With superstar Rajinikanth and Bollywood star hero Akshay Kumar as the principle characters of their mega project ‘2.0’, makers had thought of clinching record deals but they failed to do so.
As per the latest reports, the Hindi theatrical rights of ‘2.0’ were snapped for a huge Rs 80 crore. The deal indeed is one of the highest in recent times but the makers had to slash their demand by Rs 20 crore to ink this deal with a prominent distributor. The makers had earlier been reluctant to sell the Hindi rights for less than Rs 100 crore but since no distributor came forward to shell such whopping sum, they were forced to slash the amount by Rs 20 crore.
Despite the film being the highest budgeted Indian film, having Shankar wearing director’s hat, Rajini and a popular Bollywood actor – Akshay Kumar in lead roles, ‘2.0’ still couldn’t crack a bigger deal than Baahubali 2’s. The Hindi theatrical rights of the second part of Rajamouli’s magnum opus were reportedly sold for around Rs 90 crore.
To be released in as many as 15 languages, ‘2.0’ is currently in post-production stage. January 25 is the tentative release date.