Producers guild condemn <i>Fanaa</i> no show
News
oi-Staff
By Super Admin
Thursday,
May
25,
2006
New
Delhi
(UNI):
The
release
of
Fanaa
in
multiplexes
has
been
put
in
jeopardy
following
the
dispute
between
Yashraj
Films,
the
producers
of
the
Aamir
Khan-starrer,
and
the
Multiplex
Owners
Association
of
India
on
the
sharing
formula.
While
Yashraj
films
are
demanding
from
the
exhibitors
60
per
cent
of
the
net
collections
by
way
of
distributor's
share
in
the
first
week,
50
per
cent
in
the
second
week,
40
per
cent
in
the
third
week
and
35
per
cent
in
subsequent
weeks,
the
exhibitors
(multiplex
owners)
are
reluctant
to
to
give
more
than
50
per
cent
of
the
net
collections
by
way
of
distributor's
share
in
the
first
week
,
40
per
cent
in
the
second
week,
30
per
cent
in
the
third
week
and
25
per
cent
in
the
subsequent
weeks,
which
they
say
is
the
usual
norm
in
case
of
every
film.
With
the
multiplex
owners
association
refusing
to
budge
from
their
stand
even
if
that
meant
not
releasing
Fanaa
in
multiplexes
all
over
the
country,
the
director
of
Fanaa
Kunal
Kohli
is
reported
to
have
said
that
Fanaa
may
not
be
able
to
release
at
the
multiplexes
across
India.
Reacting
to
the
stand
taken
by
the
multiplex
owners
president
of
the
Film
and
Television
Producers
Guild
of
India
Amit
Khanna,
in
a
communication
addressed
to
the
President
of
the
Multiplex
Association,
Deepak
Asher,
said,''we
would
like
to
strongly
condemn
the
action
of
your
members
to
boycott
the
release
of
our
member
Yashraj
Films
Fanaa.This
uncalled
for
action
is
against
the
spirit
of
free
enterprise
and
amounts
to
cartelization.''
''Please
remember
that
Producers
are
the
fountain
head
of
the
film
industry
and
your
confrontationist
attitude
will
only
lead
to
disquiet
in
the
fraternity,''Mr
Khanna
said.
While
expressing
the
hope
that
the
multiplex
owners
''will
do
whatever
it
takes
to
resolve
the
problem'',
Mr
Khanna,
in
a
veiled
threat
in
case
the
Multiplex
association
went
ahead
with
the
blockade
of
Fanaa,
said,''in
case
your
members
decide
to
go
ahead
with
their
blockade
we
too
will
have
to
advise
our
members
to
take
whatever
steps
necessary
to
safeguard
their
interests.''
Trade
sources
say
a
rigid
stand
on
the
issue
of
release
of
Fanaa
may
cost
them
several
big
films
like
the
Hrithik
Roshan-starrer
Krrish,
Karan
Johar's
Kabhi
Alvida
Naa
Kehna
and
Dhoom
2,
all
of
which
are
being
distributed
by
Yashraj
Films.
Already,
Fanaa
not
being
released
in
Gujarat
is
likely
to
cost
the
multiplexes
anything
between
Rs
two
to
three
crore
that
they
would
have
netted
from
the
release
of
the
film
in
the
first
week
itself.
Yesterday,
several
representatives
of
the
Multiplex
Association
of
India
met
the
Yashraj
Board
of
Directors
to
negotiate
on
the
matter.
While
some
multiplex
owners
have
said
they
will
release
Fanaa
come
what
may,
others
are
adamant
that
they
will
not
meet
Yashraj
Films'
demands.
On
their
part,
Yashraj
Films
is
determined
they
will
not
compromise
on
the
issue.
Infact,
the
film's
director
Kunal
Kohli
says
they
are
confident
that
the
film
will
draw
in
crowds
even
if
screened
only
in
single-screen
cinemas
across
the
country.
The
Aamir
Khan-starrer
has
been
wrapped
up
in
controversy
with
the
Gujarat
mutiplex
association
deciding
not
to
screen
the
film
in
the
state
following
Aamir's
espousal
of
the
cause
of
the
Narmada
Bachao
Andolan.