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THE GR8! MAG 10TH ANNIVERSARY PHOTOSHOOT
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Arjun Kapoor bats for Baahubali 2


 
Arjun Kapoor, who is awaiting the release of Mohit Suri’s Half Girlfriend, took on the nay sayer’s in the industry who were questioning how come a dubbed film like Baahubali2 could make more money than the biggest Hindi films.

“Why are we so negative, why cant we celebrate that a film has successfully crossed the language boundary. It takes a vision to create a piece like Baahubali. The makers devoted 2 years to come up with this sequel. Also the first film had already grossed 100 cr’s in the Hindi market, so it had a base. Plus we need to accept hits and flops are a part of the game even in Hollywood . Also it is wrong to compare 2 films, each film has a different cost.  My film Ki And Ka  was released  in just 1000 screens and made 7 crores. Not all films can have  the liberty  of  multi  language releases. Baahubali2 was released in five language. Even if a Hindi flick is dubbed in Tamil, it is not dubbed in Punjabi and other north languages. That was the genius of the makers of the Telugu blockbuster .”

Arjun goes on, “ Having said that I do accept that content here has gone haywire, we need a vision. The biggest problem is that because making of films has become so expensive, nobody wants to take a chance. There is no single pan Hindi market, audiences in Tier1 does not want same stuff as tier 2 or tier 3 viewers.”

 
- Anil Merani