Ajay’s Star deal
Ajay Devgn has inked a staggering Rs400-crore deal with Star India for exclusive satellite rights for all his upcoming Bollywood releases until 2017.
He is the second star after Salman Khan to be associated with such a momentous deal and is the only other actor apart from Khan to have four films in the Rs100 crore club. Among the first of the films to be released is Sajid Khan’s retro fiesta Himmatwala, produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Vashu Bhagnani.
The next is Prakash Jha’s magnum opus Satyagraha followed by an action film with Prabhu Deva and a sequel to Rohit Shetty’s Singham. Besides Devgn’s upcoming films, the network already has 18 of his earlier films, including Singham, the Golmaal series, Zameen and Gangajal.