When Ratan Tata lost crores in his first film, even Amitabh Bachchan’s charm did not work.
Rahul Tiwari October 10, 2024 12:21 PM

Ratan Tata First Bollywood Film: The news of the demise of business tycoon Ratan Tata has saddened everyone. Ratan Tata said goodbye to this world at the age of 86. He breathed his last at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai. Be it common or special, everyone is in mourning over the demise of the veteran businessman. Many stars are seen praying for the peace of his soul on social media. Many stories related to Ratan Tata are in discussion at the moment. In such a situation, there is also an incident from his first film.

Along with business, when Ratan Tata decided to invest money in films, he played his first bet on a big actor of the industry. Ratan Tata, who achieved mastery in the world of business, did not get success in the film industry. It is said that the businessman was very fond of watching movies. In the year 2004, he openly expressed his interest towards films and Ratan Tata made a film under the banner of Tata Infomedia.

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Loss of crores of rupees from the very first film

For the first time, the veteran businessman decided to invest crores of rupees on Vikram Bhatt's romantic psychological film 'Aitbar'. Amitabh Bachchan, John Abraham and Bipasha Basu were cast for this film. Everyone expected that Amitabh is in the film, so there must be something in it. But as soon as this film was released, it proved to be a huge flop at the box office and Ratan Tata lost crores of rupees by investing money in the first film.

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Film budget and box office collection

According to the information received, 'Aitbar' had earned only Rs 4.25 crore in India. The picture did a business of around 7.96% worldwide. But Ratan Tata had spent about Rs 9.50 crore in making this film. In such a situation, he became so disappointed after seeing the condition of this film that he did not make this mistake again and never invested money in films again. 'Aitbar', released in 1996, was inspired by the American movie 'Fear'.

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