BookMyShow is India's largest entertainment ticketing platform. It was founded in 1999 by Ashish Hemarajani, Parishkit Dar, and Rajesh Balpande. Initially operating out of Hemarajani's bedroom, it was known as Go For Ticketing before being renamed India Ticketing and eventually BookMyShow. BookMyShow has since grown to be the market leader in online ticket booking, serving over 30 million customers across India and in 5 other countries. It now sells over 15 million tickets per month and has partnerships with several cricket and Bollywood events.

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2. ABOUT BOOKMYSHOW
• The company is currently India’s largest entertainment ticketing
platform
• BookMyShow started out in 1999 as a software re-seller for movie
theaters and converted into a platform catering to cloud-based ticket
booking of events, movies, sports, and plays.
• BookMyShow was known by the name of its parent
company, Bigtree Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

3. FOUNDERS OF BOOKMYSHOW
 The founders of bookmyshow are 3
friends Ashish Hemarajani,
Parishkit Dar and Rajesh Balpande.
 Ashish Hemarajani is the CEO of
BookMyShow.
 Rajesh Balpande is the Co-founder
of BookMyShow and the Founder of
Bigtree Entertainment.
 Parikshit Dar is another Co-founder
of BookMyShow. He is also the
Director of Bigtree Entertainment.
 They are the alumnus of Sydenham
Institute of Management, Mumbai
University.

4. STARTUP STORY
On one such day, he was
sitting under a tree
listening to the promotion
of rugby tickets on radio.
.
Ashish came back to
India and immediately
resigned from his job
to focus on his idea.

5. At the age of
24, Ashish
launched his
first ever
internet venture
with its head
office being his
bedroom.
Soon after, his
friend Parikshit
Dar joined him
to lead the
technological
aspects
Rajesh
Balpande, took
over the
responsibility of
managingBigtre
e'sfi
nances
The trio, fondly
known as the
three
musketeers,start
ed Bigtree
Entertainment
Pvt. Ltd. (the
parent company
of BookMyShow)

6. NAME & LOGO
• BookMyShow was initially branded as ‘Go For Ticketing’.
• In 2002, the company was renamed ‘India Ticketing’ before
ending up with the current name.
• In 2007, the company organized a contest for its employees
where they were to suggest a name for the company with the
winner receiving an iPod touch.
• The name BookMyShow was suggested by an engineering
intern. And that's how the venture found a name that clicked
with its mission and vision.

8. Currently, BookMyShow is facing stiff
competition from Paytm which offers discounts
and cashback to users on purchase of movie
tickets through the Paytm platform

9. ACHEIVEMENTS
BookMyShow is now the market leader in online ticket booking
industry. Some major achievements of the company are:
• 50 million+ app downloads
• 15 million+ ticket sold in a month
• 2 billion+ page views each year.
• 30 million+ customers
• Operating in 5 countries
• Covers 650+ towns and cities
• Covers 4500+ screens
• Became official ticketing partner for Mumbai Indians, Kings
XI Punjab, Delhi Daredevils, Pune Warriors, and Rajasthan
Royals in IPL
• BookMyShow earned a revenue of INR 391 crores in FY2018,

11. Founder's Advice
"It is all about going out and trying. But don’t follow the herd.
You have got to be very clear why your idea or you as a
person will succeed in this environment. How disruptive your
technology is.", said Ashish Hemrajani
BookMyShow owner.