All of us know that ‘Munna Bhai MBBS’ is a hit film in India and its sequel was also a huge hit but the film is not only appreaciated in Bollywood, now Hollywood is also eyeing on this film.
‘Munna Bhai MBBS’ filmmaker was offered huge amount of Rs.500 crore for this film’s dealership. A Hollywood production house tried to buy the title of this film.
Known from a source, “An international film production house offered Vidhu Vinod Chopra Rs 500 crore for the Munna Bhai franchise. This includes the rights to produce Munna Bhai films, Munna Bhai merchandise and also the rights to publish Munna Bhai comics in the future.”
The source informed that an International production house found out after a survey in the Indian film industry that Munna Bhai is the most recalled movie fanchise. The source added, “In fact, the third part of the film is one of the most eagerly awaited films even though the script has not been finalised yet. Needless to say, the production house wanted to buy the rights to the franchise. However, Vidhu Vinod Chopra refused to part with it.”
CEO of Vinod Chopra films confirmed it and said, “We all know that Munna Bhai is something very precious. And thus, we have politely declined the offer. It’s something that belongs to its creators, Rajkumar Hirani and Vinod Chopra Films. We realise that Munna Bhai is a big brand but it wasn’t created for marketing purposes”.
He did not reveal the name of the production house and added, “We have signed a non-disclosure agreement and we are not allowed to reveal the name of the production house.”
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