The versatile Indian actor Rajat Kapoor recently donned the hat of a filmmaker for his latest project Rk/Rkay. The actor has been receiving a lot of accolades for his latest film. The audience is mesmerised by the unique story and an exceptional star cast in the film. Now, Rajat Kapoor revealed an interesting fact about his new movie. He revealed that the finance for the film has been collected through crowdfunding. Yes! You have read that right. Read on to know more.
Rajat Kapoor said, “It’s always difficult to find funding for Indie films. So, this time, I started with the idea of crowdfunding and started reaching out to people. I put in some money of mine, and halfway through the crowdfunding process, Priyam Srivastava and Harshita Karkare stepped in as co-producers. Their faith in the film was amazing, and the film could get made, only because they joined hands”.
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He further added, “Having said that, there are about 800 people who have contributed towards financing the film with amounts ranging from 100 rupees to 50,000. It’s been an amazing journey. Moreover, Rk/Rkay is one of the few Bollywood films that has been crowdfunded and the last big film was the 1976 release, ‘Manthan’ where 500,000 farmers donated Rs. 2 each to make the film.”
The film will be released in theatres on 22nd July 2022. It stars Mallika Sherawat, Kubbra Sait, Ranvir Shorey, Manu Rishi Chadha, Chandrachoor Rai, Abhijeet Deshpande, Abhishek Sharrma, Grace Girdhar, and Vaishali Malhara in key roles.
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