We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of GV Films Limited (“the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of the material accounting policy information and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, except for the effect of matters described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion section of our report ,the aforesaid standalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India including Indian Accounting Standards ('Ind AS') specified under Section 133 of the Act, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March 2024, and its loss, total comprehensive loss, the changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Qualified Opinion
Indian Accounting Standards (IND AS 19) on Employee Benefit:
The Company has gratuity liability which are in the form of defined benefits obligations. The Company has not made any contributions to Pension and Gratuity Trusts or any other fund based on the percentage of salary towards Gratuity and Pension Liabilities. The Company has not recognized its defined benefit obligations based on the actuarial valuation as stated under IND AS 19. On account of this, we are unable to comment on the correctness and the impact of the cost of employee benefits charged to the Statement of Profit and Loss (including the Other Comprehensive Income) and the disclosures as required by IND AS 19 in the financial statements.
Going Concern:
We draw attention to Note No.:14 in the Financial Statements, which indicates that GV Films Limited has not generated any revenue from operations during the financial year 2020-21, 2021-2022, 2022-23 and 2023-24 and has incurred expenses resulting in normal losses as well as cash losses.
The steps contemplated by the Board to reduce/eliminate the material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter. Reference is drawn to Note No.31 in Financial Statements in this respect.
Balance Confirmations
We have not received confirmation of balances in respect of trade payables, trade receivables, investments, loans and advances received by the Company, loans and advances made by the Company, stock-in trade, and capital work in progress. The management represented that these balances are realizable/settled in the ordinary course of business. In the absence of confirmation of balances, we were unable to determine whether any adjustments by way of provision for doubtful debts/write-off were necessary at the year end.
Further attention is drawn to the presence of several inoperative bank accounts held by the Company. In the absence of confirmation of the balances of these account balances and the other bank account balances, we are unable to form an opinion on the correctness of the balances.
Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds:
Further, attention is drawn to the non-furnishing of, during our audit, the underlying Agreement to the Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs) issued by the Company. The Management has furnished us USD $65,250/-, the INR equivalent being Rs. 54,40,728. /- as the interest payable on the FCCBs during the year under audit. In the absence of the production of the original documents of the FCCBs, we are unable to form an opinion on the correctness of the outstanding balance of the FCCBs and the interest payable thereon.
Indian Accounting Standards (IND AS 37) on Provisions, Contingent Liabilities & Contingent Assets:
Reference is drawn to Note 10 of the financial statements, detailing the outstanding TDS demand notice dated 22.05.2023. Following this, the Company paid Rs. 0.68 Lakhs during FY 2023-24. Subsequently, the Company received a reminder for the outstanding TDS demand on 13.03.2024 for Rs. 17.12 Lakhs. It is to be noted that no provision was made by the Company against the said TDS demand during the year, instead it has been disclosed as contingent liability in the financial statements.
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 of the current period. 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.
We have determined the following to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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Key Audit Matter
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How was the matter addressed in our Audit
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Claims and Exposure relating to Taxation and Litigations
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Our Audit Procedures included the following:
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The Company is subject to legal and tax related claims which have been disclosed or provided for in the financial statements based on the facts and circumstances of each case.
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1. Gained an understanding of the process of identification of claims, litigations and contingent liabilities and identified key controls in the process.
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Taxation & Litigation Exposures have been identified as Key Audit Matter (KAM) due to complexities involved in these matters, time-scales involved for
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2. Obtained the summary of Company's legal and tax cases and critically assessed management's position.
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resolutions and the potential financial impact of these on the Financial Statements.
Further significant management judgement is involved in assessing the exposure of each case and thus a risk that such cases may not be adequately provided for or disclosed.
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3. Assessed the relevant disclosures made within the financial statements to address whether they appropriately reflect the facts and circumstances of the respective tax and legal exposures and the requirements of relevant accounting standards.
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Other Matters
Reference is drawn to Note No.28 of the Standalone Financial detailing the proceedings in the case of SEBI, Enforcement Department & Income Tax.
Our audit opinion is not modified in respect of the above. We draw attention to the proceedings of the ExtraOrdinary General Meeting (EGM) of the Company held on February 26, 2024, where a resolution was passed for the preferential issue of up to 95,00,00,000 (Ninety-Five Crores) fully convertible warrants to persons belonging to the Non-Promoter Category.
Subsequently, on May 6, 2024, the Board of Directors passed a resolution identifying the specific allottees and finalized the allotment amounts and confirmed the terms of the conversion of these warrants into equity shares.
However, we note that the Company has not disclosed these events, including the details of the specific allottees and the resolutions passed on May 6, 2024, in the Notes to the Accounts in the financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2024.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
Information other than the financial statements and Auditors' Report Thereon
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis, Board's Report including Annexures to Board's Report, Business Responsibility Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholder's Information, but does not include the Standalone financial statements and our Auditors' report thereon.
Our opinion on the 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 financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course
ot our auait or otnerwise appears to oe materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Management's Responsibility 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 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 Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 and Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2016, as amended from time to time, and other accounting principles generally accepted in India.
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 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. The Board of Directors are responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditors' 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 Auditors' 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 Standards on Auditing 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 Standards on Auditing, 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 system 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 Auditors' report to the related disclosures in the standalone 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 Auditors' 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.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financial statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the standalone financial statements.
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 of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our Auditors' 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 Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in the Annexure B, a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 143 (3) of the Act, based on our audit and subject to the Qualified Opinion paragraph, we report 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 purpose 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 that reporting under Rule 11(g) is separately commented upon in paragraph (i)(v);
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and the Cash Flow Statement 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 Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2024 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act;
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financials controls over financial reporting of the company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in Annexure "A". Our report expresses and unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the company's internal financial controls over financial reporting; and
g) The modification relating to maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith are as stated in paragraph (b) on reporting under Sec. 143(3)(b) and para (i)(v) below on reporting under Rule 11(g).
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of 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 the standalone financial statements - refer Note 28 to the financial statements;
ii. The Company does not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there are no material foreseeable losses.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company during the year ended 31 March 2024;
iv. (i) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, 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:
a. directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever (“Ultimate Beneficiaries") by or on behalf of the Company or
b. provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(ii) The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, 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:
a. directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever (“Ultimate Beneficiaries") by or on behalf of the Funding Party or
b. provide any guarantee, security or the like from or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(iii) Based on audit procedures which we 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 (i) and (ii) contain any material misstatement,
v. Based on our examination carried out in accordance with the Implementation Guidance on Reporting on Audit Trail under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,2014 (Revised 2024 Edition) issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, we report that the Company has not implemented an accounting software with the audit trail (edit log) feature for the period 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024.
As a result, we are unable to verify whether the audit trail feature was operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software or whether any tampering with the audit trail occurred during the year.
Furthermore, since the audit trail feature was not implemented, we are unable to comment on the preservation of the audit trail as per statutory requirements for record retention. However, it is noted that the requirement to report on the preservation of the audit trail under Rule 11(g) applies from 1st April 2024 onwards and, therefore, is not applicable to the financial year ended 31st March 2024.
Our audit procedures related to the audit trail were conducted as part of our overall audit of the financial statements, in accordance with the Standards on Auditing, and were limited to the extent required by Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014. We have not conducted a standalone audit specifically focused on the audit trail.
j) The company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year.
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Date : 30/05/2024 UD|N; 24018394BKASB25413
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