YOU ASKED IT | 15 November, 2024

Will the producers of the two Diwali releases make profits?

– The producers of BHOOL BHULAIYAA 3 will make huge profits of around Rs. 60-70 crore, maybe more. The producers of SINGHAM AGAIN, which cost more than double the budget of BHOOL BHULAIYAA 3, will not be able to break even.

Why is Jio Studios not remaking its super-hit Marathi film, Baipan Bhari Deva, in Hindi?

– Probably because it is available in Hindi on OTT platform Disney+ Hotstar. Nowadays, OTT platforms either dub regional language films in Hindi or add Hindi/English subtitles in the original language version when they acquire the streaming rights. After that, it may no longer be worthwhile to remake a regional language film in Hindi.     

Has Ajay Devgan given his consent for the release of his more-than-a-decade-old film, Naam?

– There is no way an actor can prevent the release of his film, however stale it might be. Morally, no actor would be justified in doing that. Late producer Dinesh Patel’s wife approached the star who is said to have forthwith given his go-ahead to the film’s release now. Incidentally, Ajay Devgan had not charged Dinesh Patel a single naya paisa for working in NAAM. You may be aware that it was Dinesh Patel’s PHOOL AUR KAANTE which introduced Ajay Devgan as an actor. Not only did Ajay do NAAM as a gesture of goodwill to bail Patel out of the difficult times he had landed himself in but he also asked his friend, director Anees Bazmee, to direct the film for free. And Anees Bazmee readily obliged. The script of NAAM had been originally written by Anees Bazmee for Ajay Devgan to produce it.