Padmaavat Budget Breakdown!!!

Padmaavat Budget Break Down

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat has been in the line of fire ever since the production kicked off! That infamous slap-attack at the maverick Bollywood director followed by Deepika Padukone’s head-hunt, succeeded by Censor’s cuts and States’ Ban, tailed by infightings and ridiculous public debates on social media, the film is embroiled in a jinx of the most diabolical making.

The film is touted to be the most expensive Hindi language film ever and the 2^nd most expensive Indian film behind Baahubali: The Conclusion which was made at 250 crores. Here is a penny count of the magnum opus.

However, one thing going north is the box office optimism that shadows the massive budget. Without veering any further, let the budget be deconstructed.

If we talk about Padmaavat Budget Breakdown

The Top Billed Cast of Deepika Padukone (12 Crores), Shahid Kapoor (8 Crores) and Ranveer Singh (8 Crores) took 28 Crores in total. Padmaavat has a large ensemble and big cast taking away an estimated 10 crores in total. This adds up to 38 Crores.

Pre-Production

The writing, research, and planning is a minimum of 1 Crore.

Production

This includes Cinematography, Art Direction, Music, Locations, Sets, Costumes, Assistants, Crew, Food, Stay, Insurance. Fresh Box Office team estimates that it is nearly 80 Crores. The director SLB, who is also the co-producer charges nearly 10 Crores as direction fee. This makes a total of 90 Crores.

Post-Production

VFX, Editing, Background Score, SFX, Digital Intermediate, etc. The estimated budget of this is 30 Crores.

Publicity and Advertising

One of the easiest ways to find out the film’s budget is through its marketing spend. It is nearly 15 % of the Total Budget. The P&A cost sums up to 25 crores.

The movie also has many hidden costs which other films usually do not. But then again, this is not a usual movie.

Set Destructions – Sri Karni Sena destroyed sets at Jaipur and Kolhapur.

Bhansali’s Pursuit of Perfection – He is known to cancel shoots when his set and costumes are not right which are a direct hit to producer’s pockets.

So, the loss of value is there and not everything can be insured.

At Fresh Box Office, we believe that the total budget is 185 Crores (Approximately).

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