Bollywood producers have often lamented about going overboard with their budget. Over the years, the idea of overspending has also become a norm with many of them. But we guess this is one budget that the makers of Joker didn’t see coming. Overzealous in ensuring that the film turns out to be bigger and better than the best, Shirish Kunder and Farah Khan haven’t shied away from giving their fantasy flick the best treatment. However, in the process of that happening, the film’s budget has already shot up by `3 crores. This when only two schedules have been wrapped up so far and the film is far away from being completed.
“Shirish is quite excited about Joker. Moreover, since the film boasts of the kind of subject where he can afford to let his imagination go wild, he is looking for nothing but the best,” says a source. This can be understood from the fact that just the cost of the sets that have been erected so far has run into crores. “When Farah and Shirish did the interim checks, they realised that the film has gone over budget. They aren’t shocked but are alarmed for sure. It is difficult for them to change things now since VFX would eat up a majority of the expenditure now,” adds the source.
However, Shirish is surprisingly nonchalant about the entire situation and confirms that he isn’t worried at all. “We aren’t making a 10 crore film where such numbers turn out to be alarming. In the bigger scheme of things, such added expenditures are acceptable. Let’s talk about the final costs when the film is ready,” he says.