Shah Rukh Khan‘s upcoming action thriller film Jawan has to be the most anticipated Bollywood film of this year. Even before its release, the film continues to create a lot of buzz on the internet for different reasons. Coming right after the massive success of Pathaan, the expectations are sky-high for this film. It is also the first time Shah Rukh is collaborating with Tamil director Atlee Kumar and actor Vijay Sethupathi. Another interesting and exclusive news about the film has emerged that will further amp up everyone’s excitement.
SRK’s last outing, Siddharth Anand’s Pathaan grossed more than 1,000 crores at the box-office. To this day, it is the highest-grosser of 2023, the second highest-grossing Bollywood film, and the only Hindi film to gross the 1,000-crore mark without a China release. Earlier, Aamir Khan’s Dangal was able to achieve that feat but after releasing the film in China. Yesterday , we broke the news that the music rights of Jawan have been sold for a whopping ₹36 crores to the popular music label T-Series.
All Time Record Distribution Deal For Jawan
With Pathaan, it has been proven that people love SRK in an action avatar. The makers of Jawan have been able to build on that and create a strong anticipation for the film. Which is why its teaser has been one of the most anticipated for 2023. It has been over six months since people saw Shah Rukh on the big screen and they want to see him again. So his fans and the general Bollywood audience will flock to the theaters to make Jawan a success, just like they did with Pathaan.
Now, the Orissa territory of the film has been sold for an all-time record-breaking price to Rajshri. The amount is said to be the highest in the history of Indian cinema. One should know that Orissa is big market for South Indian stars and that makes Jawan massive for the region.
There is also news in trade that Red Giant has bought the film in Tamil Nadu as presence of Tami actors and Atlee make film hottest property in territory. Film is said to be sold there 4.50-5 cr price considering Pathaan has share of 4 cr plus in the territory (8.75 cr net biz).
Red Giant Movies is currently established as the leading production house in the Tamil film industry with numerous blockbusters released under their banner including Vikram (2022). Red Giant Movies recently joined hands with Kamal Haasan’s Raj Kamal Films International (RKFI) for the star’s greatly anticipated film to be directed by maverick filmmaker Mani Ratnam. Though as per sources close to production house, deal is yet to be signed.
Following are the distribution deals for Jawan all India:
Tamilnadu: Red Giant (all time record price)
Orissa: Rajshri for 4.75-5 cr (highest ever for a Hindi film)
We will bring you more update on business of Jawan right here.
About Jawan
Jawan is directed by Atlee Kumar (in his Bollywood debut) and stars Shah Rukh Khan, Sanya Malhotra, Vijay Sethupathi, Nayanthara, and Priyamani. Produced by Gauri Khan under the Red Chillies banner, Jawan will have Shah Rukh Khan playing dual roles as per reports. In the 2016 film Fan, SRK played both the roles of a fan and a superstar, earlier in 1997 SRK played double role in Yash Johar’s Duplicate directed by Mahesh Bhatt. Jawan will hit the silver screens on 7 September in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu on the occasion of Janmashtami. It was earlier supposed to release on 2 June this year but got postponed due to some unfinished post-production work.
