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India.com
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
Made in Rs 10 crore, India's most expensive film was India's biggest flop, producer went bankrupt, earned just Rs..., lead actors were...
Made in Rs 10 crore, India's most expensive film was India's biggest flop, producer went bankrupt, earned just Rs..., lead actors were... Sometimes, even the massive budget can't guarantee box office success. A similar case happened with the 1991 pan-India film Shanti Kranti. At the time, it was India's most expensive film ever made on a staggering budget of Rs 10 crore. The film had country's biggest superstars- Rajinikanth, Nagarjuna and Juhi Chawla. It was Kannada actor and director V Ravichandran's dream project. He released Shanti Kranti in four languages- Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi. He starred as a hero in the Kannada version. While, Rajinikanth acted in the Tamil and Hindi versions, Nagarjuna starred in the Telugu one. Juhi Chawla, Khushbu, and Anant Nag were part of all the three versions. Despite the star-studded cast, enormous budget and big publicity across India, Kranti flopped badly. It earned just Rs 8 crore at the box office. Moreover, the audience didn't relate with the plot, and critics gave disappointing reviews. The money spent on the film was never recovered. Ravichandran wrote, directed and produced the film all by himself. He even borrowed the land and built grand-scale sets. After Kranti flopped, he became bankrupt. He survived afterward by taking on small-budget films and remakes to revive. Shanti Kranti was the most expensive Indian film at the time, a record that stood till Trimuti broke it four years later. This film is one of the examples that not all big-budget movies become hits. Some crash badly and leave the makers in massive losses.
India.com
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
Made in Rs 10 crore, India's most expensive film was box office flop, producer went bankrupt, earned Rs..., lead actress was...
Made in Rs 10 crore, India's most expensive film was box office flop, producer went bankrupt, earned Rs..., lead actress was... Big-budget films are often promoted hits even before their release. While many such worked at the box office, a few crash-landed too. Among those was a 1991 film, released in four languages, starred biggest stars of the era, but failed so badly and left the maker bankrupt. Titled Shanti Kranti , the film was Kannada actor and director V. Ravichandran's ambitious project. He wanted to make a film in all languages for audiences. Wrote, produced and directed the film himself, he made Shanti Kranti simultaneously in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. The Kannada version starred V. Ravichandran in the lead, whereas Telugu version featured Nagarjuna. Lastly, Rajinikanth was cast to star in Tamil and Telugu remakes. Actresses Juhi Chawla, Khushbu, and Anant Nag played lead in all three versions. Shanti Kranti was India's most expensive film at the time made on a hefty budget of Rs 10 crore, breaking all-time record of Ajooba . When released in September 1991, all the four versions were announced monumental disasters. It earned Rs 8 crore which was not enough to recover its budget. In fact, the film struggled to get a decent opening in any language. Despite the presence of a star studded cast including Rajinikanth, Nagarjuna, and Juhi Chawla, the film couldn't be saved and became India's biggest box office bomb at the time. Ravichandran borrowed a 50 acre of empty land to shoot the climax scene. He spent his life savings on huge sets and VFX, which caused him a loss of Rs 10 crore and more upon release. Ravichandran was in such a financial distress that he was bankrupt. He survived by making remakes of Tamil and Telugu films. Later, these B-grade films saved his drowning career in the 90s.
