Rajasthan Distributor Tries Luck With Seventh Salman Starrer

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Rajasthan distributor Younis Pawar is thrilled that he has managed to bag the distribution rights of Wanted. For, this would be the seventh Salman starrer he will be releasing.
And the best part is that he has earned profits in all the previous six Salman Khan films he has distributed in Rajasthan. They are Biwi No. 1, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Lucky, Garv, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi and No Entry. There was one Salman starrer, Jaan-E-Mann, which Younis had acquired. Had he released it, he’d have made heavy losses as the film was a box-office disaster.

But fate ordained otherwise. As if to keep his Salman track profitable, Younis relinquished the rights in Jaan-E-Mann after getting a profit! Naturally, he is now hoping that he would be lucky for the eighth time. For, while he considers himself lucky to have made profits in the six Salman starrers he has distributed, he also thinks he is blessed to have earned in Salman’s box-office dud, Jaan-E-Mann, without releasing it.

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Doga 24 August 2009
04:05:18 pm

Mr Younis Pawar will be wealthy man after 3 months.

Its good that wanted is not having problems selling, after the Distribution Fiasco of No Entry.

Doga 24 August 2009
04:10:16 pm

Wanted is being sold the old school way. Ritik told me that Boney cant sell the movie as a whole because of cases against him in the association.

So the movie will be released mostly by the Distributers/Sub-Distributers and at places(where movie is unable to sell) by Sahara-BSK.

This method means that Boney wont make the 25-30 cr profit upfront usually most big movies make these days, but will have to wait for the performance of the movie.

Only good out of this is that wanted total cost( budget 35-40 cr, 10-15 cr print/publicity) is around 45-55 cr and Boney should be able to make a decent profit on it.

Lets see.

Anna 24 August 2009
08:33:12 pm

That Salman Khan has a lot of hopes pinned on Wanted was evident at the press conference of the film held on 18th August at The Leela. The usually reticent actor actually took centre-stage and conducted the press conference, asking questions to director Prabhu Devaa, producers Boney Kapoor and Seemanto Roy (Sahara), heroine Ayesha Takia and music directors Sajid-Wajid.

Of his own admission at the same press meet, Salman said he usually avoids promoting those of his films which he feels would not work at the box-office as he doesn’t fancy the idea of fooling people and asking them to spend their hard-earned money to watch such films. By implication, therefore, Salman is very confident about Wanted which is a remake of the Tamil and Telugu blockbusters, Pokkiri.

Salman didn’t spare any of the film’s crew members, not even himself, as he cracked jokes on everybody including himself. For instance, when excerpts of a song picturised on himself were screened for the media at the press meet, Salman joked about the different lengths of his hair in the same song, by telling the press persons that the short and long hair were shown to prove that his hair grew quite normally and needed to be cut, again quite normally. The media was quick to understand that the actor was, in fact, poking fun at himself for the continuity problems in the song.

He admitted, he had had a tough time dancing under Prabhu Devaa’s watchful eyes because “Prabhu sir has no bones, only muscles in his body and so can bend his body in whatever way and to whatever degree he wants”. Boney Kapoor revealed how, after seeing Pokkiri, Salman had been very excited to act in the remake because of which he (Boney) acquired the remaking rights. But no sooner were the rights acquired than Salman expressed serious doubts about doing the tough action scenes. “To his credit, however,” said Boney, “I must say, he did each and every stunt himself, and did not use a duplicate for a single shot.” So apprehensive was Salman of the difficult stunts of Pokkiri that before the remake rolled, he asked Boney to bring on board a Hollywood action director who would use a lot of computer graphics and reduce his (Salman’s) stunts. Of course, once the shooting started, there was no talk of any Hollywood fight master.

At the press meet, Salman asked his director, who is also an extraordinary dancer, to dance on a song from the film. The extremely shy Prabhu Devaa reluctantly obliged, much to the joy of those present. Salman Khan sportingly joined in the dance. He also later asked Sajid-Wajid to sing a song from the film and the duo readily obliged. Incidentally, the ‘Love me’ song from the film is climbing the popularity charts and should soon become a veritable craze. Wanted will hit the screens on 18th September.

http://www.thefilmstreetjourna.....ress-meet/

Qalandar 24 August 2009
08:35:19 pm

I believe someone had posted the video of this press conference a few days ago…Salman was hilarious, I especially loved the moment when he guffawed in response to the sycophantic suggestion that he hit notes that even professional singers find hard to attain. In an industry where so many people take themselves so seriously (and often without justification), it is refreshing to see Salman’s attitude.

I must confess to being quite hostile to salman khan once upon a time, but of late his off-screen appearances (Dus Ka Dum; this press conference) have really won me over…

Anna 24 August 2009
08:35:25 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....p%3A%2F%2F

Anna 24 August 2009
08:36:49 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-F4bgn6U6c&eurl=http%3A%2F%2F

Sallu & Prabhu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....p%3A%2F%2F

Anna 24 August 2009
08:38:50 pm

“I must confess to being quite hostile to salman khan once upon a time, but of late his off-screen appearances (Dus Ka Dum; this press conference) have really won me over…”

Qalandar 24 August 2009
08:48:45 pm

The other thing to note (leaving aside Salman Khan) is that Wanted is an important film vis-a-vis the acceptability of “masala” cinema in the multiplex age. I am one of those who feel that even among the multiplexes, somewhere there is a yearning for something more authentic in an era of plastic films (i.e. that emotional connection that the best masala films forge with the viewer) — Ghajini was the first step, but if Wanted doesn’t do well it will be seen as a one-off, whereas a second masala success could prove significant…