The secrets behind Jodhaa Akbar’s repeated delays

Ashutosh Gowarikar is known for his creative eye and dedicative mind and when it comes to his films he never compromises on quality. Was that a reason for the delay in the release of his big budget movie Jodhaa Akbar which was repeatedly postponed? The film was supposed to release in October last year. UTV then shifted the release to January 25, 2008 to coincide with the release date of their biggest hit Rang De Basanti . Now the film is again postponed to 15,February citing Ashutosh’s back problem as the reason for the delay in the post production work, but there’s more to it. Tracing back a few months to the start of Jodhaa Akbar , it is believed that Ashutosh Gowariker had a tough time to get a producer for this movie because of his huge 40 crore budget. According to sources, before UTV, Ashutosh approached some big production houses, but nothing materialized as none were ready to finance a whopping 40 crore film that time, especially after the debacle of Ashutosh’s last movie Swades . Eventually he decided to approach UTV.

Rumour has it that initially UTV seemed to have some differences with Ashutosh as their last collaboration Swades failed at the box office. But somehow Ashutosh managed to convince them as he had already managed to sign in two big stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai for his film.

Courtesy:moves.indiatimes.com
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