'Singham Again Team Was Being Unfair,' Says Bhushan Kumar Over BB 3 Limited Screen Allocation

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, starring Kartik Aaryan, Vidya Balan and Madhuri Dixit, has been performing well at the box office in India. The movie has crossed ₹200 crore mark and is now eyeing to enter ₹250 crore club by the end of the week. However, producer Bhushan Kumar is unhappy and believes the movie would have earned more had there been no "favourism" in screen allocation to Singham Again.The movie, which clashed with Ajay Devgn's cop drama, received around 6- per cent of screen allocation while Bholl Bhulaiyaa just received 40 per cent.Bhushan Kumar opens up on Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 and Singham Again clashIn an interview with Connect Cine, Bhushan Kumar, who backrolled Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, said he met Rohit Shetty and Ajay Devgn concerning the clash and shared why he can't push the movie. "I told them, I had announced the film first and had some commitments to OTT platforms which is why I could not push the film," he said.(BB3 team at success bash in Mumbai | Image: Instagram)Bhushan continued that Rohit and Ajay understood his plight. But even they had their limitations as the film's theme was inspired by Ramayana, so they could not miss the Diwali release.(A poster of Singham Again| Image: Instagram)Bhushan Kumar alleges, 'There was some personal interest behind this favouritism'In the same conversation, he spoke about the unequal screen allocation where Singham Again received more screens compared to BB3. "I didn’t go to the Competition Commission. We had a lot of arguments with the Singham Again team because they were being unfair. In all survey reports, we were equal; on that basis, we had requested the competition commission to keep the screen allocation 50-50. There was some personal interest behind this favouritism but they also assured me that they wouldn’t let my film bear losses," he said.#BhoolBhulaiyaa3 should surpass the ₹ 250 cr milestone in Weekend 3... Ideally, it should continue to maintain strong collections until the arrival of #Pushpa2.#BhoolBhulaiyaa3 [Week 2] Fri 12.40 cr, Sat 17.40 cr, Sun 18.10 cr, Mon 5.40 cr, Tue 4.40 cr, Wed 4.21 cr. Total: ₹… pic.twitter.com/JRfoAHugMl— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) November 14, 2024 T-Series head-honcho added that eventually, he suggested starting the advance booking and seeing the response as their film was buzzing.Despite the clash and limited screen allocation, BB3 was able to surpass the reported budget of the movie ₹200 crore, while Singham Again is around ₹100 crore away from recovering the amount.

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'Singham Again Team Was Being Unfair,' Says Bhushan Kumar Over BB 3 Limited Screen Allocation

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 producer Bhushan Kumar revealed that he had a lot of arguments with the Singham Again team over the screen allocation.

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