Best Horror Comedy Film: Even if the filmmakers work hard to make a film, if the audience rejects it, then their hard work and money spent on making the film is wasted. There are hundreds of films that were made with big budgets and big stars but they didn’t even recover half of their cost. However, there were some films which were made on a very low budget and cost crores of rupees. ‘Por Tozil’, ‘Mimi’, ‘Gang of Wasseypur’ are films which were made on a very low budget and did wonders at the box office.
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Here we are going to tell you about a horror-comedy film, which had a very low budget, but made a lot of money at the box office. Not only this, the film was also made in foreign languages besides Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada. It was a record-breaking grosser in all these languages, but the film flopped miserably in the Hindi version. (Photo Courtesy: Film Poster)
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We are talking about the movie ‘Kanchana’ released in 2011. The film is also known as ‘Muni 2: Kanchana’. It was directed and produced by Raghav Lawrence. He also wrote his story. He was in the lead role in
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The story of ‘Kanchana’ revolves around the character of Raghav Lawrence. in whom there is a spirit. They start behaving like women. The film broke records in Tamil and Telugu.
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‘Kanchana’ was made on a budget of Rs 7 crore. But after its release at the box office, it collected 108 crore rupees. The second season of the film came in 2015, which was made on a budget of 18 crores. While the third part was made for 20 crore rupees.
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‘Kanchana’ was adapted into several languages apart from Tamil and Telugu. The film was made in Kannada with the name ‘Kalpana’. It earned more than the budget. This film was also made in 7 crores and its collection was 11 crores. (film poster)
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The Hindi version of ‘Kanchana’ was made in the name of ‘Lakshmi’. The film featured Akshay Kumar, Kiara Advani and Sharad Kelkar in lead roles. It was released directly on OTT, but was completely rejected by audiences and critics. (youtube videograb)
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‘Kanchana’ was adopted as ‘Maya’ in Sinhala, Sri Lanka and ‘Mayabini’ in Bangladesh. His story was well-liked in both countries and earned him a good amount of money there. (film poster)