Its been some time since 'Sivaji - The Boss' the next film by the southern superstar has been announced and everyday the hoopla around it just seems to increasingly exponentially. Here are some mindboggling information surrounding this movie:
1. Out of all Director Shankar's movies this is being touted as the most expensive one. And here is the breakup - 68% was spent in location, not surprisingly 12% in graphics, 8% as salaries (no doubt excluding dat of Rajni's) 8% for costumes, 2% for music maestro A.R.Rahman and other techincians, and the remaining 2% on miscellaneous.
2. Amitabh Big B Bachchan is supposedly making his first guest appearance with Rajni in a Tamil movie. And dat is something to watch out for. Rumours say the Big B shot for the movie in 2 days at Pune.
3. Not to stop at Big B..Shankar has allegedly also roped in Malayam Superstar Mamooty for a special scene n the movie.
4. Here are some numbers for you to digest - The distribution rights for Sivaji has been sold to kerala for 6 crores,(an alltime high)- and actor Vineet seems to have bagged the exclusive rights. The movie has found a distrubutor for Karnataka in Ravichandran who sources claim paid a whopping 9 crores and not to be outdone Andhra Pradesh bagged the movie rights for - hold your breath! - 17 crores!
5. Her are some more titbits for the expectant: Sun TV and Reliance are fighting tooth & nail for satelite, dvd, and audio rights. 80 crores seem to be the stake amount for the same with additional 100 mil USD for International rights.
6. International DVD release rights for 9 countries worldwide is being competed by
'Ayngaran International' of Canada and 'Pyramid' of india. Wikipedia has listed Ayngaran as the distributors worldwide, so now we know who bagged the deal.
7. AVM Productions has magnanimously announced that they will give 25% profit to the charity (Sivaji Foundation) if the movie hits silver jubliee, which I am sure his fans will ensure.
8. And as per the cover story of the No:1 Japanese magazine called "Tosho" this movie has crossed the expectation of even hollywood Bond flick "Casino Royale" and this also supposedly makes Rajinkanth the highest paid actor in the world.
9. Tosho magazine also reveals that the total revenue for AVM Productions (if the movie successfully runs for 50 days only in southern India)will be around 430 crores
10. And last but not the least in a series of firsts: This movie is going to be the first to be dubbed in the local languages of Turkey, Hausa, Gonga(South Africa) and kshinola (Argentina).
Scandals not to be withstood Sivaji faced the music when its soundtrack was allegedly leaked in the internet 2 weeks before its actual launch. And a miffed Shankar who swears by the secrecy of his films has decided to re-shoot the songs.
I just hope albiet all the hype the movie manages to entertain the audience like Rajni's past movies did.
Tailender: Much has also been said and written about Rajnikant's popularity in Japan. Here are two pictures of Rajni's popular film Arunachalam hoarding in Japan which would silence the skeptics -
[Image Source: Mid-day Bangalore & Rajninews]
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