The Mollywood press is abuzz with reports that a popular distributor, who had taken up the distribution rights of Ajith’s latest film Billa-2, has suffered a cardiac arrest. The distributor in question was later rushed to hospital and is said to be out of danger. It was added that the distributor took ill the moment he heard that the film which he had taken up for distribution hadn’t been doing well in theatres as expected. Ajith doesn’t have much of a fan base in Kerala but the distributor was reportedly ‘taken in’ by the pre-publicity glitz and had reportedly acquired the film’s distribution rights for Rs.1.5 crore.
Released on 13th July, he film did good business on the first few days and then the theatres in Kerala started recording attendance of very few fans and movie-goers. The producer, who was upset about this, reportedly suffered the cardiac arrest when he was going through the collection reports of the film in theatres. He was rushed to a private hospital in Chennai where he was treated.
Whatever could be the reasons for his illness, Ajith’s fans are livid at reports suggesting that the dip in theatrical collections of Billa-2 might have caused it. They have been jamming the social networking sites flooding them with denials that it was a ‘wrong report’ and planted by the star’s detractors. “An English daily published this news without any solid poof,” they contend.
Unconfirmed reports say that Billa-2 has reportedly collected Rs.17 crore in its first week.
