Ranveer registered Maa Kasam Films (MKF) already in 2017 (with his mother as partner), but officially announced it only 3 years later (afaIk).
And yes relative to Dhurandhar: Ranveer personally stepped in to rescue the film financially when it hit major budget troubles. ... As Dhurandhar originally was mounted as a single movie by Jio Studios, but the scale expanded, Dhar required extensive additional shooting schedules and the production costs doubled. Jio Studios initially halted further funding, leaving the project in limbo. ...However, believing fully in the film, Ranveer and Aditya chose to forgo their usual upfront acting/directing fees and - reportedly - infused approximately ₹35 to ₹50 crore of their own money to fund the extra shooting days and complete the project.
As far as I know, also Sanjay Dutt and Akshaye forwent their upfront salaries in favor of backend equity.
Aditya made a movie that became the one with the highest return on investment in Hindi Cinema with a quite low budget for both the parts together (I think it was lower than 300 cr) because of skillfully splitting the extended material he had (with some additional shots).
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