Shivaji with 900 prints!
By:
Settu
Shankar
Wednesday,
May
09,
2007
Superstar
Rajnikanth's
magnum
opus
Shivaji
never
goes
short
of
news.
It
is
always
in
the
news
for
one
reason
or
the
other.
Now,
reliable
sources
has
revealed
that
it
would
be
released
in
India
with
900
prints
and
the
total
prints
would
go
up
to
1200
if
prints
for
overseas
release
are
included.
Actress
Shreya
plays
Rajini's
heroine
in
this
Shankar
film.
The film has been in the making since 2005 and is shot in almost five countries including the US and Spain. The Kollywood pundits have revealed that its cost of production might have crossed Rs.50 crores. Production house AVM has not revealed the amount they have got from the Tamilnadu rights of Shivaji but news is doing the rounds that it has been sold for Rs.70 crores to Gemini Labs. It has been sold for Rs.8.5 crores in Andhra and Rs.2.8 crores in Kerala. The film is said to have been sold for Rs.15 crores in Karnataka but the production house has not revealed the exact figure.
It is said that the overseas rights of the film has touched a new mark. More than five distributors are said to have bought it for release worldwide apart from Ayngaran International. Sources close to AVM has revealed that it would come out with 900 prints for release in India alone. The number would go up to 1200 if the prints for overseas release are included.