“Ranbir Kapoor asked his co-stars to predict the revenue of ‘Animal’, Anil Kapoor said Rs 350”: Producer Pranay Reddy Vanga talks about the film’s box office collection | Bollywood news
Director Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s much-talked-about film “Animal” has been a hit at the box office. The film currently has a domestic box office collection of Rs 539.02 crore and is still doing well in theaters despite competition from Prabhas’ Salar and Shah Rukh Khan’s Dhanki has been done. Pranay Reddy Vanga, the film’s producer and director Sandeep’s brother, recently said that the entire Animal team is happy with the success of the film, but if the length of the film was a little shorter, it could have earned more. He said no. He also revealed that before the release of the film, Ranbir Kapoor, who plays the lead role, asked everyone to predict the box office collection of the film.
While talking to Pinkvilla, Sandeep said, When we were in a meeting, RK was asking everyone, he asked AK (Anil Kapoor) sir, “What is the box office revenue you say?” Anil said. He expected the film to earn 350 million rupees at the box office, but said he would be happy if it earned 400 million rupees. Rashmika predicted that Rs 300 crore would be raised, but T-Series head Bhushan Kumar preferred not to say anything.
“Then he asked me and I said, ‘For the effort we’ve put in in the last three years, I wouldn’t be happy if it was less than Rs 500 crore.’ Then RK asked me for Rs 500 crore. We are very happy and now that it has become a reality, we are very happy,” Pranay Reddy said.
While celebrating him, movie success, director Pranay highlighted that despite being three and a half hours long and having an ‘A’ rating, the film grossed over Rs 500 crore in India and over Rs 850 crore worldwide. did. He said, “I should mention here that this movie is three and a half hours long including introduction and intermission, is an ‘A’ rated movie, and was released on a non-long holiday weekend.” and that we had shared some movies. Theater starring Sam Bahadur. The ticket price was around 250 rupees, which is said to be cheaper compared to other movies. So, adding all this up, we made a profit of Rs 850 million. ”
Animal was originally 3 hours and 30 minutes long, excluding intermissions and introductions. However, Sandeep was forced to cut back eight to nine minutes “due to pressure”, which he later regretted. Even Pranay said that they have “never lost to big numbers” and just want to make good films.
“We lost Rs 300-400 crore because of the length of the film, but if the running time was shorter, we could have screened it five times. , I was losing my senses,” Pranay said while explaining why there was a dip in the 20-25 minutes after the interval. He further added, “While most of them complained about 20-25 minutes after the break, Sandeep felt they needed a break before Bobby sir’s wedding celebration scene.” I couldn’t bring Sir Bobby’s celebrations right after the interval. ”
Bobby Deol’s appearance in “Animal” received a lot of praise as an actor. The song “Jamal Kudu” also became very popular among the masses.
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