Trade analysts say that the film has grossed Rs 175 crore worldwide in its first week and is set to surpass the lifetime earnings of hits such as Ghajini, Gadar, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge and Hum Aapke Hain Kaun. The film was partly shot in IIM Bangalore, and Mukesh was thanked since he is the chairman of the institute’s board. Anil Ambani’s Reliance Big Entertainment is the distributor of the film, which, in its opening credits, thanks his estranged brother Mukesh Ambani. While the film has opened one war front, it played a note of peace that went largely unnoticed. For 3 Idiots, he had travelled across the country in disguise, generating a good amount of media interest. I’m not saying this is a manufactured controversy, but there are too many loose ends to the whole thing that makes one suspicious,” said Mr Nandy, who pioneered viral marketing in films when an explicit MMS for his film Ek Hasina Ek Khiladi, featuring actors Fardeen Khan and Koena Mitra was ‘leaked’.Īamir Khan himself adopted innovative marketing initiatives for films such as Ghajini, Rang De Basanti and Tare Zameen Par. It’s hard to believe he will make a film without reading the book.
Former journalist and movie maker Pritish Nandy, chairman of Pritish Nandy Communications, suggested to ET that he smelt a conspiracy. In fact, I told Vinod that he should take him to court as he is maligning both Vinod and Raju,” Khan told ET.Ī controversy helps everyone involved. I think he is trying to get publicity to sell more copies of ‘Five Point Someone’. I do not know why Chetan is changing tune but Vinod’s production house has adhered to the legal contract. But when we interacted on the sets, and I told him I am sorry that I hadn’t read the book, he said, and I’m quoting him verbatim: ‘Don’t bother because the script is very different from the book’.
He said he has told Mr Chopra to sue Mr Bhagat. While publicists for director Mr Hirani and producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra said they would not comment, Aamir Khan, who plays protagonist Rancchoddas Shyamaldas Chanchad in the film, reacted strongly to Mr Bhagat’s allegations. “The setting, characters, plotline, dramatic twists and turns, one-liners, theme, message - almost all aspects that make up the story are from FPS,” Mr Bhagat wrote.
“Leading movie critics have privately admitted to me that the film is 70% the book,” Mr Bhagat wrote on his blog, slamming producers for issuing pre-release statements saying the film was only 2-5% based on the book. The controversy that erupted on Wednesday is over how much of the film - on its way to become one of the biggest grossers in Indian film history - is based on the book and how much credit has been given to Mr Bhagat. The makers of 3 Idiots acknowledged the connection, but Mr Bhagat’s mother left the movie hall crying because she couldn’t spot her son’s name in the credits. The movie is based on Mr Bhagat’s best-seller ‘Five Point Someone’ (FPS), a book inspired by his days as a student at IIT-Delhi. NEW DELHI: An Amir Khan-starrer 3 Idiots is turning out to be another laugh fest from Munnabhai-fame Rajkumar Hirani, but at least one person was left in tears after the film’s credits rolled out, author Chetan Bhagat said on Thursday.