The makers of Young Rebel Star Prabhas’ Jaan UV Creations have come up with a brilliant plan to reduce the budget of the film. Going into details, the makers acquired four acres of land on lease at Tellapur on the city outskirts for production design. The landowner is none other than our very own Ram Charan, who is a good friend of UV Creations Vikram.
The filmmakers have constructed a massive warehouse (approximately 20,000 sq ft), where the film’s lavish sets will be built. So now you may get the question of how does acquiring land help in bringing production costs down? Right?
It is heard that the filmmakers typically shell out around 70,000 rent per day in a studio to construct a lavish set. And erecting one such set can take around two to three months, thereby pushing up the rent to 60 lakh for three months – only rental. If all the labor costs, raw materials, food, transportation, daily wages, etc., the overall cost can skyrocket into several crores.
Since the land is on a lease, the filmmakers do not have to worry about the stress of daily rent. Also, the film’s art director has designed the luxury building multiple sets simultaneously as against just one in a studio. This way, the sets can be constructed in 3-4 weeks with better detailing, and save up to 50% in costs and time.
As the film is a vintage period romantic drama, the filmmakers have apparently constructed as many as six lavish sets, including a vintage train set and the actress’s house. Well, it’s a good move by Jaan makers, and nevertheless to say, Ram Charan’s support is the biggest help for Prabhas and his makers.