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Message: <blockquote data-quote="monson" data-source="post: 24202516" data-attributes="member: 30005">This Former Immigrant From Sri Lanka Just Made India's Most Expensive MovieThe man who bankrolled the science-fiction film 2.0, India’s costliest movie, is a former immigrant from Sri Lanka who is now running his family's telecom, healthcare, financial services, media and entertainment conglomerate in the U.K.Meet Allirjah Subaskaran, 46, who fled Sri Lanka with his family at the height of the ethnic conflict there three decades ago, and moved first to France, and then later settled in the U.K. He said that he loved watching Tamil films while growing up, and that’s why he started Lyca Productions, a production and distribution company based in Chennai, in 2014.<img src="https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/960x0/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs-images.forbes.com%2Fanuraghunathan%2Ffiles%2F2018%2F12%2F2.0-cast-and-Mr-Allirajah-1-1200x800.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />It’s part of the privately held Lyca Group, which was named after his sister Leka, with headquarters on the banks of the river Thames in one of London’s financial districts. A 2017 financial presentation by the group claimed that its revenues were more than $2.2 billion in 2016.The group's flagship brand is Lycamobile started in 2006 in the Netherlands. From there, the group expanded to Belgium, Denmark, Norway and other European countries. Lycamobile says it's currently serving 15 million customers across 23 countries. And it’s hoping to reach 50 million customers by 2020 through an expansion to more markets in Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.The conglomerate employs more than 8,000 people and has interests in media and entertainment encompassing Athavan TV, news and radio in its portfolio. Athavan is popular with the Tamil diaspora across the world. The group’s Lyca Radio has four radio stations, including two for the south Asian community in the U.K.- <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/anuraghunathan/2018/12/11/this-former-immigrant-from-sri-lanka-just-made-indias-most-expensive-movie/#286034e6513a" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/anuraghunathan/2018/12/11/this-former-immigrant-from-sri-lanka-just-made-indias-most-expensive-movie/#286034e6513a</a></blockquote>

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