Babita Phogat grew to become an in a single day sensation after a movie primarily based on her life was made in Bollywood. The movie titled Dangal, starring Aamir Khan within the lead position, went on to earn over Rs 2070 crore worldwide, in response to Sacnilk. Nevertheless, the household that impressed the story acquired as much less as Rs 1 crore for promoting their story rights to the makers of the movie: Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao, and Siddharth Roy Kapur below Aamir Khan Productions, UTV Movement Photos, and Walt Disney Photos India. Babita, in a current interview, revealed {that a} request to assist them construct an academy of their village after the movie’s success was additionally ignored by the makers.
In an interview with Information 24, the previous wrestler spoke intimately concerning the making of the 2016 movie Dangal and revealed how the makers had been impressed to make a movie on her. She shared, “A journalist from Chandigarh had written an article on us. After studying it, Nitesh Tiwari’s crew approached us. Then the director himself got here and spoke to us all. At that time limit, he simply informed us that he would make a documentary on us. This was round 2010. However, later after writing it, he shared he wish to make a movie.”
She added, “Nitesh Tiwari narrated the story to us all first. At the moment, they didn’t even know who they might solid for the roles. My whole household was quiet emotional. After I watched the movie for the primary time, it appeared like I went again into my childhood. I used to be emotional.”
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When requested how a lot did the makers of the movie pay her for promoting her story rights, given the movie earned a whopping Rs 2070 crore worldwide. Babita stated, “I didn’t get some huge cash. I acquired very much less cash. You may be shocked to know, after all the story was written, they had been even having a dialogue to take away my title from the movie altogether. They wished to alter the character’s title within the movie.”
“That they had written the story, they narrated it to us, after which we went to Aamir Khan’s present Satyamev Jayate. It was after this, Aamir Khan’s crew referred to as us and stated they need to change the characters names. However then my dad was not okay with it. He stated, if you wish to make the movie, then it’s going to be our actual names. The charges for the rights was determined a lot earlier than they wrote the story, which was not even 1% of its complete incomes”, revealed Babita.
When requested once more to disclose the quantity she acquired for the movie, Babita stated, ‘How a lot is the 1% of 2000 crore?’ The interviewer replied, ‘Rs 20 crore’. She laughed and requested, ‘And if I ask you the 1% of Rs 20 crore?’ ‘Rs 20 lakh?’, questioned the interviewer. “Nicely, not so much less, however round Rs 1 crore,” she stated.
Babita additionally shared, “After the movie’s success, my dad spoke to Aamir’s crew and requested them to assist us open an academy in Haryana for wrestlers, however that was ignored. It takes about Rs 5-6 crore to open a pleasant academy.”
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