Padmaavat: Who will pay to get the rights for the film which is surrou

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus
Padmaavat has been at the receiving end
ever since it has been announced. After a
string of protests by the Rajput Karni Sena,
the makers were forced to postpone the
film's release date for political reasons. Now,
the film has been passed by CBFC with five
modifications and will now release on
January 25, 2018.
Despite the Supreme Court's green signal,
distributors in Rajasthan are not willing to
buy the rights of the film. According to a
report in a leading daily, the trade sources
said that the producers were demanding a
sum of INR 5 crore for the distribution
rights of the film in Rajasthan and a few
distributors were keen to pay it seeing the
grandeur and scale of the film. However,
following protest by Rajput groups,
distributors have preferred to maintain a
distance from the film.
"Who will pay to get the distribution rights
for the film which is surrounded by
apprehensions and fears? Be it audience or
cinema hall owners - everyone is
intimidated. It is not viable to pay a price of
say Rs 5 crore at this stage, as Rajasthan is
the epicentre of the entire controversy. We
also honour the sentiments of Rajput
community thus have opted out of this film,"
said a distributor.
"Had there been no controversy relating to
Padmaavat, it would have earned at least Rs
12 crore from Rajasthan, which is fifth
largest film territory in terms of film
business in India," a film trade analyst
added.
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CREDITS: TIMES OF INDIA.

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