Revealed: The whopping amount MS Dhoni received for his biopic

Sep 22, 2016 at 8:48 AM

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Revealed: The whopping amount MS Dhoni received for his biopic

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s upcoming biopic ‘M.S. Dhoni-The Untold Story’ has already created a lot of buzz among the fans. The trailer of the movie was a huge hit and fans are desperately waiting to know more about Dhoni’s life when the movie releases on September 30.

Almost every week the movie is being linked with a new rumour and one of them was the massive fee that Dhoni charged for the biopic. Rumours suggested that the Indian skipper charged a whopping 40 crores for the movie.

But a few days ago, the rumour was denied by Neeraj Pandey, the director of the movie. Talking to a leading daily the director said that the very idea of paying someone such a big amount is hard to believe let alone paying it. The director claimed that no producer would be willing to spend such a huge amount to get the right of a cricketer’s life story.

However, the suspense surrounding the future will only increase after a source close to Fox Star Studios, made a surprising revelation about the fee. The source revealed that Dhoni received 45 for the biopic rights while Sushant Singh Rajput, the actor playing Dhoni’s character received 2 crores.

“Dhoni was given Rs 45 crore for the movie-making rights to his life and access to personal information, documents and pictures, plus Dhoni’s availability for marketing and promotion of the film,” the source said

“In contrast, Sushant Singh Rajput was paid Rs 2 crore to play Dhoni. In fact, Dhoni’s business manager Arun Pandey, who is also a co-producer of the film, received much more money than Sushant. Pandey got Rs 5 crore.”

The source also revealed that the budget for the movie was  Rs 104 crore and added that the cost of making the film has already been recovered before the film’s release.

“The satellite rights of Dhoni: The Untold Story have just been sold for Rs 55 crore which is Rs 5 crores more than what a Salman Khan starrer gets for satellite. Another Rs 20 crore has been recovered through various on-screen endorsements by Sushant Singh Rajput of products that Dhoni endorses.

“The music rights of the film have been sold at Rs 5 crore. And the overseas distribution rights have gone for Rs 10 crore.”

The source claimed that the movie will be remade in English and the Fox Studios have received 10 crores for selling the rights of the movie.

“A Hollywood studio has bought the remake rights of Dhoni: The Untold Story from producer Neeraj Pandey and Fox Star Studios for Rs 10 crore. The film will be remade in English now.”

“The Hindi version has already been dubbed in three other languages, Tamil, Telugu and Marathi. No matter how you look at it, it’s a win-win project for the makers,” the source added.

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