We have audited the standalone financial statements of
One 97 Communications Limited ("the Company"), which
comprise the Balance sheet as at March 31, 2025, the
Statement of Profit and Loss, including the statement of
Other Comprehensive Income, the Cash Flow Statement
and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then
ended, and notes to the Standalone financial statements,
including a summary of material accounting policies and
other explanatory information.

In our opinion and to the best of our information and
according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid
standalone financial statements give the information
required by the Companies Act, 2013, as amended ("the
Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair
view in conformity with the accounting principles generally
accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as
at March 31, 2025, its loss including other comprehensive
income, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the
year ended on that date.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit of the standalone financial
statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing
(SAs), as specified under section 143(10) of the Act.
Our responsibilities under those Standards are further
described in the 'Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of
the Standalone Financial Statements' section of our report.
We are independent of the Company in accordance with
the 'Code of Ethics' issued by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements
that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements
under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder,
and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities
in accordance with these requirements and the Code
of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have
obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for
our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.

Emphasis of Matter

A. We draw attention to Note 42 to the financial
statements, regarding a Show Cause Notice ("SCN")
received by the Company and its two subsidiaries,
from the Directorate of Enforcement, Government of
India alleging contraventions of certain provisions of

the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA)
and the rules and regulations framed thereunder.
Management's plans in this regard are also set out
in the said note.

B. We draw attention to Note 43 to the financial
statements, regarding the Show Cause Notice (SCN)
of Rs 57,120 million, received on April 28, 2025, by
First Games Technology Private Limited (FGTPL), a
Joint Venture (JV) of the Company, pertaining to the
period January 01, 2018 to March 31, 2023, under
the Central Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017. As set
out in the note, management of the JV proposes to
contest this demand and is confident of successfully
defending its position against GST authorities.

C. We draw attention to Note 10 (b) and 13 (b) to the
financial statements, describing the impact of the
restatement of previous year cash balances held in
escrow account which were previously disclosed
as net with merchant liabilities under other financial
liabilities instead of being presented under bank
balances other than cash and cash equivalents.

Our opinion is not modified in respect of any of
the above matter.

Key Audit Matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional
judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the
standalone financial statements for the financial year ended
March 31, 2025. These matters were addressed in the
context of our audit of the standalone financial statements
as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do
not provide a separate opinion on these matters. For each
matter below, our description of how our audit addressed
the matter is provided in that context.

We have determined the matters described below to be
the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the standalone
financial statements section of our report, including in
relation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit included
the performance of procedures designed to respond to our
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the
standalone financial statements. The results of our audit
procedures, including the procedures performed to address
the matters below, provide the basis for our audit opinion
on the accompanying standalone financial statements.

We have determined that there are no other key audit
matters to communicate in our report.

Other Information

The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the
other information. The other information comprises the
information included in the Annual report, but does not
include the standalone financial statements and our
auditor's report thereon.

Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does
not cover the other information and we do not express any
form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the standalone financial
statements, our responsibility is to read the other
information and, in doing so, consider whether such other
information is materially inconsistent with the financial
statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or
otherwise appears to be materially misstated.

The Annual report is not made available to us as at the
date of this auditor's report. We have nothing to report
in this regard.

Responsibilities of the Management for the
Standalone Financial Statements

The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the
matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to
the preparation of these standalone financial statements that
give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial
performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows
and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with the
accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the
Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under section
133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting
Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended. This responsibility also
includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in
accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of
the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting
frauds and other irregularities; selection and application
of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and
estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and the design,
implementation and maintenance of adequate internal
financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring
the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,
relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone
financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free
from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the standalone financial statements,
management is responsible for assessing the Company's
ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as
applicable, matters related to going concern and using the
going concern basis of accounting unless management
either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease
operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those Board of Directors are also responsible for
overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.

Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the
Standalone Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the standalone financial statements as a whole
are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud
or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes
our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of
assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted
in accordance with SAs will always detect a material
misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from
fraud or error and are considered material if, individually
or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected
to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the
basis of these standalone financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise
professional judgment and maintain professional
skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement
of the standalone financial statements, whether due
to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures
responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence
that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis
for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material
misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for
one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion,
forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or
the override of internal control.

• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant
to the audit in order to design audit procedures that
are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section
143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for
expressing our opinion on whether the Company has
adequate internal financial controls with reference
to financial statements in place and the operating
effectiveness of such controls.

• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies
used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates
and related disclosures made by management.

• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use
of the going concern basis of accounting and, based
on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material
uncertainty exists related to events or conditions
that may cast significant doubt on the Company's
ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude
that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to
draw attention in our auditor's report to the related
disclosures in the financial statements or, if such
disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our
conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained
up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future
events or conditions may cause the Company to cease
to continue as a going concern.

• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content
of the standalone financial statements, including the
disclosures, and whether the standalone financial
statements represent the underlying transactions and
events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

We communicate with those charged with governance
regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and
timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including
any significant deficiencies in internal control that we
identify during our audit.

We also provide those charged with governance with a
statement that we have complied with relevant ethical
requirements regarding independence, and to communicate
with them all relationships and other matters that may
reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and
where applicable, related safeguards.

From the matters communicated with those charged with
governance, we determine those matters that were of
most significance in the audit of the standalone financial
statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2025 and
are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters
in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes
public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely
rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should
not be communicated in our report because the adverse
consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to
outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory
Requirements

1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report)
Order, 2020 ("the Order"), issued by the Central
Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of
section 143 of the Act, we give in the "Annexure 1" a
statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3
and 4 of the Order.

2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report to

the extent applicable, that:

(a) We have sought and obtained all the information
and explanations which to the best of our
knowledge and belief were necessary for the
purposes of our audit;

(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as
required by law have been kept by the Company
so far as it appears from our examination of
those books, except for the matters stated
in the paragraph 2 (i) (vi) below on reporting
under Rule 11(g);

(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit
and Loss including the Statement of Other
Comprehensive Income, the Cash Flow
Statement and Statement of Changes in Equity
dealt with by this Report are in agreement with
the books of account ;

(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial
statements comply with the Accounting
Standards specified under Section 133 of the
Act, read with Companies (Indian Accounting
Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended;

(e) On the basis of the written representations
received from the directors as on March 31, 2025
taken on record by the Board of Directors, none
of the directors is disqualified as on March 31,
2025 from being appointed as a director in terms
of Section 164 (2) of the Act;

(f) The modification relating to the maintenance of
accounts and other matters connected therewith
are as stated in paragraph 2 (b) above on
reporting under Section 143(3)(b) and paragraph
2 (i) (vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g).

(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal
financial controls with reference to standalone
financial statements and the operating
effectiveness of such controls, refer to our
separate Report in "Annexure 2" to this report;

(h) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration for
the year ended March 31, 2025 has been paid
/ provided by the Company to its directors in
accordance with the provisions of section 197
read with Schedule V to the Act.

(i) With respect to the other matters to be included
in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule
11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,
2014, as amended in our opinion and to the
best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us:

i. The Company has disclosed the impact of
pending litigations on its financial position
in its standalone financial statements
- Refer Note 28 (c) to the standalone
financial statements;

ii. The Company did not have any long-term
contracts including derivative contracts
for which there were any material
foreseeable losses;

iii. There were no amounts which were required
to be transferred to the Investor Education
and Protection Fund by the Company;

iv. a) The management has represented

that, to the best of its knowledge
and belief, other than as disclosed in
the note 40 (i) (a) to the standalone
financial statements, no funds have
been advanced or loaned or invested
(either from borrowed funds or share
premium or any other sources or kind
of funds) by the Company to or in any
other persons or entities, including
foreign entities ("Intermediaries"),
with the understanding, whether
recorded in writing or otherwise,
that the Intermediary shall, whether,
directly or indirectly lend or invest in
other persons or entities identified
in any manner whatsoever by or on
behalf of the Company ("Ultimate
Beneficiaries") or provide any
guarantee, security or the like on
behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;

b) The management has represented
that, to the best of its knowledge
and belief, other than as disclosed in
the note 40 (i) (b) to the standalone
financial statements, no funds have
been received by the Company from
any persons or entities, including

foreign entities ("Funding Parties"),
with the understanding, whether
recorded in writing or otherwise,
that the Company shall, whether,
directly or indirectly, lend or invest
in other persons or entities identified
in any manner whatsoever by or on
behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate
Beneficiaries") or provide any
guarantee, security or the like on behalf
of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and

c) Based on such audit procedures
performed that have been considered
reasonable and appropriate in the
circumstances, nothing has come
to our notice that has caused us to
believe that the representations under
sub-clause (a) and (b) contain any
material misstatement.

v. No dividend has been declared or paid

during the year by the Company.

vi. Based on our examination which included
test checks, the Company has used
accounting software and third-party
systems for maintaining its books of account
which has a feature of recording audit trail
(edit log) facility and the same has operated
throughout the financial year for the
accounting software at application level and
third-party systems. For accounting software
at data base level and sub-systems, the
audit trail was enabled and operational from
various dates during the year, as described
in note 44 to the financial statements.

Further, no instance of audit trail feature
being tampered with was noted in respect
of the above accounting software(s) where
the audit trail has been enabled and the audit
trail has been preserved by the Company as
per the statutory requirements for record
retention, to the extent it was enabled and
recorded in those years, as stated in Note
44 to the financial statements.

For S.R. Batliboi & Associates LLP

Chartered Accountants
ICAI Firm Registration Number: 101049W/E300004

per Yogender Seth

Partner

Place of Signature: Bengaluru Membership Number: 094524

Date: May 06, 2025 UDIN: 25094524BMNZNP4517