Rajkumar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor starrer ‘Stree‘ was co-produced by Dinesh Vijan of Maddock Films and Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK of D2R Films. Now, both the production houses went into a financial issue over the profit of the film, which was Rs 40 crore.
According to the reports, two parties were bound with a contract that the profit will be shared on a 50% basis among them. After collecting the total profit, Dinesh owes D2R Films Rs 20 crore but as per reports, he is not willing to pay it more than Rs 4 crore.
Madhu Mantena, Raj and DK’s financial manager, went to Vijan to resolve the issue, but he told her that maximum he can share is Rs 5 crores. If reports are to be believed, Raj and DK did not make any financial contributions to the film, neither they fully produced it.
But according to a source close to Raj and DK, they not only write the film but also assisted while filming it. They were present casting and shooting to editing, mixing, and music. As per reports, they were there at every step in the making of the movie.
‘Stree’ was a horror comedy film and was released earlier this year. It received positive reviews even from the critics and became a financial hit with total earning of about Rs 180 crores. It also starred Pankaj Tripathi, Aparshakti Khurana, and Abhishek Banerjee in pivotal roles. ‘Stree’ made its way to the top ten highest grossing Bollywood films in 2018 list.