Filmmaker Ram Gopal has never shied away from heaping generous praise on Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar. And after he saw Dhurandhar The Revenge yesterday, he is literally going gaga over the sequel as is evident from his tweet earlier in the day. RGV spoke more about his admiration for the franchise in an interview with us.
How much are they paying you to promote Dhurandhar? Fifty crores?
No, because first of all, I think me saying something good could be negative for the film. Not at all.
There is the Finnish president and there is you
I don't know that. Where is Finland? I have no idea. Is it in Europe? What do you think will happen to the South India, Pan-India films? I think they're all in trouble. Peddi has again postponed. So, they're adding some… they are very unsure. And now they can't go back and remake the whole film and re-do all the actions. What is the template films, the slow motion, elevation? They can't think like Aditya Dhar. It's like your diet every day is idli, sambar, and then you can't move to pasta suddenly.
How big is Dhurandhar going to be?
I'll tell you, my whole point is very simple. I'll just give a simple math to you. A film’s success is on four counts. One is what is the amount of money they put into make, what it did recover. Second is what did the critics say? Third is, how much did it do, was it more than the previous last big hit? Fourth is, what is the individual thought? It's a 300-crore film for both the parts together along with marketing costs. The first film did 1400 crores business. Let us say everything together, they have got an 800-crore share. So the second part leaves them with a 800-crore profit on the project.
Now, the day one alone with paid previews is going to be minimum 140 crores. So they will declare 500 to 600 crores on the four-day weekend. So this 500 and 800 is 1300. Right. And then you have two months run time. And this and the digital etc etc. Even if they think it's a horrible film, it'll do 2000 crores. Even before release, Dhuarandhar 2 is already crossing Dhurandhar, which is the biggest hit so far.
You are a big fan of Aditya Dhar and he’s a big fan of yours. He’s told me that himself
Yeah, yeah. He said Satya and Company were his inspiration... He told me on the phone. He said, ‘I just mixed Satya and Company and put in some patriotism’. See, I'll tell you the greatness of him. When I was talking to him after Dhurandhar release, on a one-to-one phone call with me, he was praising each and every technician of Dhurandhar. That normally nobody does. They usually do that on stage just to appear humble.
But you have been very generous in your praise
No, well, generosity can be realistic. I'll tell you, nothing is more dangerous than not acknowledging a truth which is looking in your eye.
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