Satellite Rights For Dhoni Biopic Sold For Rs 55 Crores

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Proof of this lies in the fact that satellite rights for the Dhoni biopic (Dhoni: The Untold Story) have been sold for a higher price than Salman starrers.

An inside source in the know spills the beans on the staggering financial arrangements that eventuated  in the making of the Dhoni biopic.

Says the source, “Dhoni was given Rs 45 crores for the movie-making rights to his life and access to personal information, documents and pictures, plus Dhoni’s availability for marketing and promotion of the film. In contrast Sushant Singh Rajput was paid a mere Rs 2 crore to play Dhoni. In fact Dhoni’s business manager Arun Pandey received much more money than Sushant. Pandey got Rs 5 crores .”

This very reliable source places the complete budget of Dhoni: The Untold Story at Rs 104 crores, and adds that the cost of making the film has already been recovered before the film’s release.

Says the source, “The satellite rights of Dhoni: The Untold Story have just been sold for Rs 55 crores which is 5crores more than what a Salman Khan starrer gets for satellite.Another 20 crores have been recovered through various on-screen endorsements by Sushant Singh Rajput  of products that Dhoni endorses . The music rights of the film have been sold at Rs 5 crores. And the overseas distribution right have gone for Rs 10 crores.”

The source  adds that the film has recovered another 10 crores through international remake rights. “A Hollywood studio has bought the remake rights of Dhoni: The Untold Story from producer Neeraj Pandey and Fox Star Studios for Rs 10 crores.The film will be remade in English now. The Hindi version has already been dubbed in three other languages, Tamil , Telugu and Marathi. No matter how you look at it, it’s a win-win project for the makers.”[tooltip type=”box” html=”Input Your Content Here” box_background_color=”#eeeeee” box_opacity=”0.95″ box_padding=”10″ box_border_color=”#3F3F3F” box_border_width=”1″ box_border_radius=”0″ id=”88b6af99531f838ed90aed058b7d870a” /][tooltip type=”box” html=”Salman Khan Bollywood Actor” box_background_color=”#eeeeee” box_opacity=”0.95″ box_padding=”10″ box_border_color=”#3F3F3F” box_border_width=”1″ box_border_radius=”0″ id=”c1b465420d07c688942ed18eadfd9f92″ /]