L2: Empuraan starring Mohanlal is gearing up for release on 27th March worldwide. The film is riding greatly with phenomenal advance bookings and is also set to create a record opening. But, the film’s prospects have been kept very low in the promotional activities. Mohanlal and Prithviraj never revealed the budget until which was leaked by Dil Raju as 150 crores.
The Actual budget of the film has now been revealed as 180 crores officially by the Gokulam Movies Producer, Gopalan. He is also the prime reason for the film’s release on time as L2: Empuraan had to deal with financial hurdles. Lyca Productions and Aashirwad Cinemas were the film’s production houses before the release plan, and an issue arose. Gokulam Movies then stepped in and settled the issue with Lyca Productions making way for L2: Empuraan’s release.
The film that had cost 180 crores should have never been halted. This is also the first IMAX film in Malayalam Cinema history. The Producer said that they had approached me to be a part of the Production. “How could I refuse when Mohanlal was in trouble? It was Mohanlal who insisted that I come on board. Mohanlal was the first person to call me to help resolve the crisis followed by Antony Perumbavoor. That’s why I decided to take on this responsibility,” he added.
This 180 crores is also without the remunerations of Mohanlal and Prithviraj. The bookings are phenomenal for the opening day and the whole weekend. For the weekend, it is estimated that the advances are close to 60 crores and it’s already become the highest grosser of this year for Mollywood with these advance sales. For the opening day, the advances are in the range of 40 crores.
