Were Amitabh Bachchan’s Movies Considered Gold Mines?

- May 16, 2011 | 11:14 AM IST

How can small, non-star-cast films hope to run in multiplexes at the same high admission rates charged for big-budget and star studded films? Why don’t multiplexes reduce the rates for small films?
Multiplex owners are not comfortable changing admission rates according to the size of the film as their costs and overheads are the same irrespective of whether the film is small or big.

Is it true that Sunny Deol is making the sequel of ‘Ghayal’?
Yes, it is true. The sequel is being directed by Ashwini Chaudhary, not Rajkumar Santoshi (who had directed Ghayal).

We all know Amitabh Bachchan is one of the biggest superstars Bollywood has ever produced, but how true is the statement that the gross profit of his movies was generally much more than others? Is it true that his movies were considered to be gold mines as the re-run of his old movies did as much business as new movies?
It is true that Amitabh Bachchan had many hit films to his credit and even the repeat run of his films made good money at the box-office. However, he was also associated with a string of failures in his career. And the repeat-run market is almost finished today as most people get to see older films on their TV sets in cable television, or on DVDs.

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