Endhiran's release has begun and with only five days left, the news is doing the rounds that its rights has been sold for a whopping 200 crores.

Endhiran rights sold for whopping 200 crores
Monday, September 27, 2010, 12:22 [IST]
By: Prakash Upadhyaya



The count down for Endhiran's release has begun and with only five days left, the news is doing the rounds that its rights has been sold for a whopping 200 crores.

Endhiran is a sci-fi flick, which has been made with the mammoth budget of 140 crores. It will be simultaneously released in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi on October 1 in over 3000 screens (2250 prints) worldwide.

Recently, the US rights was acquired by FICUS Movies, a U.S. based production house. It has bagged the rights of both Tamil and Telugu version for a whooping amount of Rs.35 crores. However, Venus has acquired the Hindi rights and it will release the Hindi version of the film in US. Sources also say that Telugu rights has been sold for Rs.33 crores.

Shankar's Endhiran stars Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Bachchan in the leads. AR Rahman has scored the music, R.Rathnavelu has handled the cinematography, Yuen Woo Ping has choreographed the stunts.