Akshay Kumar’s ‘Rowdy Rathore’ might just overtake the business of Hrithik Roshan’s ‘Agneepath’, though both films are yet to release. Apparently Karan Johar broke all earlier records by selling the satellite rights of his production ‘Agneepath’ at a whopping 41 crores.
The film stars big names from Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra to Sanjay Dutt so one was expecting good numbers. But what KJo managed is indeed a feat. However, the buzz is that Akshay Kumar’s ‘Rowdy Rathore’ produced by UTV and Sanjay Leela Bhansali and directed by Prabhu Dheva is being pitched much higher to television channels.
And in all probability its satellite rights might be sold at Rs 45 crores. Interestingly like ‘Agneepath’, even ‘Rowdy Rathore’ is a remake. The Telugu original Vikramarkudu was a blockbuster hit. We just hope that the industry isn’t carried away by the success of the original though. After all ‘Players’ was nothing like ‘The Italian Job’ – in both content and business.
