Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Sivaji Makes History

Copy pasted from a forwarded email (not sure whether the statistics are real or just a hype!)

Sivaji - The Boss! Celebrations Started, Enjoy!!!

Yes, Indian Film Industry is eagerly waiting Reason? It's release of Rajni’s latest movie Sivaji.

Some Facts:
Rajnikant's Remuneration = 2 * Remuneration of (Amitabh + Abhishek + Hrithik + Aamir + Shah Rukh). Releasing worldwide in 27 countries on same day with about 2900 theatres. (Earlier Record - Krish in 14 countries in 1200 theatres).

India-2200 theatres, China-211 theatres, Japan-130 theatres, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong-100 theatres, Saudi Countries-100 theatres, USA-80 theatres, UK-70 theatres and this release is only behind Casino Royale which is released in 36 countries in 3200 theatres.

Rajnikant's Remuneration in his last 3 movies:
Baba 20 crores Chandramukhi 25+ crores Sivaji 40+ crores.

Rajnikant is only behind Jackie Chan in terms of remuneration in Asia.
1. Out of all the shankar movies this is the costliest. 68% of expenses he Spent for location and surprisingly 12% to graphics!!!! 8% to salary (Excluding of rajini) 8% for costumes 2% for a.r.rahman and other Techincians, and the balance 2% wastages

2. First time in tamil movie amitabh is joining with rajini... As guest Role.(becos of his convienence two days shooting has arranged in pune.!!

3. Similarly Malayam superstar mamooty and telugu megastar chiranjeevi are also acting in this movie for only one scene

4. Sivaji movie has sold already to Kerala for 6 crores,(all-time high)-the Luckiest person who got distribution is our actor vineeth

5. All time high in andhra pradesh-17 crores (sleepless night for all top hero's of Andhra)

6. All time high in karnataka 9 crores (the luckiest person who got distribution is our kannada hero ravichandran

7. The most expected and very big competition is going in tamil nadu, as per the latest information the final fight between sun-tv and reliance for around 80 crores including of satelitte/dvd/ audio rights

8. International rights for 100 US million dollars for 9 locations / countries including of dvd rights. Fight is going between "ayangaran" of canada and pyramid of india

9. AVM production announced they will give 25% profit to the charity (Sivaji Foundation) if the movie touch silver jubilee

10. First time in the history of rajini movie, he himself given interview, as this movie will be great success, courtesy times magazine.

11. As per the cover story of no:1 Japanese magazine called "tosho" has mentioned this movie has crossed the expectation of the holly wood movie of "casino royale" and the second highest paid actor in asia is our one and only super star Rajinkanth next to Jackie Chan .

12. Also the "tosho" magazine revealed the total revenue for AVM production, if the movie successfully runs for 50 days in southern region will be around 430 crores. First time this movie is going to be dubbed in local language of Turkey, Hausa, gonga (tribal language of south Africa) and kshinola (tribal Language of Argentina)

Charity:
Ranjikant donated around 160 cores for charity (old age homes and orphanages) other than the trust he runs whose maintenance is around 17crores per annum.Rajnikanth to build hospital according to the reliable sources, super star Rajnikanth has bought eight acres of land at Ponneri (outskirts of Chennai), and propose to construct a hospital for the poor and needy, as well as to build a school there. Rajnikanth and his fans associations are known for their work towards social causes. Recently there was news that Rajnikanth sent in messengers along with help to those who crossed shores from Sri lanka to Rameswaram. Talks are that Latha Rajnikanth might take care of the proposed hospital and the school project at Ponneri. Latha Rajnikanth is running successfully "The Ashram" school in Chennai, also managing the Dhaya Foundation

Mini Biography :
Shivaji Rao Gaekwad (Rajnikanth) was born on December 12, 1949 in Karnataka. He was a bus conductor during which time he reportedly caught the fancy of the bus travellers with his mannerisms and style of issuing tickets and blowing the whistle and so on. Looking to become an actor, he moved to Chennai and joined the film institute. It was here that he caught the eye of K. Balachander, a director known for introducing talented, new faces into the tamil film industry. Balachander gave him a small role - as the no-good husband of Srividya - in Aboorva Raagangal and the rest, as they say, is history. Rajnikanth soon graduated to playing villains and his style, swagger and casually unique brand of villainy vowed the movie-going public. Be it the sadistic husband of Sujatha in Avargal or the wolf in sheep's clothing in Moondru Mudichu or the lust-filled village rowdy in Bharathiraja's 16 Vayadhinile, Rajnikanth was the villain the people loved to hate.From here, it was a small step for Rajni, playing the anti-hero and finally, the hero in Bhairavi. Rajnikanth firmly captured the vacant, action-hero slot in tamil movies with a series of movies where he routinely bashed up the bad guys who had done him injustice in one way or the other. Once in a while he did movies like Aarulirundhu Arubadhu Varai or Johny which gave us glimpses of his acting potential. But action was what the fans expected from a Rajni movie and action was what he gave them. He has been superstar for the past 25 years.

16 comments:

Baranidharan said...

211 theatres in China??? does it have market for Indian movies.. mmmm I could not believe it.

Arasan said...

211 in China was fuzzy though? Proabably they r going to try in China?!

Baranidharan said...

I feel most of the items are exaggerated. 160 crores for charity.. raise my doubt. Arasa, it might be another junk forward

Arasan said...

look likes its hyped too much !

RaoVikas said...

If front of Rajni all hypes are dull.It is possible.

Baranidharan said...

Aha ippadi usupathi usupathi than udambhu ranakalam ahiduchu

Arasan said...

When I said hype, I was mentioning about the statistics only, no of countries, no of languages, no of theatres and no of crores etc....

Its no doubt that Sivaji gonna rock and it will meet all the hyped expectation as far as movie is concerned.

Thalai pola varuma!

Seenivasan said...

hype or no hype - thalaivar padathai pathi enna sonnalum nambalam.

thalaiva padathai seekkiram vidu thalaiva.

Seenivasan said...

daei i hav touched 99. un kaiyala century podu.

Arasan said...

century pottachu...

Anonymous said...

Great machi...century thaandidichi.

Seeni

Baranidharan said...

Unnomda nammala intha janangha nambhuranga

Athu avanga thalai vithi thalaiva

Seenivasan said...

Arasa en$$$aaay

Anonymous said...

What if Sivaji bombs .. there was a similar hype around baba too ..
and then in the first scene, when he came and said durrrrrrrrr.... the movie bombed ..
chandramukhi was a success bcos of less hype and quick time to release apart from a decent story ..

Arasan said...

No Way, dont compare sivaji with BABA dude.

Seenivasan said...

yeah senthil. I think Sivaji is Sankar movie not a complete Rajni movie like Baba.