Pay Rs 30 crores or Kanguva has no release says Court

 Today two cases against Kanguva  cropped up in Madras High Court today. A few days ago Studio Green the Producers cleared Rs 100 crores due to Reliance. After that a case pending filed by kegal assignee for a suit filed to recover money due to financier Arjundas who filed  insolvency. Studio Green owes Rs 10 crore to Arjundas and in an earlier hearing the court asked the producer to deposit Rs 1 crore before Thangalaan release and rest amount of Rs 20 crores by November 7^th. In today’s hearing Studio Green deposited Rs 1 crore but pleaded inability to raise Rs 9 crores plus 11% interest.  Next case by Fuel Technology who that it was given rights to exploit Hindi dubbing rights for three films. Out of these two films= Muthaiyaa direction film with Suriya and a film by Lingusamy starring Allu Arjun were dropped and only Thana sera Kootam with Suriya and Vignesh Shivan was completed and released. This film’s Hindi rights was however given to PEN India by K E Gananvel who as First Defendant in the name of Adnah Arts had taken .6,60,00,000/ and sold it in the banner of Studio Green.

Rs 5,00,00,000 was adjusted towards this film and remaining Rs 1,60,00,000 was due to Fuel Technology. With 36% interest as per agreement, a total of Rs 11,00,00,000 crore was outstanding. A total of Rs 31 crores has to be paid by November 13 or film will not release. Studio Green told the court that if the film was not released on said date, it will not be able to pay those who are asking for money. The petitioners pointed out that the film producer had deposited Rs 100 crores to pay Reliance.

As per trade the production company has clocked Rs 190 crores pre- release sales within India and overseas. As per advance bookings, a Rs 15 crore sales was expected but this seems to be not possible as the number of screens that it desired is not got due to Amaran going strong and also the theatre share percentage issues. Added to this the low depression that threatens to turn into a storm and last till November 15^th is a major threat for Tamil Nadu business. North India theatre advance bookings are also weak.

Kalki 2898 AD trailor gets less views on YouTube and X slams content

Kalki 2898 AD trailor response has the makers worried and also elated. First reason is that in 24 hrs after release, it has not become the number one in views as far as a Telugu film is considered. The figure is at 14 million views and that is less than Mahesh Babu Guntur Kaaram and Prabhas Salaar. In fact, if views taken across all languages, Salaar holds the record with 112.3 million. In fact, the second trailor of Salaar was 72 million. Both figured in the top 10 most viewed trailors on YouTube. In top 10 is Prabhas Radhe Shyam with 57 million views. After 24 hours, the Kalki language wise breakup is Tamil: 2.3 million views – Kannada: 949K views – Telugu: 14 million views – Hindi: 16 million views – Malayalam: 1 million views. As it shows that the viewership is only one fourth of the earlier films of Prabhas. Now yet another factor that brings cheer is that Hindi viewer response is the most positive. Going by response, the VFX and Prabhas and Disha looks have come under fire by Hindi reviewers, largely it has got positive response. One reason is that the Director Nag Ashwin is not a name that audience expect much and also Amitabh and Kamal looks have been talk of the town in North India. This in terms of advance booking has resulted in massive jump for Hindi version in North America. The Mahabharat tale if told without any complexties would click and VFX , fun elements and technical gloss as well comic interludes will not click. Lord Krishna, Arjuna, Ashwathatma and other characters that public identifies with epic war has to well depicted. Kartikeya 2 and Kantara clicked in North as the religious content struck a chord. Kamal look is a blessing for the makers as it drove viewership but it has only 10 minutes screen space might be disappointment to viewers. It could rebound. Though Hindi YouTubers have by large given a positive response, on X the response has been mixed and more negative. From trade point, AAA has bought North India for Rs 100 crores, a record for any film with South hero. An opening of Rs 20-25 crores in North is what trade expects.