7 Films Of Bollywood Stars For Which Distributors Were Refunded For Losses

Films are the primary source of entertainment for Indian people. The film industry in India is not just limited to the Hindi speaking areas and there are many regional film industries that are giving tough competition to Bollywood films. India is the largest film producing country in the world and Bollywood and South Indian Film Industry churn out a large number of films each year.

Every industry has its own major stars who rule the roost most of the times. A few actors have successfully dabbled in various languages while some actors prefer to stay in the industry of their choice. Films of stars like SRK, Rajinikanth, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan rtc. are eagerly awaited by fans and the general audiences. Their films are sold to the distributors at very high prices and the distributors know they will make huge profits because of the star presence.

But sometimes, the film flops at the box office and it is the distributors who face major losses. To compensate for the losses in order to maintain good relations in the future, a number of major actors pay the distributors from their side to cover up the losses. Here 7 films for which Bollywood stars refunded the money to the distributors:

Baba: The 2002 film featuring Rajinikanth in the lead role was produced under his own production banner. The film opened to underwhelming response and was a box office flop. Rajinikanth covered up the losses incurred by the distributors from his own side.

Asoka: The 2001 film directed by Santosh Sivan and starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor in the lead roles though critically acclaimed, was ignored by the general audiences and became a box-office flop. SRK refunded the money lost to the distributors.

Tubelight: There were high hopes from this Salman Khan starrer but the film was just an average grosser at the box-office. Salman Khan decided to refund 32.5 Crore rupees to the distributors who faced losses.

Paheli: The 2005 film starring Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerji in lead roles and directed by Amol Palekar was a flop at the box office and SRK had to refund the losses to the distributors.

Lingaa: The 2014 film starring Rajinikanth in the lead role though declared a hit at the box-office, failed to recover its high distribution costs and the superstar refunded 10 Crores to the distributors.

Dilwale: The SRK-Rohit Shetty combo failed to deliver another blockbuster like Chennai Express and the actor refunded 50% of the distribution cost to the producers.

Jab Harry Met Sejal: The SRK-Anushka Sharma starrer opened to underwhelming reviews and flopped at the box-office. The actor refunded 30% to the individual distributors and 12 Crores to NH studios.