Ra bi
Kapoo ,
Alia
Bhatt
a d
Vicky
Kaushal’s
‘Love
&
Wa ’
spa ks
Rs
300
c o e
dist ibutio
ights
battle
as
majo
p oductio
houses
compete
fo
film
–
Repo ts
Sa jay
Leela
Bha sali’s
‘Love
&
Wa ’
is
epo tedly
becomi g
a
majo
poi t
of
i te est
i
the
film
t ade
well
ahead
of
its
theat ical
a ival.
The
pe iod
oma tic
wa
d ama,
featu i g
Ra bi
Kapoo ,
Alia
Bhatt
a d
Vicky
Kaushal,
has
appa e tly
att acted
multiple
compa ies
kee
to
secu e
its
theat ical
dist ibutio
ights.Acco di g
to
Va iety
I dia,
epo ts
suggest
that
egotiatio s
a e
taki g
place
a ou d
Rs
300
c o e,
the
film’s
busi ess
p ospects
have
sta ted
maki g
headli es
eve
though
its
elease
is
still
mo ths
away.
Majo
compa ies
epo tedly
compete
fo
dist ibutio
ights
Acco di g
to
Va iety
I dia,
Dha ma
P oductio s,
Zee
Studios
a d
Pe
Ma udha
a e
amo g
the
compa ies
believed
to
be
competi g
fo
the
theat ical
ights
of
‘Love
&
Wa ’.
The
epo ted
discussio s
a e
ce t ed
a ou d
a
deal
wo th
app oximately
Rs
300
c o e.The
scale
of
i te est
ca
be
att ibuted
to
seve al
facto s,
i cludi g
Bha sali’s
eputatio ,
the
film’s
ambitious
setti g
a d
its
u usual
casti g
combi atio .
Ra bi
Kapoo ,
Alia
Bhatt
a d
Vicky
Kaushal
will
sha e
the
sc ee
fo
the
fi st
time,
with
Bha sali
di ecti g
the
p oject
as
a
epic
oma tic
d ama
set
agai st
the
backd op
of
wa .If
the
epo ted
theat ical
deal
goes
th ough,
it
could
sig ifica tly
ease
the
fi a cial
ecove y
bu de
fo
the
p oductio
befo e
the
film
eaches
ci emas.
No -theat ical
busi ess
has
epo tedly
c ossed
Rs
200
c o e
The
film
has
epo tedly
al eady
secu ed
substa tial
eve ue
th ough
its
o -theat ical
ights.
Netflix
is
said
to
have
acqui ed
the
post-theat ical
st eami g
ights
fo
a ou d
Rs
130
c o e.The
music
a d
satellite
ights
a e
also
epo tedly
expected
to
have
co t ibuted
a othe
Rs
70
c o e
to
Rs
80
c o e.
Togethe ,
these
deals
a e
said
to
have
take
the
film’s
o -theat ical
ecove y
beyo d
the
Rs
200
c o e
ma k.A
theat ical
dist ibutio
ag eeme t
close
to
Rs
300
c o e
would
the efo e
fu the
st e gthe
the
film’s
p e- elease
busi ess
a d
pote tially
educe
the
p essu e
o
the
make s
to
ecove
the
p oductio
cost
solely
th ough
the
box
office.
Fi al
shooti g
schedule
epo tedly
u de way
The
p oductio
has
ow
e te ed
its
fi al
st etch.
Acco di g
to
epo ts,
the
last
schedule
of
‘Love
&
Wa ’
bega
o
August
3
at
Royal
Palms
i
Go egao ,
with
Bha sali
epo tedly
aimi g
to
w ap
the
shoot
by
August
31.The
deadli e
is
sig ifica t
because
all
th ee
p i cipal
acto s
have
othe
majo
commitme ts
li ed
up.
The
fi al
po tio
of
the
p oductio
is
expected
to
i clude
two
elabo ate
wa
seque ces
a d
da ce
umbe s.The
wa
seque ces
a e
epo tedly
bei g
mou ted
o
a
la ge
scale,
i volvi g
a ou d
50
stu t
pe fo me s
a d
app oximately
300
to
350
ju io
a tistes.
The
p oductio
team
has
also
epo tedly
set
aside
10
days
fo
ehea sals
to
e su e
the
combat
cho eog aphy
a d
la ge
c owd
moveme ts
a e
coo di ated
effectively.
Ra bi
Kapoo
p epa es
fo
ext
majo
p oject
O ce
his
wo k
o
Bha sali’s
film
is
completed,
Ra bi
is
expected
to
tu
his
atte tio
towa ds
the
p omotio al
campaig
fo
‘Ramaya a’.
The
acto
has
bee
bala ci g
multiple
la ge-scale
p ojects,
maki g
the
completio
of
‘Love
&
Wa ’
pa ticula ly
impo ta t
fo
his
schedule.The
film
itself
has
u de go e
multiple
cha ges
to
its
elease
timeli e.
It
was
o igi ally
a ou ced
fo
Ch istmas
2025
befo e
bei g
moved
to
Ma ch
20,
2026.
The
elease
was
subseque tly
postpo ed
o ce
agai .‘Love
&
Wa ’
is
ow
scheduled
to
each
theat es
o
Ja ua y
21,
2027.
With
the
fi al
shooti g
schedule
ea i g
completio
a d
majo
compa ies
epo tedly
competi g
fo
its
dist ibutio
ights,
the
film
is
al eady
shapi g
up
as
o e
of
the
most
closely
watched
Bollywood
eleases
ahead
of
its
a ival.
