Rs. 75 Crore budget for special effects in Housefull 4

13 Jan 2018

As AkshayKumar gears up to do his first costume drama producerSajidNadiadwalais readying himself to make the most expensive film of his career, if not one of the most expensive films in the history of Indian cinema. We now come to know that the budget for the special effects alone in Housefull4 is a staggering Rs.75crores, give or take a fewcrores. Confirming this whopping figureNadiadwalasays, You got the budget for ourSFXright, and it should not surprise you. Housefull4 will be the firstBollywood film to go into the reincarnation/costume drama space within the comedy genre. We cannot afford to let the visual spectacle be tacky just because we will give the audience a star-studded film. Gone are the days when filling a film with stars was enough incentive for audiences to flock theatres. Now the audiences understand technical finesse. We have to compete with The Avengers, Wonder Woman and Baahubali.Housefull4 will be staged in two different time zones, one in the present and the other going back to the days of chariots elephants gladiators and sword fights. AkshayKumarwho has never done a costume drama before is already prepping in what Nadiadwalacalls the Dharamveer-meets-Baahubali costumes. Interestingly directorSajidKhan had a massive fall-out withNadiadwala after Housefull2. The third segment was directed bySajid-Farhad. NowNadiadwalais worried on how to tell theSajidsapart on the sets. In Housefull3 we had at leastFarhadalong withSajid. Now its back toSajidonly. Khan andNadiadwala, sighs the producer of what could be the most expensive film ever produced in India.