Aditya Music bags Shankar Dada audio rights for 1.15 cr

The highly awaited sequel to Shankar Dada MBBS is Shankar Dada Zindabad. The movie has the hit duo of Chiranjeevi and Srikanth in the lead. Sada is playing the role of Dia Mirza in the original, while Sayaji Shinde plays her father. Though, the heroine is not yet decided sources say it’s likely to be Asin.

The movie’s remake rights were bagged for a massive 5 crores, from the producer of the original – Vidu Vinod Chopra, the highest ever paid for a remake for an Indian film. Devi Sri Prasad scores the music for this film. Aditya Music bagged the rights for a sum of 1.15 crores. Its one of the highest price in the recent times, as the audio rights prices faced a slump. Big banner movies which easily fetched a crore before, only fetch 65-70 lakhs today.

Shankar Dada MBBS was released into the market with an initial bunch of 7.5 lakhs. The record label plans to break that record by releasing this movie with 8 lakh cassettes. Also, the other movie Aditya Music have acquired is Rajinikanth and Shankar’s highly awaited Shivaji. A.R Rehman scores the music for this film