Films of stars get sold on their brand name. At the peak of their careers, the films are sold at high prices. But when the producers and buyers place high hopes on a star's film, and the hopes crash at the box-office, there have been instances of the said stars returning part of their humungous fee to those inflicted with losses.
Well, that's the latest question doing rounds in the industry of late. It is known that AR Rahman who was the first choice for the film let go of the project saying he could not give the time required for the project.
Film industry is full of instances where in people enter the industry in a rather gullible fashion. Usually, such people are praised to the skies by people around them and they end up believing in their 'looks' and their 'acting talent'.
There was a time when filmmakers used to write a special character for Brahmanandam for the sake of extra mileage at the box office.
The report says that the actress charges a fee of Rs 10 crore per film and Rs 4 crore per brand endorsement. With personal investments worth Rs 36 crore and four luxury cars valued at Rs 5 crore.
The film Paisa Vasool may or may not have landed profits for the producers Bhavya Creations, but hero Bala Krishna is surely profiting from the film say industry insiders.
Each story has a story behind it. Each movie progresses in a different fashion and the end result is often different from the initial idea. So there is a similar talk regarding Rangasthalam among people closely associated with the mega compound.
Though she was approached for quite a few projects, she signed only a couple of Telugu films — a bilingual directed by A.L. Vijay starring Naga Shaurya as the lead actor and MCA: Middle Class Abbayi opposite Nani.
Nagarjuna has high hopes on Hello to be a bigger blockbuster than Manam from Annapurna Studios.
Almost all the top rated stars are currently not willing to work with debutants. With crores of rupees and market value at stake no one is ready to take a risk with new directors. They are instead going with experienced and top league directors to be in the safe zone.
We keep hearing about some low-rung starlets turning escorts to earn some quick bucks. Such news come out regularly whenever a big Telugu event happens in USA.
Although 'Jawaan' had a decent first weekend, it has an uphill task to recover the production cost since the movie's satellite rights are not yet closed.
If the buzz from film circles is to be believed we are in for yet another big announcement from Tollywood soon.
Even as stories of his alleged relationship with Mahira Khan are splashed all over media, Ranbir Kapoor'so mom Neetu is said to be on the look-out for a girl for her son.
Youngsters do have fancy ideas, but lack the experience to follow them through till the end. While Akhil's Hello is being made with Rs 40 crore, a little mistake has brought bad name to his dad Nagarjuna and Annapurna Banner.