press conference of producers, distributors and multiplex owners

7/31/2019 Press Conference of Producers, Distributors and Multiplex Owners

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Topic: Press Conference to discuss the profit

sharing problem between producers,

distributors and multiplex operators.

Subject: Public RelationsClass: S.Y.B.M.M

Major producers including the likes of Yash Chopra (Yashraj Films),

Mahesh Bhatt, Ramesh Sippy, Mukesh Bhatt and Sandeep Bhargava(Indian Films), directors like Karan Johar, together with a surprise union

of Bollywood actor/producers, Shahrukh Khan, all teamed up together at

a press conference to discuss the profit sharing problem between

producers, distributors and multiplex owners.

The producers and film makers wanted 50% of box-office profits made

by multiplexes. Especially in the first four weeks of release of any film.

Compared to the share that does not give producers proportionate shareof profits due to differences in the model. The multiplexes were not

willing to accept this and wanted the revenue share to depend on a

performance basis. As it is done internationally. They said profits should

be shared greater if the film does well, subject to a maximum percentage


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and less if the film flops, subject to a minimum percentage. Not the same

for every film.

Aamir khan commented that the ticket charges charged by multiplexes

were also high and prohibiting many people from watching films madefor the people.

Shahrukh Khan said that this dispute was not for greed and used the

slogan fair rights for Friday nights to mark the basis for their argument.

Especially with the aim to give smaller and lower budget films support

with this initiative.

Mukesh Bhatt, Chairman of the producers Association, said, The

carpenters, the lightmen, the spot boys, they have understood theproblem. But unfortunately the corporate did not understand, the

multiplex corporate did not understand, they chose not to understand.

The objective of the press conference was to discuss the profit sharing

problem between producers, distributors and multiplex operators and to

settle down the dispute between them and to establish a friendly

atmosphere.

The press conference was attended by producers, directors, actors and

media people.

According to me the effectiveness of the press conference was that

finally the stand-off between Bollywood producers and exhibitors has

ended. The tiff between Multiplex Owners and film producers over the

profit sharing ratio has been successfully resolved at last. Mahesh Bhatt

confirmed the news saying, yes, the strike got over at 3 am. All the

parties agreed to our demand and will be releasing films soon


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TOPIC: VIDHU VINOD CHOPRA FACED A

LOT OF FLAK WHEN HE LOST HIS COOL

DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE.

The cast and crew of 3 Idiots walked into their press conference on

Friday in Delhi looking a little tense. There were Vidhu Vinod Chopra,

Raju Hirani, Aamir Khan, R Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Omi and the

film's writer, Abhijat Joshi. Boman Irani joined them later . Vidhu Vinod

Chopra had a spat with a journalist when the journalist asked the director

questions regarding the controversy behind the storyline of 3 Idiots

(2009) and that of a book written by Chetan Bhagat. At one point early

on, after VVC announced that they'd put their contract with Chetan up

on their website, a journalist asked him about the points of similarity

between the book and the film. VVC asked him if he had read the book.

The journalist replied that he 'knew about the book'. At that point, Vidhu

gave a heated reply, saying that when he hadn't read the book, he had no

right to make that accusation, ending with a shouted, 'So you shut up!

Immediately, another couple of journalists got up and joined the onewho'd been shouted at, all of them angrily demanding that VVC

apologise on a public platform to them. Aamir Khan and Raju Hirani

immediately took the mike, apologising profusely and asking for calm to

be restored, but when the shouting continued, Hirani got very upset as

well. He also heatedly began to explain scene-by-scene comparisons

between the book and the film. From then on, Aamir dominated the

mike, helped cool things down, and articulated the filmmakers point

politely, restoring order to the situation. Other media persons joined hisefforts by asking for 'deviations', and bringing up other issues and

subjects in the film to keep the conversation away from the contentious

issue.

The press conference was not effective because it turned into havoc and

created a controversy.
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THE CLAIMS MADE AND ANSWERED

Chetan claims that the makers have abused the contract, which stipulates

a payment of Rs 1 lakh to him before the release of the movie, and Rs 10

lakh afterwards, depending on the financial fate of the film. He says thatthey can credit someone else for the screenplay, but not for the story,

which is from his book. He says that he was told that the film was only

"2-5 per cent" of his book, and wasn't shown the script or the film before

its release; also that his credit was "hushed away" at the bottom of the

end credits. He says he tried to contact the filmmakers before writing his

blog, but they didn't respond.

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