Budget is one of the major aspects of filmmaking. Sensible planning of schedules and locations is very crucial to make a film without overshooting the budget. Of late, Tollywood filmmakers are failing to control budget spent on big ticket films. The latest case is Mahesh Babu’s upcoming film Maharshi.
Reportedly, a lavish village set has been mounted with a cost of 8 Crores. As the story demands to shoot some crucial part of the film in a village atmosphere, the makers have decided to erect this special set in Hyderabad. They are spending a whopping 10 Crores for this schedule. Usually, shooting in villages might cost around 1 or 2 Crores for filmmakers. But, they are not willing to shoot in real villages due to several reasons and choosing to erect sets in studios which results in unnecessary budget.
To compensate for the high budget, producers tend to quote exorbitant prices for the theatrical rights and therefore pushing the break even figure to an unreasonable mark. Unless films emerge as blockbusters at box office, they fail to break even for buyers.
In the olden days, directors used to recreate sets for the environment which is not available. But, now a days, they are preferring artificial sets even though the resources are naturally available. It is high time, filmmakers and heroes plan judiciously and avoid unnecessary spending of budget.
