'Gabbar Singh' stood second in Tollywood Collections

The biggest blockbuster of the year 2012 so far is ‘Gabbar Singh’ and it has also stood second among the top three grossers of the Tollywood history.

However, these are the days when producers come up with fake collection reports and hold success meets within three days of the film’s release. Under this situation, it comes as a surprise that not one mention has been made about ‘Gabbar Singh’ and its collections.

However, here is the inside story on this one. It is heard that when ‘Gabbar Singh’ was planned, it was to be started in Pawan Kalyan’s home banner. But sources say producer Bandla Ganesh came and cried that due to ‘Teen Maar’ he lost everything. The kind hearted Pawan Kalyan said okay and asked Ganesh to make ‘Gabbar Singh’ in his home banner.

But then Ganesh’s role is only in executive production though producer’s name is his. It is heard that an agreement was made. According to that, the profits would be shared 50-50 between Pawan and Ganesh. They gave the task of direction to Harish Shankar and it is heard that Kona Venkat recommended Harish’s name. The movie was wrapped up in just Rs 20 crores budget.

It was sold for Rs 38 crores even before release and Rs 18 crores was the table profit. As per the agreement, Rs 9 crores each went for Pawan Kalyan and Ganesh. Harish got a fat pay cheque as remuneration. And then there was the distributors agreement. According to that, whatever their investment is they will get. After that, out of profits, 20 paise per rupee will go for distributors and 80 paise for producer. And from this 80 paise, 40 paise will go to Pawan Kalyan and 40 paise goes to Bandla Ganesh. Looking at the way the film has been running, it is sure that both Pawan and Ganesh must be smiling their way to the banks. And what Pawan Kalyan lost all these years, post-Johnny is being recovered with Gabbar Singh.