Costliest movies of Bollywood, mega distribution deals

Huge distribution companies which undertake packaging, promoting, marketing and distribution of films with a profit motive, consider the track record and "hit quotient" of a prospective Bollywood movie before quoting a price. The price turns to be quite flattering if the track record of the producer or director is very good.
Here are the mega distribution deals, or in other words the costliest movies ever in Bollywood:

1. London Dreams: A Vipul Shah project, sold for Rs. 120 crore.
2. Ghajini: An Aamir Khan starrer, sold for Rs.95 crore
3. Om Shanti Om: Sold for Rs. 73 crore, one of the biggest hits of Bollywood history, made profits worth $45 million
4. Singh is Kinng: Sold for Rs.65 crore, has reportedly grossed Rs.50 crore in the first week itself.

Big Money for Bollywood-Big Banner movies do not flop!

It is true…sad but true. A movie like Tashan inspite of being a huge flop still made money.

The quality of movies are dipping by every passing month in Bollywood, but Bollywood producers still make money. How does it do so?

After a succesful producer makes a movie, he sells it off to a prized distributor for a huge profit. Add to it, money that is earned from satellite rights, theatrical rights, music rights, internet downloads, ringtones and the producer has already pocketed a lot of money. The movie is not his headache anymore. Of course, his credibility in the market can suffer if the movie flops and the television production company or distributing house will think twice before taking the producer’s next release. However till that time, the producer can laugh his way to the bank, irrespective of box office status. For instance, though Ugly aur Pagli was a flop, the producer in this case, Pritish Nandy sold his movie to Percept Picture Company for a profit, even before the movie released.

Believe it or not, an unshot movie,(even the first shot has not been canned), London Dreams of Vipul Shah has been sold to a distribution company for a whopping Rs.120 crore. It is mega distribution deal for a Bollywood movie at its best. The story of London Dreams is NRI friendly and is conceptualized on underground music scenario in Asia. Ajay Devgan and Salman Khan star in this money spinner.

The distribution company which has reportedly paid Rs.120 crore to Vipul Shah has done it on the basis of Vipul Shah’s excellent track records which has nothing but hits. The producer director Vipul Shah’s past few blockbusters inlcude Waqt-Race Against Time, Namaste London, Aankhein and the recent Singh is Kinng. All of them had his trump card, Akshay Kumar. In the next post, we will read about the biggest mega distribution deals of Bollywood

Paresh Rawal: an actor par excellence

Paresh Rawal is one of the most outstanding talents of Bollywood. He debuted in the year 1984 with Holi(the same movie where Aamir Khan had his debut). Since then Paresh Rawal had been doing small villainous roles and character roles especially in the 80s and 90s. But Paresh Rawal's versatility and popularity really showed by the turn of the millennium. Here are some of Paresh Rawal's best performances in terms of popularity and appreciation:

1. Baburao Ganpatrao Apte: Hera Pheri
2. Radeysham Tiwari: Hungama
3. Vedji bhai: Sir(1993)
4. Manilal: Awaara Paagal Deewana
5. Commissioner Amod Shukla: Satya

Everyone knows Paresh Rawal has a penchant for languages. This is the reason why Paresh has excelled in Hera Pheri, Hungama and Awaara Paagal Deewana where he played people from different communities. He is an actor who works on every nuance of a performance, right from body language to intonation. Most of the times, the performance is close to perfection. Paresh Rawal has also been criticized for some of his films, but usually they are for the roles that he has chosen rather than his own performances. One of the films that Paresh Rawal was panned for, was One, Two, Three, one of the turkeys of 2008. Paresh Rawal acted as a person who sold female undies for a living, certainly something which didn't go well with people who adore Paresh.
Now Paresh Rawal is supposedly coming, with what looks like his career best, or at least one of his better performances in the upcoming movie: Mumbai Meri Jaan In Mumbai Meri Jaan, Paresh Rawal essays the role of Tukaram Patil, a constable. According to pre-release reports and Aamir Khan , Paresh Rawal has given a mind-blowing performance. Must say Hungama to that