Upala KBR (DNA; April 7, 2016)
Aamir Khan wants his films to withstand the ravages of time and is seeking to archive them all, preserving them for posterity. And to that end, he had a small do at his Bandra apartment.
Meeting of the best
Informs our source, “All of Mumbai’s leading producers were invited to a small party at Aamir’s home to discuss how they could help him out (they own the films’ rights). Aditya Chopra (Fanaa, Dhoom:3), Ritesh Sidhwani (Dil Chahta Hai), Siddharth Roy Kapur (co-producer on Dangal, Dhobi Ghaat, Peepli: Live and Delhi Belly), Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (Rang De Basanti) and Sajid Nadiadwala were all on the guest list, but Adi didn’t show up.”
What happened?
The question Aamir put to the men present was how to archive his films, not just on the internet at present, but for years to come. “Earlier, films were shot on reels, now they are all digitally shot. Aamir wants to do it himself. he’s requested the producers for the concerned film’s rights, asked them if they were on the same page as him and if they were, how he should go about it.”
The only odd man present was Sajid Nadiadwala, who hasn’t done a film with Aamir yet. But that’s okay, since Aamir wanted the inputs of all the top producers of Bollywood.”
Not just this
Khan had earlier united leading Mumbai distributors and producers Anil Thadani, Siddharth Roy Kapur and Karan Johar to fight the monopolistic stronghold of the big multiplexes that laid down ground rules about the terms and conditions for the release of films. Their merger endeavoured to break the multiplex monopoly, bring the smaller multiplex chains into the picture, construct new theatres and create a financially stable, alternate outlet chain to the big multiplex chains.