There was a time when you could have made a modest budget film with the confidence that you would recover a fair share of your investment through satellite rights. But now the trend has changed and it is only the big star movies that have demand.
At the same time, the market value of the hero is also taken into account. Now, the yet to release movie Premam has been facing few brickbats from folks who watched the original. They have been busy trolling the movie citing the remake is a mess.
Well, here is one answer that has silenced them all. According to reports, the Zee Telugu channel has bagged the satellite for Premam at a whopping price of Rs 5.45 crores. This could be a record in Naga Chaitanya’s career. More than that, the fancy price goes to show the confidence the channel has on the movie. This news has brought silence among many such critics.
