving the sagging Bollywood economy? Mahesh Manjrekar is all set to make a movie: Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav.
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Politics and movies make cosy bed-fellows in India. But when bhai-infested Bollywood begins serenading Laloo Prasad Yadav, lawless Bihar's discredited supremo, you could say the synergy's really on…..
http://www.bihartimes.com/articles/amarnath/fanclub.html