Karan Johar helps SRK get a good deal for ‘Raees’

With Shah Rukh Khan already facing competition from Hrithik Roshan with their two films ‘Raees’ and ‘Kaabil’ clashing at the box office in January, Karan Johar has helped King Khan get a good distribution deal for ‘Raees’.

A source told DNA India, ���Karan�۪s production company had not just presented Baahubali, but even bought the Hindi rights for the film. When SRK, Riteish and Farhan locked Anil Thadani as the distributor for Raees, Karan told Shah Rukh how to get the best deal from single-screen owners. Anil owns the distribution rights of Baahubali 2 and Mirzya so he made the single-theatre owners sign a three-film deal that he would give them these films only if they gave him maximum screens for Raees too. Now, for exhibitors, Baahubali 2 is one of the hottest releases of 2017 so they had no choice but to agree.�۝

This means that Rakesh Roshan could suffer a loss as the distribution has been tied up with ‘Raees’ over ‘Kaabil’. The source added, ���The film will suffer badly if it doesn�۪t have any single-screen theatres in Mumbai. Ironically, in Hrithik�۪s Mohenjo Daro vs Akshay Kumar�۪s Rustom clash, Roshan Jr had the upper hand as UTV had ensured maximum single-screen theatres during that time.�۝