ÂRaavan at 55 and counting
- IndiaGlitz, [Monday,February 08 2010]
We are talking about the production cost so far of Mani RatnamÂs ÂRaavanÂ. Yes Rs.55 crores is the amount of money thatÂs involved in the making of ÂRaavanÂ, keeping in mind the fact that itÂs a bilingual being made in Tamil and Hindi.
Being his home production, Mani Ratnam has not compromised anything for the quality. For starters, read this- Reports from sources say that dogs that look like wolves have been brought from Australia for a whopping Rs.3 crores.
As reported earlier, the movie was shot in Pollachi and the deep forests in Kerala. A special set was erected near the Chalakudy falls in Kerala. Apparently, a rain pulled it down and huge loss was incurred. So the unit had to erect new set.
Mani RatnamÂs penchant for details is well known. ItÂs also learnt that the sun rise from the Chalakudy falls is a delightful sight and Mani didnÂt want to miss it. So he and the unit of ÂRaavan used to get up as early as 4 am to record the natural scene.