Hope to see you, Rajeev and Viral in Dallas and we can all bow and sing
BACHCHAN's WORLD, BACHCHAN's WORLD :-))
From: vakhat <vakhat@yahoo.com>
To: bigb@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, April 4, 2011 12:15:18 PM
Subject: [bigb] Re: Buddha budget is Rs 10.5 crore
Exactly Viral. I doubt a bumper opening. You know Bachchans forte in marketing!! If it's a solid product...I wanna see housefull signs...old school type posters...people bowing to AB...."We are not Worthy"!!!
One more time! In the year Sachin got his trophy....Let it be thus for AB!!
Vakhat
--- In bigb@yahoogroups.com, Viral Mankad <viral_mankad@...> wrote:
>
> Its good to have a small budget but the movie's opening and business should be
> such that the budget shouldn't matter. it should be a success NO QUESTIONS
> ASKED. we need a BUMPER opening.
>
> I love the last answer :)
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Fatima Mohamed <MohamedF@...>
> To: bigb@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Mon, April 4, 2011 1:46:07 AM
> Subject: [bigb] Buddha budget is Rs 10.5 crore
>
>
> From Abhishek interview:
> Paa was a success because you kept its budget in check.
> When I decided to produce the film, I knew the subject needed to be shot on a
> controlled budget. We had offers from studios who wanted to buy it for Rs 60-70
> crore. I made it with Rs 15 crore. I could have made a killing but I knew that
> would have killed the film. For me, making a film work and allowing distributors
> and exhibitors to earn money was far more important than anything else. A B Corp
> was coming back after a long time. I am an industry boy. I was born and brought
> up in the industry. This is my industry. Money cannot be the only driving force.
> Obviously, I am not doing charity and I want to cover my costs as well but I
> don't think greed was the reason we made Paa. We made Paa because we were
> passionate about the script and today people who distributed and exhibited the
> film tell me they made money from the film.
>
> Is it the same formula with Buddha?
> Most definitely! The budget is Rs 10.5 crore.
> Apart from the budget, were you also involved with the script?
> Of course! It's an A B Corp production so we have done whatever we needed to do.
> I am confident Buddha will be a huge success. I have been asking dad, "Where is
> that angry young man?" It is a very commercial subject and Puri (Jagannath) is a
> very commercial director. The budget is fantastic and you're going to see
> Amitabh Bachchan like he was in the '70s and '80s.
> http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/interview3.php?interviewid=92
>
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>
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>
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