Shah Rukh Khan refunds Dilwale distributors 50%
December 2015 saw the release of the Rohit Shetty directed film
Dilwale
featuring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon. The film produced by Red Chillies and Rohit Shetty Productions, despite featuring a star studded cast and insane promotions, did not perform as expected at the box office. However, months after its release, we now hear that Shah Rukh Khan, whose production company Red Chillies took over the distribution of the film in India, has decided to partially refund the individual distributors for losses incurred.
Speaking
at a recent press conference, Shah Rukh said, "I don't think the
film has done as well as it should have. I am personally disappointed
with that."
According
to our reports, Shah Rukh has refunded close to Rs. 25 cr to cover up
50% loss to distributors asking them to bear the rest. However,
sources close to the actor mention that he has in fact, prima facie
also consented to these distributors getting first right of refusal
for his next release
Raees.
However,
the interesting part here is that music
rights of the film were sold to Sony for Rs. 18 cr ensuring
Shah
Rukh quite literally made a killing on the project earning close to
Rs. 150+ crores as profit!
This
is not the first time Shah
Rukh Khan has had to refund distributors.
In
2001 and 2005, Khan
refunded the individual distributors of his films Asoka (Eros) and
Paheli (UTV), after both films underperformed at the box office.
With
this news we guess SRK is indeed a 'Bade Dilwala' and a large
hearted
Raees.
OM PURI AND NANDITA OPT FOR JUDICIAL SEPARATION
Actor
Om Puri and his wife Nandita have opted for judicial separation after
26 years of marriage.
After
things turned ugly between them following her biography Unlikely
Hero: The Story of Om Puri
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the actor, Om Puri and Nandita decided to live separately without
opting for a divorce with the actor getting visiting rights to his
son Ishaan, 18.
"The
court order came last week. It was a clash of our sensibilities. This
happens with people so there is nothing unusual in it. Nandita and I
are supposed to only
talk
in
regards to Ishaan's
education and welfare," Om Puri told PTI over phone from
Mumbai.
His
lawyer Jalaja Nambiar said the couple would have separate lives
without divorcing each other.
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"Mr
Puri wanted divorce but because things started going haywire,
he opted for an amicable settlement and the court granted them
judicial separation under which they are a married couple legally but
have their separate lives and cannot interfere in each other's
affairs,"
she said.
Nandita,
who had earlier filed a domestic violence case against the actor,
seemed more positive.
"There
were no terms. Everything happened peacefully. We are living
separately till we get back. We have withdrawn all cases against each
other," she told PTI.
When
asked whether she was hopeful about reconciling,
she said, "I don't know."
Nandita
and Om Puri's differences came out in open with the release of his
biography
that his wife wrote.
AAMIR KHAN & SUNNY LEONE MEET UP.
The Aamir Khan-Sunny Leone alliance, having begun serendipitously, appears to be progressing in leaps and bounds. Aamir, 50, was recently in New Delhi filming
Dangal
and learnt that the 34-year-old actress happened to be in the city at the same time. An lunch invite was extended to her and her husband Daniel Weber followed, reports
Mumbai
Mirror.
After
the lunch meet that extended way into the evening,
Aamir then extended an invitation to them to visit him on set the
next day," the report quotes a source as saying.
On
set, Sunny Leone "obliged everyone with selfies and while
leaving, gave him (Aamir) a warm hug."
This
unlikely friendship began last month when Sunny Leone was the subject
of an uncomfortable TV interview that was widely criticized as
sexist, judgmental and unfair. Aamir
Khan ended up tweeting in her defence.
Leave Preity Zinta's 'Marriage Announcement' to Her Please, Folks
Actress Preity Zinta is miffed with all the rumours surrounding her impending marriage plans. The actress said that she is fed up of "manufactured news."
Preity
was reported to have been getting married on Valentine's Day this
year.
"I
am actually fed up of manufactured news," wrote Preity on
Twitter. "Can you leave my marriage announcement to me please?
After all it's my life. Till then, leave me alone," she
added.
The
actress last
seen in 2014's
Happy
Ending also
wrote
that she was tired of speculations regarding her personal life.
DID YOU KNOW:
SRIDEVI PLAYED RAJNIKANT’S MOTHER!
When Sridevi was only 13, she played Rajinikanth's stepmom in a Tamil film called 'Moondru Mudichu'.