Mahesh Manjrekar Claims Yash-starr KGF 2 Saved Kannada Film Industry: ‘It Made History’
Filmmaker and actor Mahesh Manilekar believes the Marathi film industry has the right talent to make its own films. KGF: Chapter 2 and encouraged producers to invest money in the filmmaker’s vision.at a movie event in MumbaiManjrekar said KGF 2, starring Yashsaved the Kannada film industry, which he claimed was on the verge of “closing down”.
“I have to shout from the rooftops that Marathi films are great. With the press here, I want to say this. But there was one person who believed in making a movie and spending a lot of money on it, and he made a movie called KGF and made history. They didn’t make both parts of KGF in Hindi, they shot the movie in Kannada and dubbed it in Hindi. aur Fir audience ke sir ke upar fekaMahesh said at the event, according to Bollywood Hungama.
He said Marathi filmmakers are on par with their Malayalam cinematic counterparts when it comes to delivering strong content. And he suggested that it was time for the industry to ramp up production. 2 collected Rs. 1000 crore! Can you imagine?” he added.
Written and directed by Prashanth Neel, KGF: Chapter 2 was funded by Vijay Kiragandur of Hombale Films. The film was a sequel to his KGF: Chapter 1 which was released in 2018. The first film in the two-part gangster saga, four years ago he was a moderate success in the Hindi belt, earning just over Rs 440 crore. But KGF 2 had a tremendous opening when it hit theaters earlier this year. Hindi version It has collected over 430 crore rupees alone. And the worldwide collection of this film has exceeded 10 billion rupees. It became the highest-grossing Kannada film ever.
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