Boney Kapoor Opened About Maidaan’s Budget

Bollywood filmmaker Boney Kapoor revealed how budget of Ajay Devgn starer Maidaan increased.

According to report in the bigning Maidaan’s budget was around Rs. 120 cr but later budget  went up to Rs. 210 cr due to Covid delays”.

According to report filmmaker revealed he has paid money back to every vendor.

Movie release got delayed for a year and got released in 2024.

Well movie failed at boxoffice despite getting postive reviews from Critics and viewers.

According to report while interacting with Komal Nahta, Boney said that he has paid money to all the vendors, dispite facing huge loss.

Filmmaker further added
“Maidaan’s original budget was Rs. 120 cr; went up to Rs. 210 cr due to Covid delays”; he further said  he has paid money back to every vendor, “Some cut down cost by 10%; they would tell me, ‘Pados ke office ki film super-hit hui hai. Uske paise aaj tak nahin mile hai’” Boney further said, “If the film didn’t work, how are the vendors to blame? They patiently waited. For instance, a vendor charged Rs. 100 for his services. I paid him Rs. 60 while the film was in production. I owed him Rs. 40. For those Rs. 40, he waited for 4 years. Will it be fair after I tell such vendors after all these years, ‘My film has flopped and hence, I can’t pay’? I borrowed money to pay them.” at the end he added “A few of them met me with their father. This is because their father had also worked with me earlier. They got mithai ka dabba aur woh mujhe aashirwad deke gaye hai. Then there were some who voluntarily cut down on 10-15% of the amount that I owed them. They would tell me, ‘Pados ke office ki film super-hit hui hai. Uske paise aaj tak nahin mile hai’, ‘yeh producer ke itne paise balance hai’. I would tell them, ‘Mujhe kuch nahin sunna hai. What I owe you (I’ll pay you).
This has happened even before the release of No Entry. If I assure someone that they’ll be paid in a month and before he would call me, I would phone him and tell him, ‘Yaar, 15 din aur late ho jaayenge’. Also, I never changed my number. Isse yeh hota hai ki jisko paise lene hai, uska hausla rehta hai. Iske liye himmat chahiye. I could look into the eyes of every person I owe money because I know I’ll pay him back. I believe this goodwill has kept me relevant even today (smiles).”

Opening about losses faced by Boney Kapoor he revealed  “I suffered losses as the film was stranded for 4-4 ½ years because of Covid. 70% of the shoot was completed in January 2020. We were all set to shoot the matches from March 22. 250 actors playing foreign team players had arrived in Mumbai. Who had imagined that it would go on for so long? I kept the unit here until the last flight of the actors’ origin country. This happened many times. Moreover, my set got washed out during the cyclone.”

Well going through above it seems Boney Kapoor did good job by paying to vendor despite going through big loss. We salute his courage and fare deal.