One of the most loved films of Indian cinema, Karan Arjun (1995), is all set to re-release on November 22 this year. Starring Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, the Rakesh Roshan directorial will have the biggest re-release worldwide for a Hindi film. In an exclusive interview with Bollywood Hungama , Rakesh Roshan spoke about this aspect.
Regarding the screen count, he said, “We are looking at releasing the film in nearly 1800 screens. The film will be released in 1100-1200 screens in India and around 500 or 600 screens overseas. We’ll wait until Monday, November 25 to see if there’s a demand from exhibitors.
If that happens, we’ll increase the prints.” This year, several films re-released like Rockstar, Laila Majnu, Tumbbad , etc. and the common factor in all of them was that the tickets were available for a maximum price of Rs.
149. Rakesh Roshan confirmed that Karan Arjun will follow suit. He said, “It should be like that for re-releases.
Actually, such rates should be there for all the films. I wonder why multiplexes are not realizing (that lower ticket prices will attract more people).” Theatres charge a fee of nearly Rs.
20,000 as VPF (virtual print fee). Is VPF exempted in the case of re-releases? Rakesh Roshan replied, “Yes. But at the same time, the multiplex share is more.
Usually, they give the producers 52% in the first week. But with re-releases, they take 65-70% share. Hence, producers don’t earn much.
It’s done by the makers just for reputatio.
