Salman Khan’s last release Tubelight, which came out this Eid-ul-Fitr, didn’t do well on the box office. Of all the films Khan has released on Eid in recent years, Tubelight has failed to ignite the imagination of the audience. According to reports, the distributors of Tubelight were demanding of Khan to pay for the losses they have suffered. Reports suggest that Khan has agreed to the distributors’ demand.
“Salman Khan has agreed to refund monies to distributors to make up for losses in Tubelight,” trade analyst Komal Nahta tweeted to confirm the report. “A lovely gesture. That’s being human!”
Though producers of the film were safe from the losses due to the profit-sharing agreement, exhibitors faced a tough time. To cover the cost at which distribution rights were sold, Khan will refund Rs 55 crores to distributors. This is indeed a remarkable gesture from Khan to help the distributors deal with the financial loss his film has caused.
This isn’t the first time for such a feat to occur in Bollywood. According to some reports, a similar deal was struck after Imtiaz Ali’s Tamasha failed to live up to financial expectations and co-actors Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone returned 15 crores from their fee to compensate for the loss.